Pilot Study to Evaluate the Long-term Chronic Care of Patients Who Could or do Utilize an Osseointegrated Device (OID)
University of South Florida
Summary
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate OID hearing intervention on cognition among patients who could vs. do utilize an OID. We will also evaluate the long-term effects of OID use on secondary outcomes measures (hearing performance, quality-of-life, social interaction, communication, physical functioning, etc)
Description
Hearing impairment is highly prevalent and independently associated with cognitive decline. Little is known about the various types, degrees, and configurations of hearing loss and how it relates to uptake of a hearing intervention and possible long-term benefits of using the intervention. The purpose of this study is to investigate the comparative effectiveness within an observational study design to determine the long-term effects of hearing intervention, in the form of osseointegrated devices (OID), among patients with either conductive, mixed, or single-sided hearing loss. Participants wil…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–85 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * age 18-85 years * community dwelling * residency: participants must plan to reside in the local area for the study duration. * fluent English-speaker * Audiometric hearing impairment: participants must have hearing configuration that could benefit from OID hearing intervention. * Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score \> 23 for individuals with high-school degree or less; Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score \>25 for individuals with some college or more; participants must be at risk for cognitive decline the range quantified well by neurocognitive testing, and so must be fr…
Interventions
- OtherNo intervention
This is an observational study of participants that either choose or not choose to utilize an OID. This is not an intervention prescribed study, however, participants may choose uptake of standard of care intervention and obtain and utilize an OID. An OID is an FDA-approved device commonly recommended to patients with conductive, mixed, or singled-sided hearing loss. There is no experimental intervention evaluated in this study.
Location
- Department of USF Health Otolaryngology; Auditory Rehabilitation & Clinical Trials LabTampa, Florida