/Objectives: Hearing loss is a leading cause of disability worldwide, with speech perception representing a key functional outcome of auditory rehabilitation. While hearing aids improve audibility, outcomes vary substantially across clinical subgroups....
Audiologists should assess the specific determinants identified (likely including degree of loss, type of loss, and cognitive factors) when counselling patients about expected speech perception outcomes after hearing aid fitting, particularly distinguishing between conductive and sensorineural cases.
Identifying predictors of hearing aid outcome by hearing loss type enables more personalised prognosis and counselling, potentially improving patient satisfaction and adherence.
- 01Prospective longitudinal design strengthens causal inference compared to retrospective studies.
- 02Separately analyses outcomes for conductive and sensorineural hearing loss subgroups.
- 03Identifies key determinants (e.g., degree of hearing loss, age, type) that predict post-fitting speech perception.
- 04Findings can support evidence-based patient counselling before hearing aid fitting.
- 05Published in Audiology Research (MDPI open-access journal).
Specific patient-level determinants significantly predict speech perception outcomes after hearing aid fitting in both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42345625
- DOI
- 10.3390/audiolres16030086.
- Journal
- Audiology Research
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Patients with conductive and sensorineural hearing loss undergoing hearing aid fitting
- Intervention
- Hearing aid fitting
Primary outcomes
Speech perception scores post hearing aid fitting; Determinants of speech perception outcome by hearing loss type