Acquired hearing loss is common among adults, with hearing aids being the primary clinical management option. While hearing aids can improve communication and quality of life, many individuals do not use them consistently or at all. This article presents a protocol for an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions aimed at improving or promoting long-term hearing aid use among adults with hearing...
No actionable change — this is a published protocol, not a completed review; clinicians should watch for the final systematic review and meta-analysis results before updating rehabilitation approaches.
A rigorous, pre-registered update to the hearing aid adherence evidence base could meaningfully guide counseling and rehabilitation program design across clinics worldwide.
- 01The protocol describes a forthcoming systematic review and meta-analysis, not yet completed findings.
- 02Focus is on interventions that improve hearing aid use (adherence/uptake) in adult auditory rehabilitation.
- 03Published in PLoS One, indicating open-access peer review of the methodological plan.
- 04Updating a prior review suggests the evidence base has grown sufficiently to warrant re-analysis.
- 05Pre-registration of review protocols reduces publication bias risk in the final synthesis.
Interventions to improve hearing aid use in adult auditory rehabilitation can be systematically identified and their effects combined via meta-analysis.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42340959
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0351505.
- Journal
- PLOS ONE
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 1a
- Population
- Adults undergoing auditory rehabilitation with hearing aids
- Intervention
- Interventions to improve hearing aid use
Primary outcomes
Hearing aid use (adherence/uptake)