Hearing Norton Sound: a community randomised trial protocol to address childhood hearing loss in rural Alaska.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The population in rural Alaska experiences a disproprionately high burden of infection-mediated hearing loss. While the state mandates school hearing screening, many children with hearing loss are not identified or are lost to follow-up before ever receiving treatment. A robust, tribally owned healthcare system exists in Alaska, but children with hearing loss must first be identified and referred for existing infrastructure to be used. This trial will evaluate a new school hearing screening and referral process in rural Alaska, with the goal of improving timely identification and treatment of childhood hearing loss.

Methods and analysis

Comparative effectiveness community randomised trial testing digital innovations to improve school hearing screening and referr

SUBMITTER: Emmett SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6340015 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature