Game to Improve Hearing Health Care Outcomes (NoisyCity)

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Status

Completed

Conditions

Focus of the Study is to Promote Healthy Hearing

Treatments

Other: Generic Game

Other: Noisy City information about hearing health care

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Industry

NIH

Identifiers

NCT02946567

Pz-A105a

R44DC013114 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators are studying the educational potential of games, with the goal of developing a game to improve learning and promote healthy hearing behaviors.

The project is looking for adolescents and young adults that play games to share their experience and learning from playing games.

The investigators ask participants to fill out an enrollment form/informed consent, complete surveys on healthy hearing habits, and play a game provided by the project.

This projects aims the development and evaluation of a game to educate teenagers and young adults about noise-induced hearing loss, enhance knowledge about hearing, and promote healthy hearing behaviors with the potential to improve hearing health care.

Enrollment

159 patients

Sex

All

Ages

13 to 20 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants have to be between the ages of 13 and 20 years of age (either gender).
Participants who are between the ages of 13 and 17 years of age must have a willing and able parent or legal guardian who permits them to participate.
Participants must have Internet access, an email address (or be able to use parent's/legal guardian's email address), and agree to play a game (random assignment to a group with a different game).

Exclusion criteria

Participants will be excluded if they are cognitively impaired, have any serious medical problem that may interfere with their ability to engage with the online game.
Those who are not able to read/follow written instructions and individuals with an excessive addiction to games will be excluded.