Severe-to-Profound Hearing Loss and Mental Health: Initial Evidence That Cochlear Implantation Helps Alleviate Symptoms of Anxiety and Stress.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mental-health issues accounted for 418 million disability-adjusted life years in 2019, costing the world economy approximately $5 trillion. Untreated hearing loss is a well-known modifiable risk factor for mental-health issues, with severe-to-profound hearing loss having the largest impact. Therefore, treatment of severe-to-profound hearing loss, namely with cochlear implantation, could help to alleviate psychological distress. However, previous studies have failed to include comprehensive measures of mental health or adequate controls. The current study thus aimed to conduct a controlled, longitudinal investigation of how cochlear implantation affects depression, anxiety and stress levels.

Participants

Participants were 87 adults assigned to conditions based on h

SUBMITTER: McIlhiney P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319481 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature