The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a community health worker intervention to expand access to hearing health care among older adults facing health disparities.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
120
A 5-week educational program on hearing loss, communication strategies, and peer support facilitated by community health workers supervised by an audiologist.
Mariposa Community Health Center
Nogales, Arizona, United States
Mean frequency of communication strategy use as measured at eight weeks post baseline for each of a series of study-specific strategies taught in the intervention
Participants rate the frequency of use of each communication strategy on a five-point Likert scale. Communication strategies include such things as discussing hearing loss, talking face-to-face, and speaking slowly and clearly.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Mean number of hearing health actions taken and number of people who took each hearing health action at eight weeks post baseline
Questionnaire includes 7 possible actions for managing hearing health or accessing hearing health care services (discussed with family, discussed with doctor, discussed with specialist, had a hearing test, used an assistive device, used a hearing aid, used hearing protection).
Time frame: 8 weeks
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