Music-Based Interventions in Childhood Hearing Loss: A Comprehensive Narrative Review

/Objectives: Childhood hearing loss (HL) affects auditory, linguistic, and social development. Alongside conventional rehabilitation, music-based interventions have gained increasing attention for their potential to support both auditory and non-auditory domains. This narrative review aims to summarize current evidence on the use of music-based interventions in children with HL.

Music-based interventions show promise as an adjunct to standard auditory rehabilitation in children with hearing loss, but the narrative review design limits causal conclusions; audiologists and educators can consider music programs as supplementary tools without changing core practice based on this review alone.

Music-based interventions represent an accessible, low-risk adjunct to conventional pediatric hearing rehabilitation that could improve auditory, linguistic, and social outcomes for children with hearing loss.

1. 01Narrative review synthesized evidence on music-based interventions for children with hearing loss.
2. 02Outcomes assessed included auditory perception, language development, and social skills.
3. 03Music interventions were evaluated alongside conventional rehabilitation (hearing aids, cochlear implants).
4. 04Findings are generally supportive but limited by the narrative review methodology.
5. 05No standardized music therapy protocol exists, limiting direct clinical translation.

PMID

42073151

DOI

10.3390/children13040574.

Journal

Children

Publication type

review

Evidence level

5

Population

Children with hearing loss undergoing rehabilitation

Intervention

Music-based interventions (adjunct to conventional hearing rehabilitation)

Comparator

Conventional hearing rehabilitation alone (hearing aids, cochlear implants)