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

• Published in: BMJ Open
• Main Authors: Emmett, Susan D, Robler, Samantha Kleindienst, Wang, Nae-Yuh, Labrique, Alain, Gallo, Joseph J, Hofstetter, Philip
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ 2019
• Subjects: Bering Strait; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023078; https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023078

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, triball...