Actively Recruiting
Hearing Impairment, Strategies and Outcomes in VA Emergency Departments
Led by VA Office of Research and Development · Updated on 2025-10-21
1050
Participants Needed
6
Research Sites
251 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
V
VA Office of Research and Development
Lead Sponsor
N
NYU Langone Health
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
HearVA involves six VA facility emergency departments (ED) over a 3-year intervention period. The first part of this study will test whether providing personal amplifiers to Veteran ED patients who self-report hearing difficulty is acceptable to these patients, can improve their hearing, enhance understanding of discharge instructions, and can reduce the risk of coming back to the ED in a short period of time (3 days and 30 days). The second part of the study will then identify whether ED staff can implement this program and achieve similar results. The second part will give ED staff increasing levels of responsibility for screening Veterans for hearing difficulty and providing personal amplifiers when such difficulty is detected.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Hearing Impairment, Strategies and Outcomes in VA Emergency Departments
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- English speaking
- Emergency severity index criterion of 3 (medium), 4, or 5 (low acuity)
- Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screen score of 10 or higher or positive answer to a hearing difficulty screening question
- Capacity to consent to participate in research
You will not qualify if you...
- Inability to consent to participate in research
- Emergency severity index criterion of 1-2 (high acuity)
- Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screen score less than 10 and negative answer to hearing difficulty screening question
- Inability to speak English
- Using cochlear implants
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 6 locations
1
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045-7211
Actively Recruiting
2
VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY
New York, New York, United States, 10010-5011
Actively Recruiting
3
Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
Not Yet Recruiting
4
James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The Bronx, New York, United States, 10468
Actively Recruiting
5
Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705-3875
Actively Recruiting
6
VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75216
Not Yet Recruiting
Research Team
J
Joshua Chodosh, MD MSHS
CONTACT
L
Lin T Tun
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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