Game to Improve Hearing Health Care Outcomes

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Official Title
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Game to Improve Hearing Health Care Outcomes

Conditions
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Focus of the Study is to Promote Healthy Hearing

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Noisy City information about hearing health care
* Other: Generic Game


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 13 Years
Maximum Age: 20 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Noisy City<br>Participant will play the Noisy City game developed by this project. | Other: Noisy City information about hearing health care<br>* Participants will play the game Noisy City, which contains information about hearing health care.<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: Control<br>Participant will play a generic game. | Other: Generic Game<br>* Participants will play a generic game without any particular information about hearing health care.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intended Behavior Questionnaire about hearing health care | 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. | 9 weeks |