(2007), a systematic review, which is level one evidence, was conducted to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of individuals with sensorineural hearing loss who wear hearing aids. In this review, sixteen studies were evaluated which included randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, correlational studies, and pre-test post-test studies of individuals between the ages of fifty-four and seventy-four who were primarily male with mild to profound hearing loss. Through analyzing the data using an effect size (ES) to express the magnitude of the results, it was found that hearing aids have a medium to large effect on HRQoL (2.07 with 95% CI: 0.51, 3.63) when the outcomes are measured using disease-specific instruments. This study’s conclusions help support the idea that adults with sensorineural hearing loss who use hearing aids have an improved HRQoL by helping reduce the social, psychological, and emotional effects of their hearing
(2007), a systematic review, which is level one evidence, was conducted to assess the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of individuals with sensorineural hearing loss who wear hearing aids. In this review, sixteen studies were evaluated which included randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, correlational studies, and pre-test post-test studies of individuals between the ages of fifty-four and seventy-four who were primarily male with mild to profound hearing loss. Through analyzing the data using an effect size (ES) to express the magnitude of the results, it was found that hearing aids have a medium to large effect on HRQoL (2.07 with 95% CI: 0.51, 3.63) when the outcomes are measured using disease-specific instruments. This study’s conclusions help support the idea that adults with sensorineural hearing loss who use hearing aids have an improved HRQoL by helping reduce the social, psychological, and emotional effects of their hearing