Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kitterick, P�draig T.; Lucas, Laura; Smith, Sandra N.

Abstract

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.

Citation

Kitterick, P. T., Lucas, L., & Smith, S. N. (2016). Improving health-related quality of life in single-sided deafness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Audiology and Neurotology, 20(Supp 1), https://doi.org/10.1159/000380753

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 17, 2016
• Publication Date: May 19, 2016
• Deposit Date: Dec 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 9, 2016
• Journal: Audiology and Neurotology
• Print ISSN: 1420-3030
• Electronic ISSN: 1421-9700
• Publisher: Karger Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: Supp 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000380753
• Keywords: Asymmetric hearing loss, Cochlear implantation, CROS disease-specific instruments, Generic instruments, Health-related quality of life, Hearing-assistive devices, Single-sided deafness
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/789548
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000380753