NCT02233361.

Trial name or title	Use of hearing aids development and implementation of a counselling program for hearing aid users
Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	New hearing aid users, aged 65 years and over
Interventions	The intervention group will be informed in advance of a follow‐up appointment 6 months after they have received their hearing aid. They will know that support will be given and time‐use of the hearing aid will be checked. Counselling on hearing aid use will be given. The control group will not receive any information about a follow‐up appointment. However, they will receive a notice on this after 6 months.
Outcomes	Hours per day of hearing aid use (measured using data‐logging) at 6 months post fitting
Starting date	January 2014
Contact information	jorunn.solheim@lds.no
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