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: 8607174
• 负责人: CHARLES S WATSON
• 金额: $ 45.91万
• 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 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8607174
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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3600万美国公民听力受损，但只有五分之一的人进行了听力测试。正如最近NIDCD工作组所指出的，“在美国，没有现成的低成本听力筛查计划。“这项提案的作者与来自印第安纳州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残疾筛查测试，可通过电话进行管理。这项测试是基于一个已经在过去七年中在荷兰，其版本现在在英国，澳大利亚，法国和德国使用，并正在开发中的其他几个国家。美国测试的有效性已在印第安纳州大学听力诊所进行的研究中得到证实，并与退伍军人管理局合作。该项目将确定确保大量使用测试所需的营销类型和范围，以及确保那些失败的人寻求专业听力服务所需的后续服务的类型和范围。在第一年，测试将在两个大都市区启动。在一种情况下，主要通过大众媒体进行宣传;在另一种情况下，通过向地方组织介绍情况进行宣传。感兴趣的人将被引导到一个网站，在那里测试将被解释，他们将被邀请参加测试的费用为4.00美元。这笔费用将用于支付对左耳和右耳进行测试的费用、收集和分析每个测试者的人口资料的费用、后续行动的费用以及通过大众媒体，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;或通过向服务组织，如狮子会、基瓦尼斯、扶轮社、退休之家、工会和宗教组织介绍。本项目期间的净方案收入将用于扩大可供测试的地区和改进测试的宣传方法。根据第一年的结果，营销计划将在第二年在其他大都市地区实施。如果美国的应答率与荷兰和英国报告的应答率相似，美国最终每年将有150万至200万人接受检测。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选测试，（2）它由两所大学和一家测试开发公司组成的财团提供，这些机构都与助听器行业没有任何经济联系，因此在测试结果中没有利益冲突。