Game to Improve Hearing Health Care Outcomes (NoisyCity)

October 3, 2017 updated by: Bruno Kajiyama, Photozig, Inc.

The investigators are studying the educational potential of games, with the goal of developing a game to improve learning and promote healthy hearing behaviors.

The project is looking for adolescents and young adults that play games to share their experience and learning from playing games.

The investigators ask participants to fill out an enrollment form/informed consent, complete surveys on healthy hearing habits, and play a game provided by the project.

This projects aims the development and evaluation of a game to educate teenagers and young adults about noise-induced hearing loss, enhance knowledge about hearing, and promote healthy hearing behaviors with the potential to improve hearing health care.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

159

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
    • California
      • Moffett Field, California, United States, 94035-0128
        • Photozig, Inc.

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

13 years to 20 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants have to be between the ages of 13 and 20 years of age (either gender).
  • Participants who are between the ages of 13 and 17 years of age must have a willing and able parent or legal guardian who permits them to participate.
  • Participants must have Internet access, an email address (or be able to use parent's/legal guardian's email address), and agree to play a game (random assignment to a group with a different game).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants will be excluded if they are cognitively impaired, have any serious medical problem that may interfere with their ability to engage with the online game.
  • Those who are not able to read/follow written instructions and individuals with an excessive addiction to games will be excluded.

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: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Noisy City
Participant will play the Noisy City game developed by this project.
Other: Noisy City information about hearing health care
Participants will play the game Noisy City, which contains information about hearing health care.
Placebo Comparator: Control
Participant will play a generic game.
Other: Generic Game
Participants will play a generic game without any particular information about hearing health care.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intended Behavior Questionnaire about hearing health care
Time Frame: 9 weeks
This instrument has been used to evaluate the effectiveness of past hearing loss prevention programs funded by the National Institute of Health. It contains questions on knowledge, attitudes, and intended behavior related to hearing health care. Although there are questions in different domains, the instrument consolidates the overall perception of participant on hearing health care.
9 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Photozig, Inc.

Collaborators

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 24, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 25, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

October 27, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

October 5, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 3, 2017

Last Verified

October 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Pz-A105a
  • R44DC013114 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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