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Hearing Health Equity Through Accessible Research and Solutions for Korean Americans

NCT06803394 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 800

Last updated 2026-03-12

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Summary

The objective of this study is to test the effect of a community-delivered, affordable, and accessible hearing care intervention on improving communication function and health-related quality of life among older Korean Americans (KA) and the older Korean American's care partners that integrates a low-cost over-the-counter amplification device and hearing rehabilitation in comparison to a 6-month delayed treatment group through a cluster randomized controlled study.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

K-HEARS Intervention

Tailored aural rehabilitation for participant and care partner

DEVICE

K-HEARS Sound Amplifier Intervention

Tailored fitting and programming of a personal sound amplifier. This will be accompanied by a component of aural rehabilitation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Johns Hopkins University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hae-Ra Han, PhD,RN · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-02-09
Primary Completion
2028-02-01
Completion
2028-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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