School Screening and Telemedicine Specialty Referral to Address Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Kentucky

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Conditions studied: Hearing Loss

In brief

This trial will evaluate a multilevel intervention (STAR model) that combines mobile health (mHealth) hearing screening tools with telemedicine technology for specialty care access in rural Kentucky schools. An initial version of the model was used in rural Alaska where telemedicine-based specialty referral improved both proportion of children receiving follow-up and time to follow-up. The refined STAR model will utilize an enhanced mHealth screening protocol that includes tympanometry for the detection of middle ear disease. The STAR model will also include a specialty telemedicine referral process in schools for children who refer school screening.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05513833

Run by

University of Arkansas

People needed

18000

Starts

2022-09-01

Expected to finish

2027-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-06

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Enrolled in school in one of the 14 participating counties
• Initial entry into elementary school
• Eligible regardless of age, gender, race, or ethnicity

You may not qualify if…

• N/A

Where it is running

• University of Kentucky — Lexington, Kentucky, United States (enrolling)

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