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Intervention for Hearing Health Among Native Americans

Not Yet RecruitingNA

Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco

Conditions: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Interventions: Talking Circle, Diabetes prevention program & delayed TC

Countries: United States

The purpose of the study is to understand the cultural impact on hearing loss among Native American populations who traditionally rely on oral communication. This Native American community based participatory research hearing protection study proposes to implement a culturally relevant Talking Circles intervention to address hearing health inequities among Native Americans. The goal is to establish a sustainable culturally based Talking Circle (TC) hearing loss prevention program to disseminate messages, thus promote hearing health and improve access to preventive tools within the larger tribal community with high occupational and recreational noise exposure. TC Participants will: * Complete a set of questionnaires (3 total) throughout the study. * Complete an audiometer hearing test with headphones, and watch one video computer related to hearing and how to protect hearing at the tribal wellness center. * In 6-months into the trial, participants will be asked to complete the same set of questionnaires from the beginning of the study. * In 12-months after the baseline surveys and hearing test, participants will be asked to complete the same set of questionnaires that were done at the beginning of the study and complete another hearing test by the computer. The intervention will include facilitator training for local implementation and a delayed-intervention control to assess knowledge gains and protective behavior changes. Through use of the TC, the participants in the training program can use the support and insight from each other to be trained to establish self-sustaining hearing loss prevention program in the tribal community.

Eligibility overview

Sex: ALL

Age: 18 Years to —

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

* Indigenous or Native American community member
* Age 18 years and older
* May work in a noisy environment
* Willing to give informed consent to participate in the study
* People without hearing loss and with hearing loss as well

Exclusion Criteria:

* Younger than the age of 18
* Non Native American community member
* Unwillingness to provide informed consent to participate in the study

Locations (2)

San Antonio, Texas, United States
San Antonio, Texas, United States