Unilateral hearing loss (UHL), single-sided deafness (SSD), and asymmetric hearing loss (AHL) impair speech understanding in noise, sound localization, and overall communication. These conditions are commonly managed with contralateral routing of signal (CROS) or bilateral CROS (BiCROS) hearing aids....
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Discussion
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The Arabic SSQ-12 shows promise as a self-report tool for Arabic-speaking adults with single-sided or asymmetric hearing loss being evaluated for CROS/BiCROS fittings, but validation data should be reviewed before routine adoption.
Validated patient-reported outcome measures in Arabic expand access to evidence-based hearing care assessment for a large, underserved global population.
- 01Study assessed self-perceived hearing disability using the Arabic SSQ-12 in adults referred for CROS or BiCROS evaluation.
- 02CROS/BiCROS devices route sound from a non-hearing or poorer ear to the better ear.
- 03SSQ-12 covers speech understanding, spatial hearing, and sound quality.
- 04Focuses on Arabic-speaking patients with unilateral or asymmetric hearing loss — an underserved population in audiological research.
- 05Published in Cureus; findings require replication in larger, more diverse samples.
The Arabic SSQ-12 can assess self-perceived hearing disability in adults referred for CROS/BiCROS evaluation.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42733831
- DOI
- 10.7759/cureus.114536.
- Journal
- Cureus
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Arabic-speaking adults referred for CROS/BiCROS hearing device evaluation with unilateral or asymmetric hearing loss
- Intervention
- Arabic Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale-12 (SSQ-12) assessment
Primary outcomes
Self-perceived hearing disability scores on Arabic SSQ-12; Characterisation of hearing handicap in CROS/BiCROS candidates