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NCT Number: NCT02946567

Game to Improve Hearing Health Care Outcomes

The investigators are studying the educational potential of games, with the goal of developing a game to improve learning and promote healthy hearing behaviors.

The project is looking for adolescents and young adults that play games to share their experience and learning from playing games.

The investigators ask participants to fill out an enrollment form/informed consent, complete surveys on healthy hearing habits, and play a game provided by the project.

This projects aims the development and evaluation of a game to educate teenagers and young adults about noise-induced hearing loss, enhance knowledge about hearing, and promote healthy hearing behaviors with the potential to improve hearing health care.

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Key information

Conditions

Focus of the Study is to Promote Healthy Hearing

Age range

13 year–20 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Photozig, Inc.

Moffett Field, California, 94035-0128, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants have to be between the ages of 13 and 20 years of age (either gender).
  • Participants who are between the ages of 13 and 17 years of age must have a willing and able parent or legal guardian who permits them to participate.
  • Participants must have Internet access, an email address (or be able to use parent's/legal guardian's email address), and agree to play a game (random assignment to a group with a different game).

Exclusion criteria

  • Participants will be excluded if they are cognitively impaired, have any serious medical problem that may interfere with their ability to engage with the online game.
  • Those who are not able to read/follow written instructions and individuals with an excessive addiction to games will be excluded.

Treatment and study plan

Noisy City information about hearing health care

Other

Participants will play the game Noisy City, which contains information about hearing health care.

Generic Game

Other

Participants will play a generic game without any particular information about hearing health care.

Primary outcomes

  1. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intended Behavior Questionnaire about hearing health care

    Time frame: 9 weeks

    This instrument has been used to evaluate the effectiveness of past hearing loss prevention programs funded by the National Institute of Health. It contains questions on knowledge, attitudes, and intended behavior related to hearing health care. Although there are questions in different domains, the instrument consolidates the overall perception of participant on hearing health care.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Photozig, Inc.

Industry

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)

Registry information

Acronym: NoisyCity

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Oct 27, 2016
Registry last updated
Oct 5, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.