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

University of Arkansas · with University of Kentucky, Duke University · NCT05513833

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 3–11 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
18000
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
September 1, 2022
Record last updated
May 6, 2026

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Standard School Screening and Referral; Enhanced mHealth Screening; Specialty Telemedicine Referral

Conditions: Hearing Loss

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

  • N/A

Recruiting US locations

  • University of Kentucky

    Lexington, KY 40536

    Site contact: Matt Bush, MD, PhD · 859-562-3120

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Susan Emmett, MD, MPH · 501-603-1212 · sdemmett@uams.edu
  • Samantha Robler, AuD,PhD · 907-434-0433 · skrobler@uams.edu
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