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.
Hearing Loss
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.
School Screening and Telemedicine Specialty Referral to Address Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Kentucky
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University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536
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3 Years to 11 Years
ALL
Yes
University of Arkansas,
Matt Bush, MD, PhD, MBA, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Kentucky
Susan Emmett, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences
2026-05-30