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The specific aim of this research is to evaluate the performance, effectiveness, and long-term training benefits of a formal hearing protection fit testing program. This study may provide preliminary evidence on the benefits of direct education/training combined with a formal hearing protection device (HPD) fit testing on HPD fittings on United States Air Force (USAF) employees. Currently, Public Health provides informal, subjective training to employees; this practice may be altered by the results of this study.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Software intervention and education | Experimental | This group will receive software intervention and education before and after receiving one-on-one education, thus showing if benefit or effect occurs simply due to having the software input before receiving education. |
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| Education only | Active Comparator | This group will not receive software intervention prior to and after one-on-one education, only afterwards. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Software intervention and education | Other | Personal attenuation rating measurements will be taken before and after educating the patient using software program |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Degree of earplug fit for participants in the Air Force Hearing Conservation Program as a measure of education and personnal attenuation rating. | The experimental group will show an increase, larger than the control group, in the amount of personal attenuation rating measurement shown by the software program as a result of software intervention used before and after education at the initial and follow-up visits. | 6 mos after intial subject visit |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Quintin A Hecht, Au.D. | United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Elmendorf Air Force Base | Recruiting | Elemendorf Air Force Base | Alaska | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D034381 | Hearing Loss |
| ID | Term |
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| D006311 | Hearing Disorders |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004522 | Educational Status |
| ID | Term |
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| D012959 | Socioeconomic Factors |
| D011154 | Population Characteristics |
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| Education only | Other |
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| Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | Recruiting | Dayton | Ohio | 45433 | United States |
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| D009461 |
| Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |