Bilateral Versus Unilateral Hearing Aids for Bilateral Hearing Impairment in Adults
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Schilder, A. G., Chong, L. Y., et al. (2017).
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 12, CD012665.
This systematic review investigates the effects and preference of bilateral versus unilateral hearing aids in adults with bilateral hearing loss.
The Cochrane Collaboration; National Institute for Health Research (United Kingdom)
Through 8 June 2017
Randomized controlled trials
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Data was unable to be pooled from the four studies. "We do not know if people with hearing loss have a preference for one aid or two. Similarly, we do not know if hearing-specific health-related quality of life, or any of our other outcomes, are better with bilateral or unilateral aids" (Very Low Quality, p. 23).
