The prevalence of hearing loss and use of hearing aids among adults in Germany: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide approximately 360 million people suffer from hearing impairment, 328 million of whom are adults. Up to now there has been no systematic evaluation of any representative epidemiological data on the prevalence of hearing loss among adults in Germany. The present paper is intended to investigate this within the framework of a systematic review.

Methods

A systematic literature search was carried out in electronic databases as well as by means of hand-searching. Studies published after 1975 and indicating the prevalence or incidence of hearing impairment among German adults were included. Study selection, data extraction and additional quality assessments were made by two independent reviewers.

Results

By means of a systematic literature search it was

SUBMITTER: Lohler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6426811 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature