Internet Auditory Rehabilitation: Follow-up to Adult Hearing Screening
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to see if a newly developed program called "I Manage my hearing loss" (iManage) will increase the number of individuals who visit an audiologist after failing a hearing screening. The iManage program will educate individuals about hearing loss, demonstrate that hearing problems are important, demonstrate that support from family and friends is important and help participants identify the benefits and concerns related to seeking help for hearing loss.
Condition
- Hearing Loss
Eligibility
- Eligible Ages
- Between 45 Years and 85 Years
- Eligible Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- Subject must fail a hearing screening (any threshold >34 decibels hearing level at 2000 or 3000 Hertz in either ear) or show equivalent or greater degree of hearing loss on most recent audiogram. - Free of obvious outer or middle ear disease (as measured by otoscopy) - Between the ages of 45 and 85 - Pass a health literacy screening - Pass a thinking skills screening
Exclusion Criteria
- Experience seeing an audiologist for a hearing evaluation or management - Experience using a hearing aid
Study Design
- Phase
- N/A
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel Assignment
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None (Open Label)
Arm Groups
| Arm | Description | Assigned Intervention |
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Experimental Program Group |
Following a failed hearing screening, participants will be offered the standard of care (information sheet recommending a comprehensive hearing evaluation) and asked to complete the iManage Program. Six months after the screening participants will be asked if they visited an audiologist. |
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No Intervention Delayed Program Group |
Following a failed hearing screening, participants will be offered the standard of care (information sheet recommending a comprehensive hearing evaluation). Six months after the screening participants will be asked if they visited an audiologist and they will be given the opportunity to complete the iManage Program. |
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Recruiting Locations
More Details
- NCT ID
- NCT04122183
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Louisville