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Hearing Aids for Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss in Adults

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Systematic Review

Source: The Cochrane Collaborative

Last Reviewed: September 2017

Workgroups: Hearing and Other Sensory or Communication Disorders Workgroup

In this Cochrane systematic review, the Cochrane Collaborative found that for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss, hearing aids improve their: 

  • Ability to take part in everyday life 
  • General quality of life 
  • Ability to listen to other people

The review included studies in which participants got hearing aids, no hearing aids, or placebo hearing aids.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Increase the proportion of adults with hearing loss who use a hearing aid — HOSCD‑07
Baseline only

Suggested Citation

1.

Ferguson, M. A., Kitterick, P. T., Chong, L. Y., Edmondson-Jones, M., Barker, F., & Hoare, D. J. (2017). Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 (9). DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012023.pub2.