Adam J Rock, William L Coventry, Methuen I Morgan, Natasha M Loi
Teaching Research Methods and Statistics in eLearning Environments: Pedagogy, Practical Examples, and Possible Futures
Frontiers in psychology
many studies shown increased academic problems children unilateral hearing loss uhl however whether hearing devices ameliorate educational difficulties associated uhl well studied therefore objective current systematic review answer question nonsurgical amplification devices boneanchored hearing aids andor cochlear implants improve academic outcomes schoolaged children adolescents uhl embase medline scopus cinahl apa psycinfo clinicaltrialsgov cochrane databases searched inception 122122 published peerreviewed studies comparing academic outcomes patients uhl aged 5 19 years without hearing devices nonsurgical amplification devices boneanchored hearing aids cochlear implants included results studies qualitatively synthesized risk bias evaluated effective public health practice project ephpp quality assessment tool total 5644 nonduplicate publications identified search four studies included synthesis every one investigating nonsurgical amplification one small singlearm study demonstrated significant improvement subjective classroom listening difficulties 3 4month trial bte hearing aid three studies nonsurgical amplification devices showed benefit across multiple academic outcomes fm systems conventional crosstyle hearing aids small sample sizes heterogeneous andor illdefined study samples overall low quality available literature ultimately make hard draw definitive conclusions regarding nonsurgical amplification devices effectiveness improving academic outcomes children uhl articles identified studied cochlear implants boneanchored hearing aids studies highquality study design large sample sizes longterm followup needed answer clinically important question