Cochlear implantation impact on health service utilisation and social outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hearing loss can have a negative impact on individuals' health and engagement with social activities. Integrated approaches that tackle barriers and social outcomes could mitigate some of these effects for cochlear implants (CI) users. This review aims to synthesise the evidence of the impact of a CI on adults' health service utilisation and social outcomes.

Methods

Five databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, ERIC, CINAHL and PsychINFO) were searched from 1st January 2000 to 16 January 2023 and May 2023. Articles that reported on health service utilisation or social outcomes post-CI in adults aged ≥ 18 years were included. Health service utilisation includes hospital admissions, emergency department (ED) presentations, general practitioner (GP) visits, CI revision surgery an

SUBMITTER: Bekele Okuba T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468908 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature