Using Generic and Disease-Specific Measures to Assess Quality of Life before and after 12 Months of Hearing Implant Use: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Multicenter, Observational Clinical Study

Lassaletta, Luis; Calvino, Miryam; Sánchez‐Cuadrado, Isabel; H. Skarżyński, Piotr; B. Cywka, Katarzyna; Czajka, Natalia; Kutyba, Justyna; Távora‐Vieira, Dayse; Van de Heyning, Paul; Mertens, Griet; Staecker, Hinrich; Humphrey, Bryan; Zernotti, Mario; Zernotti, Máximo; Magele, Astrid; Ploder, Marlene; Speranza Zabeu, Júlia

doi:10.3390/ijerph19052503

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Using Generic and Disease-Specific Measures to Assess Quality of Life before and after 12 Months of Hearing Implant Use: A Prospective, Longitudinal, Multicenter, Observational Clinical Study

Published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health • Feb 22, 2022

Authors:

Luis Lassaletta

Miryam Calvino

Isabel Sánchez‐Cuadrado

Abstract

The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of hearing implant (HI) use on quality of life (QoL) and to determine which QoL measure(s) quantify QoL with greater sensitivity in users of different types of HIs. Participants were adult cochlear implant (CI), active middle ear impla...

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Observational study

Medicine

Longitudinal study

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