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School Screening and Telemedicine Specialty Referral to Address Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Kentucky
Appalachian Specialty Telemedicine Access for Referrals (STAR) Trial
Who can join
Ages 3 to 11 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Enrolled in school in one of the 14 participating counties * Initial entry into elementary school * Eligible regardless of age, gender, race, or ethnicity Exclusion Criteria: • N/A
About the study
This trial will evaluate a multilevel intervention (STAR model) that combines mobile health (mHealth) hearing screening tools with telemedicine technology for specialty care access in rural Kentucky schools. An initial version of the model was used in rural Alaska where telemedicine-based specialty referral improved both proportion of children receiving follow-up and time to follow-up. The refined STAR model will utilize an enhanced mHealth screening protocol that includes tympanometry for the detection of middle ear disease. The STAR model will also include a specialty telemedicine referral process in schools for children who refer school screening.
What is being tested
- Standard School Screening and Referral (other)
- Enhanced mHealth Screening (other)
- Specialty Telemedicine Referral (other)
Sponsor: University of Arkansas · Participants: 18,000 · Started: Sep 1, 2022
Contact the study team
- Susan Emmett, MD, MPH · Phone: 501-603-1212
- Samantha Robler, AuD,PhD · Phone: 907-434-0433
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05513833
Locations in the U.S.
| Kentucky | University of Kentucky, Lexington |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.