HEARS-SLP: Providing SLP-Delivered Hearing Health Care to Individuals With Cognitive Impairment

Description

Building upon the HEARS audiologist-community health worker (CHW) model, this study intervention will be delivered by a speech-language pathologist (SLP). The primary objective of the study is to develop and test an affordable and accessible hearing rehabilitative intervention that will be delivered by a SLP to individuals with cognitive impairment.

Conditions

Hearing Loss, Dementia, Cognitive Impairment

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Study overview

Building upon the HEARS audiologist-community health worker (CHW) model, this study intervention will be delivered by a speech-language pathologist (SLP). The primary objective of the study is to develop and test an affordable and accessible hearing rehabilitative intervention that will be delivered by a SLP to individuals with cognitive impairment.

HEARS-SLP: Providing Speech Language Pathologist-Delivered Hearing Health Care to Individuals With Cognitive Impairment

HEARS-SLP: Providing SLP-Delivered Hearing Health Care to Individuals With Cognitive Impairment

Condition
Hearing Loss
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224

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.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 60 - 100 years old
  • * English-speaking
  • * Lives at home
  • * Diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's Disease or other related dementia according to the core clinical criteria outlined in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and Alzheimer's Association Guidelines
  • * Availability of caregiver/study partner to participate in all study-related visits and who provides ≥8 hours of weekly oversight/care
  • * Speech frequency pure tone average (0.5- 4 kHz) \>25 db in the better-hearing ear; adult onset hearing loss
  • * Stable (for 2 weeks or longer) dosing of medication (e.g. antidepressants, antipsychotics) for neuropsychiatric symptoms
  • * Current self-reported use of hearing aid or amplification device
  • * Medical contraindication to use hearing aids ( e.g. draining ears)
  • * Inability to participate in the 1-month follow up

Ages Eligible for Study

60 Years to 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins University,

Esther Oh, MD, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Study Record Dates

2025-05