Telephone Tinnitus Education for Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Tinnitus

In brief

This study continues the investigators' efforts to develop tinnitus management protocols for Veterans. More specifically, this study developed and evaluated an adaptation of Progressive Tinnitus Management (PTM) for use as a telephone-based program for Veterans and military personnel who have experienced TBI. This adaptation, called Tele-PTM, is a telephone-based program and has the potential of providing needed tinnitus services to Veterans with and without TBI for a relatively small cost and with minimal impact on individual VA hospitals.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01129141

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

205

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria include:
• "clinically significant" tinnitus according to the initial score on the Tinnitus and Hearing Survey (THS) (minimum total score of 4 on section A; if score is 4-6, one item must be at least 3);
• demonstrates understanding of the requirements of the study (based on adequate responses to the questions by the RC that assess capacity-to-consent);
• has had a hearing test within the past 2 years (and was fitted with hearing aids if appropriate); and
• motivated and capable of participating (including ability to communicate over the telephone in English).

You may not qualify if…

• Callers who do not meet all of these criteria will be excluded from study participation.

Where it is running

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

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