Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Unilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss, or single-sided deafness (SSD), impairs listening abilities supported by the use of two ears, including speech perception in background noise and sound localisation. Hearing-assistive devices can aid listening by re-routing sounds from the impaired to the...
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| author | Kitterick, Pádraig T. Lucas, Laura Smith, Sandra N. |
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| description | Unilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss, or single-sided deafness (SSD), impairs listening abilities supported by the use of two ears, including speech perception in background noise and sound localisation. Hearing-assistive devices can aid listening by re-routing sounds from the impaired to the non-impaired ear or by restoring input to the impaired ear. A systematic review of the literature examined the impact of hearing-assistive devices on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adults with SSD as measured using generic and disease-specific instruments. A majority of studies used observational designs, and the quality of the evidence was low to moderate. Only two studies used generic instruments. A mixed-effect meta-analysis of disease-specific measures suggested that hearing-assistive devices have a small-to-medium impact on HRQoL. The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale and the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) were identified as instruments that are sensitive to device-related changes in disease-specific and generic HRQoL, respectively. |
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| spelling | nottingham-392602020-05-04T17:51:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39260/ Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis Kitterick, Pádraig T. Lucas, Laura Smith, Sandra N. Unilateral severe-to-profound hearing loss, or single-sided deafness (SSD), impairs listening abilities supported by the use of two ears, including speech perception in background noise and sound localisation. Hearing-assistive devices can aid listening by re-routing sounds from the impaired to the non-impaired ear or by restoring input to the impaired ear. A systematic review of the literature examined the impact of hearing-assistive devices on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adults with SSD as measured using generic and disease-specific instruments. A majority of studies used observational designs, and the quality of the evidence was low to moderate. Only two studies used generic instruments. A mixed-effect meta-analysis of disease-specific measures suggested that hearing-assistive devices have a small-to-medium impact on HRQoL. The Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale and the Health Utilities Index Mark 3 (HUI3) were identified as instruments that are sensitive to device-related changes in disease-specific and generic HRQoL, respectively. Karger 2016-05-19 Article PeerReviewed Kitterick, Pádraig T., Lucas, Laura and Smith, Sandra N. (2016) Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Audiology and Neurotology, 20 (Supp 1). pp. 79-86. ISSN 1421-9700 Asymmetric hearing loss Cochlear implantation CROS disease-specific instruments Generic instruments Health-related quality of life Hearing-assistive devices Single-sided deafness http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000380753 doi:10.1159/000380753 doi:10.1159/000380753 |
| spellingShingle | Asymmetric hearing loss Cochlear implantation CROS disease-specific instruments Generic instruments Health-related quality of life Hearing-assistive devices Single-sided deafness Kitterick, Pádraig T. Lucas, Laura Smith, Sandra N. Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title | Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full | Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_fullStr | Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_short | Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| title_sort | improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| topic | Asymmetric hearing loss Cochlear implantation CROS disease-specific instruments Generic instruments Health-related quality of life Hearing-assistive devices Single-sided deafness |
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