Hearing Healthcare Assessment in Rural Communities (HHARC)

Matthew Bush, MD

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hearing Loss, Age-Related; Hearing Loss, Adult-Onset

Treatments: Behavioral: Patient Navigation Program for Hearing Health Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05786794

65361

R33DC019602 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Adult hearing loss in is the third most common chronic health condition in the United States. Adults living in rural areas face a higher risk of experiencing hearing loss, and more difficulty receiving testing and treatment than adults in urban settings. The goal of this clinical trial is to develop and test a community-based hearing healthcare patient navigation program in rural Kentucky. The main question this study aims to answer is:

-Can the number of rural adults receiving diagnostic hearing tests be increased?

Full description

Investigators will pilot test the rural hearing health care patient navigation program (N=500 patients from 10 rural clinics). The program will be evaluated with the following outcome: number of participants obtaining a diagnostic audiogram within past 12 months after enrollment among rural adults

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 years or older
• Able to speak, understand, and read English.
• Patient of a participating primary care clinic

Exclusion criteria

-Under 18

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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500 participants in 1 patient group

Rural Clinic Hearing Healthcare Patient Navigation Program

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will involve pilot testing of the Patient Navigation Program with adults in rural primary care clinics

Treatment:

Behavioral: Patient Navigation Program for Hearing Health Care