Hearing loss, hearing-aid use, and mortality risk: individual participant data meta-analysis of population-based studies from Australia, Iceland, and the USA and a replication study from Norway.
Hearing aid use and other rehabilitation approaches may influence life expectancy, warranting further investigation into this promising link.
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined Hearing loss, hearing-aid use, and mortality risk: individual participant data meta-analysis of population-based studies from Australia, Iceland, and the USA and a replication. The abstract reports that The potential link between hearing-aid use, other forms of hearing rehabilitation, and increased life expectancy in adults is an important area for future research investigation.
What the study was
- Study design
- Systematic review and meta-analysis
- Population
- Human participants
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- Lancet Healthy Longev
Why it surfaced
Systematic review and meta-analysis; sentinel finding outside the confirmed watchlist. Conservative abstract-level score 8/10.
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