Hearing Aids and Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Hearing Loss

JAMA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 319 (21) ◽  
pp. 2225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pádraig T. Kitterick ◽  
Melanie A. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Children with Hearing Loss Health-Related Quality of Life and Parental Perceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Olga María Alegre de la Rosa ◽  
Luis Miguel Villar Angulo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Background Factors ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

This study aimed to evaluate two objectives: first, the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and socio-demographic characteristics of children with cochlear implants (CIs) or hearing aids (HAs) on the Kid-KINDLR_children_7-13 questionnaire, and second to analyze parental background factors and the perceptions of their children with CIs or HAs on the Kid_Kiddo-KINDLR_Parents_ 7-17 questionnaire. The data consisted of 89 children with CIs and 63 children with HAs and their 89 parents, respectively. The characteristics of children and the parental factors included demographic and audiological variables. Student’s t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to analyze the two objectives. Children with CIs exhibited a perception of better HRQoL in comparison with children with HAs. Among other differences, children with CIs or HAs and their parents were significantly distinct in the variable Setting (t = 2.921, p < 0.010). Moreover, parents of children with CIs or HAs were significantly different among them in some background factors (i.e., age, socioeconomic status, and learning). Children with CIs and their parents demonstrated a perception of better HRQoL than children with HAs and their parents. These findings added to the existing knowledge about the benefits of CIs for children with hearing loss. Parents of children with CIs noted the significance of social and emotional development as a marker of well-being in their children’s lives.

scholarly journals Health-related quality of life in children who use cochlear implants or hearing aids

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e03114
Author(s):  
Olga María Alegre-de la Rosa ◽  
Luis Miguel Villar-Angulo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cochlear Implants ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Health-Related Quality of Life Changes Associated With Hearing Loss

2020 ◽  
Vol 146 (7) ◽  
pp. 630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. Dixon ◽  
David Feeny ◽  
George Tomlinson ◽  
Sharon Cushing ◽  
Joseph M. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Life Changes ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

Parent-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life in Children With Congenital Hearing Loss: A Population Study

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 411-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Wake ◽  
Elizabeth K. Hughes ◽  
Christy M. Collins ◽  
Zeffie Poulakis
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Population Study ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Congenital Hearing Loss ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Reported Health

scholarly journals Does probe-tube verification of real-ear hearing aid amplification characteristics improve outcomes in adult hearing aid users? A protocol for a systematic review

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. e038113
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Almufarrij ◽  
Kevin J Munro ◽  
Harvey Dillon
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Patient Reported ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

IntroductionUsing a probe-tube microphone to measure and adjust the real-ear performance of the hearing aid to match the prescription target is recommended and widely used in clinical practice. Hearing aid fitting software can approximately match the amplification characteristics of the hearing aid to the prescription without real-ear measurements (REMs), but using REM improves the match to the prescribed target. What is unclear is if the improved match results in a better patient-reported outcome. The primary objective of this review is to determine whether the use of REM improves patient-reported outcomes in adult hearing aid users.Methods and analysisThe review’s methods are in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols guidelines. MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Web of Science and CENTRAL via Cochrane Library will be searched to identify relevant studies. The review’s population of interest will include adults with any degree of sensorineural or mixed hearing loss who have been prescribed with acoustic hearing aids. The included studies should compare REM fitting to the initial fit provided by the manufacturer’s fitting software. Hearing-specific health-related quality of life is the primary outcome but secondary outcomes include self-reported listening ability, speech recognition scores, generic health-related quality of life, hours of use, number of required follow-up sessions and adverse events. Randomised and non-randomised controlled trials will be included. The risk of bias in the included studies will be evaluated using Down and Black’s checklist. The quality of the overall evidence will be assessed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations tool.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval will not be sought because this systematic review will only retrieve and analyse data from published studies. Review results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at relevant scientific conferences.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020166074.

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