Status:
RECRUITING
HEARS-SLP: Providing SLP-Delivered Hearing Health Care to Individuals With Cognitive Impairment
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Conditions:
Hearing Loss
Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
60-100 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Building upon the HEARS audiologist-community health worker (CHW) model, this study intervention will be delivered by a speech-language pathologist (SLP). The primary objective of the study is to deve...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 60 - 100 years old
- English-speaking
- Lives at home
- Diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's Disease or other related dementia according to the core clinical criteria outlined in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and Alzheimer's Association Guidelines
- Availability of caregiver/study partner to participate in all study-related visits and who provides ≥8 hours of weekly oversight/care
- Speech frequency pure tone average (0.5- 4 kHz) \>25 db in the better-hearing ear; adult onset hearing loss
- Stable (for 2 weeks or longer) dosing of medication (e.g. antidepressants, antipsychotics) for neuropsychiatric symptoms
Exclusion
- Current self-reported use of hearing aid or amplification device
- Medical contraindication to use hearing aids ( e.g. draining ears)
- Inability to participate in the 1-month follow up
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 15 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 1 2025
Estimated Enrollment :
20 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06008782
Start Date
December 15 2023
End Date
December 1 2025
Last Update
September 3 2025
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Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224