Clinic-based support combined with provider encouragement significantly improved hearing screening rates, while home-based screening had low adherence despite provider encouragement, according to Ear and Hearing. To determine whether PCP encouragement and in clinic support could improve adherence to hearing screenings compared with at home screenings, Sherri L. Smith, MD and colleagues divided 660 adults, aged 65-75, into three groups. The first group received no provider encouragement for at home screening; the second received provider encouragement for at home screening; and the third received provider encouragement for in clinic screening following their visit. All patients who received both provider encouragement and in clinic support completed the hearing screening, while only 26.8% completed the screening at home with provider encouragement, and 22.7% completed it at home without encouragement. About half of patients who failed the screening proceeded to a diagnostic evaluation, and clinicians of various specialties provided intervention plans to 35%-50% of these patients.