Recruiting

Hearing Protection

Sponsor:

United States Air Force

Code:

NCT02109757

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Software intervention and education

Education only

Study Details

Brief summary:

The specific aim of this research is to evaluate the performance, effectiveness, and long-term training benefits of a formal hearing protection fit testing program. This study may provide preliminary evidence on the benefits of direct education/training combined with a formal hearing protection device (HPD) fit testing on HPD fittings on United States Air Force (USAF) employees. Currently, Public Health provides informal, subjective training to employees; this practice may be altered by the results of this study.

Conditions

Hearing Loss

Study ID

NCT02109757

Start date

Mar, 2014

Status verified date

Apr, 2014

Primary completion date

Oct, 2015

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Subjects must be enrolled in the hearing conservation program, and can be civilian or active duty/uniformed. Subjects must be currently using some form of in-the-ear hearing protection device on a regular basis and have ear canals free of cerumen, infection, or any other obstruction.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not enrolled in the hearing conservation program. Not using in-the-ear hearing protection device on a regular basis. Ear canals containing cerumen, infection, or other obstructions.

Study Design

Enrollment

200 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Software intervention and education

This group will receive software intervention and education before and after receiving one-on-one education, thus showing if benefit or effect occurs simply due to having the software input before receiving education.

active comparator: Education only

This group will not receive software intervention prior to and after one-on-one education, only afterwards.

Interventions

Software intervention and education

Personal attenuation rating measurements will be taken before and after educating the patient using software program

Education only

Primary outcome measure

  • Degree of earplug fit for participants in the Air Force Hearing Conservation Program as a measure of education and personnal attenuation rating. [ Time Frame: 6 mos after intial subject visit ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Elmendorf Air Force Base

Recruiting

Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, United States

Contacts

Shannon Hunt, Au.D.

907-580-5804shannon.hunt.3@us.af.mil

Principal Investigator:

Shannon Hunt, Au.D.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Recruiting

Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45433

Contacts

Quintin A Hecht, Au.D.

937-938-3201quintin.hecht.1@us.af.mil

Principal Investigator:

Quintin A Hecht, Au.D.

More Information

Sponsor

United States Air Force

Last update posted

Apr 10, 2014

Last verified

Apr, 2014

Keywords

  • Hearing conservation
  • Personal attenuation rating
  • earplug

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by United States Air Force on 2014-04-10.