A national screening test for hearing, administered by telephone.

通过电话进行的全国听力筛查测试。

• 批准号: 8431990
• 负责人: CHARLES S WATSON
• 金额: $ 43.8万
• 依托单位: COMMUNICATION DISORDERS TECHNOLOGY, INC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-04-01 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8431990
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): An estimated 36 million US citizens have impaired hearing, but only one in five has had a hearing test. As noted by a recent NIDCD Working Group, "In the US there are no readily accessible low-cost hearing screening programs." The authors of this proposal, in collaboration with scientists from Indiana University & VU University Medical Center of Amsterdam, have developed and validated a low-cost screening test for hearing disability, for administration by telephone. This test is based on one that has been available for the past seven years in the Netherlands, versions of which are now in use in the UK, Australia, France, and Germany, and are being developed in several other countries. Validity of the US test has been demonstrated in studies conducted at the Indiana University Hearing Clinic and in cooperation with the Veterans Administration. This project will determine the kind and extent of marketing needed to insure substantial usage of the test and the kind and extent of follow-up needed to insure that those who fail it seek professional hearing services. In Year 1 the test will be launched in two metropolitan areas. In one it will be mainly publicized through mass media; in the other through presentations to local organizations. Interested persons will be directed to a website, where the test will be explained, and they will be invited t take the test for a fee of $4.00. The fee will support the cost of administering the test to right nd left ears, the collection and analysis of demographic information from each person tested, the cost of follow-up, and the cost of publicizing the test either through mass media, such as the AARP Magazine and local newspapers, radio and television; or through presentations to service organizations such as the Lions, Kiwanis, Rotary, retirement homes, labor unions, and religious organizations. Net program income during this project will be devoted to the expansion of the areas in which the test is available and the refinement of methods of publicizing the test. Based on Year 1 results, marketing plans will be implemented in additional metropolitan areas in Year 2. If the US response rates are similar to those reported in the Netherlands and the UK, between 1.5 and 2.0 million persons could eventually be tested annually in the US. The two differences between this test and the large number of "free" tests advertised by hearing aid dealers and manufacturers are that (1) it has been proven to be a valid screening test in extensive clinical testing and (2) it is made available by a consortium of two universities and a test- development company, none of which have any financial connections to the hearing aid industry and thus have no conflict of interest in the test outcomes.

描述（由申请人提供）：估计有 3600 万美国公民有听力障碍，但只有五分之一的人接受过听力测试。正如 NIDCD 工作组最近指出的那样，“在美国，没有现成的低成本听力筛查计划。”该提案的作者与印第安纳大学和阿姆斯特丹自由大学医学中心的科学家合作，开发并验证了一种低成本的听力障碍筛查测试，可通过电话进行管理。该测试基于过去七年在荷兰使用的测试，其版本目前已在英国、澳大利亚、法国和德国使用，并且其他几个国家正在开发。美国测试的有效性已在印第安纳大学听力诊所与退伍军人管理局合作进行的研究中得到证明。该项目将确定确保测试大量使用所需的营销类型和程度，以及确保未通过测试的人寻求专业听力服务所需的后续行动的类型和程度。第一年，测试将在两个大都市区启动。一是主要通过大众媒体进行宣传；另一方面是通过向当地组织进行演示。有兴趣的人将被引导到一个网站，该网站将解释测试，并邀请他们参加测试，费用为 4.00 美元。该费用将用于支付左右耳测试的费用、收集和分析每个测试者的人口统计信息的费用、后续费用以及通过大众媒体（例如美国退休人员协会杂志和当地报纸、广播和电视）宣传测试的费用；或通过向狮子会、基瓦尼斯、扶轮社、养老院、工会和宗教组织等服务组织进行演示。该项目期间的项目净收入将用于扩大测试范围和完善测试宣传方法。根据第一年的结果，第二年将在更多大都市地区实施营销计划。如果美国的反应率与荷兰和英国报告的相似，那么美国每年最终可能有 1.5 至 200 万人接受测试。该测试与助听器经销商和制造商宣传的大量“免费”测试之间的两个区别是：（1）它已在广泛的临床测试中被证明是有效的筛查测试；（2）它是由两所大学和一家测试开发公司组成的联盟提供的，这两家公司与助听器行业没有任何财务联系，因此在测试结果上不存在利益冲突。