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A Simplified Patient-Centered Educational Tool for Improved Hearing-Aid Outcomes

NCT01940705 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 269

Last updated 2019-02-21

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Summary

Hearing loss is the second most prevalent service-connected disability among Veterans. Hearing aids are the most common technological intervention for hearing loss. The VA, therefore, spends a considerable amount of money on them. Despite these expenditures, there are some Veterans who do not use their hearing aids successfully. Research has demonstrated that this inconsistent use may be related to a patient's inability to effectively take care of, and use, hearing aids. The proposed investigation will compare the effectiveness of three different tools for enhancing the educational efforts (hearing-aid orientation) typically provided by clinical audiologists when dispensing hearing aids. Each of these educational tools were developed using established methods for improving patient-provider communication. The investigators hypothesize that the use of these tools will result in better hearing-aid outcomes for Veteran patients than using the current standard-of-care procedures.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Hearing-Aid Informational Guide

Printed take-home guide on hearing aids

OTHER

Hearing-Aid DVD

Take-home DVD about hearing aids

BEHAVIORAL

Teach-back Technique

Counseling/Educational session using the teach-back technique to review information about their hearing aids

OTHER

Standard of Care

standard of care hearing-aid orientation as provided by clinical audiologist

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • M. Samantha Lewis, PhD · VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

  • Gabrielle H Saunders · VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-01-01
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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