Applying the Use of Motivational Tools to Auditory Rehabilitation

October 6, 2016 updated by: VA Office of Research and Development
The purpose of this study is to compare two different ways of helping first-time hearing-aid users get the most out of their hearing aids and determine if one method is better than the other. One method provides the patient with routine information regarding the care and use of hearing aids the other method uses tools to address patient-specific barriers against and motivators for hearing-aid use.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

25

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
        • VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 89 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • be aged between 20 and 89 years
  • be a first-time hearing-aid user
  • air-conduction pure-tone averages (mean thresholds at 500 Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz) of 70 dB HL or less in both ears
  • word-recognition scores of 40% or better in each ear
  • English as their first language
  • have sufficient vision and reading ability
  • have the appropriate cognitive skills to participate in the study as determined by the Mini Mental State Exam, 2nd Edition - Brief Version (Folstein et al., 2010)
  • have been fit by the VA Portland Health Care System Audiology and Speech Pathology Service (ASPS) with two hearing aids which have datalogging capabilities
  • be independent in their completion of activities in daily living, as determined by their score on the Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living (Katz et al., 1970)
  • have poor adoption of their hearing aids
  • be free of a documented diagnosis in the VA Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) record of neurological or psychological disorder, such as Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, or uncontrolled substance abuse, which would interfere with the completion of the study. Vulnerable populations are not being studied.

Exclusion Criteria:

Failure to satisfy any of the requirements listed as inclusion criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Standard-of-Care
The "standard-of-care" control group will review and practice with the audiologist content such as: 1) information on hearing-aid batteries and how to change them, 2) cleaning/daily care of the hearing aids, and 3) inserting and removing the hearing aids.
Behavioral: Standard-of-Care
the standard of care in audiologic practice
Experimental: Treatment
The treatment group, on the other hand, will use a motivational tool (exploring importance) in a manner that is consistent with the spirit of motivational interviewing.
Behavioral: Treatment
motivational interviewing
Other Names:
  • Motivational Interviewing

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Difference in Hours of Hearing Aid Use Between Pre-intervention and Post-intervention
Time Frame: Collected pre-intervention and again at post-intervention appointment occurring between four and six weeks after the intervention date
Hearing aid use was measured by the number of hours of use recorded in the hearing-aid software. This was measured on up to four occasions: Visit #1 to #3 (pre-intervention), and Visit #4 (post-intervention). Average daily hours of hearing aid use was documented at each time point, so that the Visit #4 observation is a measure of the average daily use between the start of intervention (Visit #3) and visit #4. Data logger results were averaged between the left and right hearing aids at each time point and across all three pre-intervention time points.
Collected pre-intervention and again at post-intervention appointment occurring between four and six weeks after the intervention date

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Difference Between Pre-intervention and Post-intervention Total Score on International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids
Time Frame: Collected twice once at pre-intervention visit and once at a post-intervention visit occurring four to six weeks following the intervention
The total score from the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA; Cox et al., 2000) was used to assess overall hearing-aid outcome. This measure consists of seven items assessing (1) daily hearing-aid use, (2) benefit, (3) residual activity limitation, (4) satisfaction, (5) residual participation restriction, (6) impact (of hearing impairment) on others, and (7) quality of Life. Responses to each question range from 1 (poorest) to 5 (best), for a total score range from 7 points to 35 points. The reported measurement was the change in total score from pre-intervention to post-intervention, with a maximum possible change of 28 points.
Collected twice once at pre-intervention visit and once at a post-intervention visit occurring four to six weeks following the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

VA Office of Research and Development

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: M. Samantha Lewis, PhD, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2013

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 23, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

May 1, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 7, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 6, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • C1004-P

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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