Internet Auditory Rehabilitation: Follow-up to Adult Hearing Screening

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Hearing Loss
• Interventions: Other: iManage (my hearing loss)

• Registration Number: NCT04122183
• Lead Sponsor: University of Louisville

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-10-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-10-08
• Study First Posted: 2019-10-10
• Study Start: 2021-08-17
• Primary Completion: 2023-12-30
• Study Completion: 2023-12-30
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 31

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

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Program Group	iManage (my hearing loss)	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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Audiologist visit	6 months following the failed hearing screening	The percentage of individuals who visit an audiologist for a comprehensive hearing evaluation.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change on the Health Belief Questionnaire, a survey that measures attitudes about the 6 constructs of the Health Belief Model as related to seeking hearing healthcare	Baseline (within one week of screening) and 6 months post baseline	Mean score (which can range between 1 and 11) on each of 6 scales: perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, perceived self-efficacy, and cues to action. A higher score indicates greater agreement with the construct.
Change on the Readiness for Change Questionnaire, a single-item questionnaire that attempts to place the participant on a continuum regarding readiness for hearing healthcare as outline by the Transtheoretical Model.	Baseline, 4 weeks post baseline, and 6 months post baseline	Participants will select the statement that best describes their view of their hearing status, 1 indicates "precontemplation", 2 indicates "contemplation", 3 indicates, "preparation", 4 indicates "action" on the Transtheoretical Model Continuum.
Total score on the Hearing Loss Support Scale, a questionnaire that measures self-perceived informational and emotional support from family, peers, and healthcare providers about managing hearing loss.	Baseline, and 6 months post baseline	Total score can range between 7 and 49, with a higher score indicating greater support from others.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Louisville, Program in Audiology; 🇺🇸 Louisville, Kentucky, United States