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Improving Access and Affordability of Adult Hearing Healthcare
Improving Access and Affordability of Adult Hearing Healthcare: Effectiveness of Community-based Interventions in West Central and South Alabama
Who can join
Ages 40 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Mild-to-moderate hearing loss * Live in West Central or South Alabama * 40 years of age or older Exclusion Criteria: • Medical conditions resulting in severe cognitive impairment (e.g., stroke, head injury, senile dementia or Alzheimer's disease)
About the study
This project will address quality of care issues associated with hearing loss in adults who have mild-to-moderate hearing loss and who have no access to hearing healthcare. Through the use of three different interventions involving over-the-counter hearing aids, it will lead to options that will increase access and affordability of hearing healthcare for adults with mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
What is being tested
- Hearing Evaluation (behavioral)
- Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid (OTC HA) Fitting and Orientation (device)
- Four Weeks of Aural Rehabilitation (behavioral)
- Provision of Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids (device)
Sponsor: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa · Participants: 210 · Started: Jan 1, 2021
Contact the study team
- Marcia J Hay-McCutcheon, PhD · Phone: 205-348-4572
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04671381
Locations in the U.S.
| Alabama | The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.