Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The main clinical intervention for mild to moderate hearing loss is the provision of hearing aids. These are routinely offered and fitted to those who seek help for hearing difficulties. By amplifying and improving access to sounds, and speech sounds in particular, the aim of hearing aid use is to reduce the negative consequences of hearing loss and improve participation in everyday life.

Objectives

To evaluate the effects of hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults.

Search methods

The Cochrane ENT Information Specialist searched the ENT Trials Register; the Cochrane Register of Studies Online; MEDLINE; PubMed; EMBASE; CINAHL; Web of Science; ClinicalTrials.gov; ICTRP and additional sources for published and unpublished trials. The date of t

SUBMITTER: Ferguson MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6483809 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature