Internet Auditory Rehabilitation: Follow-up to Adult Hearing Screening

Internet Auditory Rehabilitation: Innovative Follow-up to Adult Hearing Screening.

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.

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