Journal
EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
Volume 275, Issue 10, Pages 2435-2440Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-018-5100-7
Keywords
Hearing loss; Hearing rehabilitation; Quality of life
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
PurposeHearing loss is a major health problem and is associated with several negative outcomes such as difficulties in communicating and poor quality of life. The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic literature review to evaluate the impact of different types of hearing rehabilitation after hearing loss and their impact on quality of life.MethodsA systematic literature search was conducted on Pubmed which retrieved 549 articles. Of these, 29 articles regarding cochlear implants, bone anchored hearing devices and traditional amplification hearing aids have been systematically reviewed. The search was limited to articles published from 1960/01/01 to 2017/05/22, included human participants and available in English.ResultsThe main finding was that hearing rehabilitation is beneficial in all types of hearing loss and treatment regarding quality of life. However, bone-anchored hearing devices and cochlear implants were shown to produce greater improvements in terms of quality of life than conventional hearing aids.ConclusionFrom these findings, we concluded that hearing rehabilitation does have a positive impact on quality of life after hearing loss.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available