Can a hearing aid keep veterans out of the ER?
NCT ID NCT05028972
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving Veterans who have trouble hearing a small personal amplifier in the emergency room can help them understand their discharge instructions better and lower their chances of coming back to the ER within 3 or 30 days. About 1,050 Veterans from six VA emergency departments will take part. The study also checks if ER staff can successfully run this program on their own.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 1,050 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2021
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * English speaking * Emergency severity index criterion of 3 (medium), 4, or 5 (low acuity) * Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screen greater than or equal to 10 or positive answer to a single-item screening question * Capacity to consent to participate in research Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to consent to participate in research * Emergency severity index criterion of 1-2 (high acuity) * Hearing Handicap Inventory-Screen less than 10 and negative answer to single item screening question * Inability to speak English * Using cochlear implants
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
6 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC
RECRUITINGDurham, North Carolina, 27705-3875, United States
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James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
RECRUITINGThe Bronx, New York, 10468, United States
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Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center, Aurora, CO
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045-7211, United States
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Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGSyracuse, New York, 13210, United States
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VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10010-5011, United States
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VA North Texas Health Care System Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGDallas, Texas, 75216, United States
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