The impact of rehabilitation on quality of life after hearing loss: a systematic review

Arjuna Brodie, Bethany Smith, Jaydip Ray, Arjuna Brodie, Bethany Smith, Jaydip Ray

Abstract

Purpose: Hearing 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.

Methods: A 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.

Results: The 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.

Conclusion: From these findings, we concluded that hearing rehabilitation does have a positive impact on quality of life after hearing loss.

Keywords: Hearing loss; Hearing rehabilitation; Quality of life.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest

Author Arjuna Brodie declares he has no conflict of interest. Author Bethany Smith declares she has no conflict of interest. Author Professor Jaydip Ray declares he has no conflict of interest.

Ethical approval

This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

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Flow of information through the different phases of a systematic review

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