The purpose of the study is to understand the cultural impact on hearing loss among Native Americans who traditionally rely on oral communication. This Native American community based participatory research hearing protection study proposes to implement a culturally relevant Talking Circles intervention to address hearing health inequities among Native Americans. The goal is to establish a sustainable culturally based Talking Circle (TC) hearing loss prevention program to disseminate messages, thus promote hearing health and improve access to preventive tools within the larger tribal community with high occupational and recreational noise exposure. TC Participants will: * Complete a set of questionnaires (3 total) throughout the study. * Complete an audiometer hearing test with headphones, and watch one video computer related to hearing and how to protect hearing at the tribal wellness center. * In 6-months into the trial, participants will be asked to complete the same set of questionnaires from the beginning of the study. * In 12-months after the baseline surveys and hearing test, participants will be asked to complete the same set of questionnaires that were done at the beginning of the study and complete another hearing test by the computer. The intervention will include facilitator training for local implementation and a delayed-intervention control to assess knowledge gains and protective behavior changes. Through use of the TC, the participants in the training program can use the support and insight from each other to be trained to establish self-sustaining hearing loss prevention program in the tribal community.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Knowledge of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Timeframe: Data collected at 3 time points: baseline enrollment, and at 6 and 12-month posttests.
Use of Hearing Protections Devices (HPDs)
Timeframe: Data collected at baseline enrollment and at 6 and 12-month posttests.