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To assess whether children with glue ear ( and some normal hearing controls) and their families find the Hear Glue Ear application acceptable and easy to use. Whether the hearing screening section on the app is comparable to the hearing test data obtained from formal audiology hearing tests.
The Hear Glue Ear application aims to provide up-to-date information for families as well as audiobooks, songs and games for children with hearing loss secondary to glue ear, to be able to aid with their developmental skills (particularly speech, language, auditory processing, auditory memory and listening skills) during the period of time when they have glue ear.
Outcome measures include acceptability of the application by the family (provided by questionnaires to the child and an adult parent/ carer), usability of the app (a member of the research team will observe the child using the app and how much difficulty they have such as how many times the researcher has to help/ intervene) and comparison of the hearing screen on the app with formal audiology hearing test result.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Children with hearing loss secondary to glue ear | Active Comparator | Children accessing the community audiology NHS services due to concerns about hearing loss who have a diagnosis of glue ear (also known as otitis media with effusion, OME) |
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| Children with normal hearing | Sham Comparator | Children accessing the community audiology NHS services due to concerns about hearing loss who do not have a diagnosis of glue ear (also known as otitis media with effusion, OME) and are confirmed as having normal hearing. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Hear Glue ear application | Device | Hear Glue ear is an application used on phones, ipads, tablets or computers which provides free information, songs, audiobooks, games and a home hearing screening game. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| acceptability of the Hear Glue Ear application to children with glue ear and their families | Questionnaire: Whether children like the Hear Glue ear app and find it useful | Observing the child looking at the app for he first time and following up with the family after 1 week from baseline regarding whether they used it at home |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| does the hearing screen on the Hear Glue Ear application compare to hearing test results from formal audiology testing. | Comparison between results: Children will have had a formal hearing test before they are invited into the study and theis will be compared to their results on the hearing screening game within the application. | 1 hour maximum. one appointmnet where the researcher observes the child accessing the app |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Tamsin Holland Brown, MBBS | Cambridgeshire Community Services | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Cambridgshire Community Services NHS Trust | Cambridge | Cambridgshire | CB1 3DF | United Kingdom |
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| Label | URL |
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| Website used to give information about study outcomes to participants | View source |
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All patient data will only be held by the small research team gathering data for this project. Data will be held in line with GDPR and ethical approval.
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| ID | Term |
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| D006314 | Hearing Loss, Conductive |
| D010034 | Otitis Media with Effusion |
| ID | Term |
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| D034381 | Hearing Loss |
| D006311 | Hearing Disorders |
| D004427 | Ear Diseases |
| D010038 | Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases |
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Teal of an app
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Single arm study of children trialling an app
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| Ease of use of the Hear Glue ear application | Questionnaire and Number of mistakes: Can children easily access the Hear Glue Ear application without help from an adult | 1 hour. one appointmnet where the researcher observes the child accessing the app |
| D012678 |
| Sensation Disorders |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D010033 | Otitis Media |
| D010031 | Otitis |