The Studying Multiple Outcomes After Aural Rehabilitative Treatment Study: Study Design and Baseline Results:

Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine

Lingsheng Li¹ 

关键词: hearing loss;    hearing rehabilitation;    hearing aids;    cochlear implants;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2333721417704947

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Hearing loss may affect critical domains of health and functioning in older adults. This article describes the rationale and design of the Studying Multiple Outcomes After Aural Rehabilitative Treatment (SMART) study, which was developed to determine to what extent current hearing rehabilitative therapies could mitigate the effects of hearing loss on health outcomes. One hundred and forty-five patients ≥50 years receiving hearing aids (HA) or cochlear implants (CI) were recruited from the Johns Hopkins Department of Otolaryngology-HNS. A standardized outcome battery was administered to assess cognitive, social, mental, and physical functioning. Of the 145 participants aged 50 to 94.9 years who completed baseline evaluations, CI participants had significantly greater loneliness, social isolation, and poorer hearing and communicative function compared with HA participants. This study showed that standardized measures of health-related outcomes commonly used in gerontology appear sensitive to hearing impairment and are feasible to implement in clinical studies of hearing loss.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC