Limited usable hearing unilaterally (LUHU) in infants and young children: a scoping review of technology considerations and developmental outcomes.

IF 1.9 3区医学 Q2 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

International Journal of Audiology Pub Date : 2025-09-03 DOI:10.1080/14992027.2025.2549465

Christine L Brown, Marlene Bagatto

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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this scoping review was to examine the developmental impact of limited usable hearing unilaterally (LUHU) and surgical and non-surgical technology outcomes specific to infants and young children who have LUHU.

Design: The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Model of Evidence-Based Healthcare provided a framework. Covidence software was used to manage the articles. Literature searches were conducted in November 2022 and May 2023. Three research audiologists screened the articles followed by full text review by the authors.

Results: The searches resulted in 2953 articles. After removal of duplicates, 888 abstracts were screened. 429 articles underwent full text review. Various selection criteria were applied leaving 66 articles for extraction.

Conclusions: The developmental impact of LUHU is comparable to unilateral hearing loss in general. Hearing-related quality of life and listening fatigue are also impacted. Management counselling to review the various technology options should be guided by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) results. Bilateral listening benefits may be achieved through cochlear implantation. A remote microphone (RM) system, coupled to the normal hearing ear can improve performance in settings where noise and localisation are problematic. A bone conduction device (BCD) or contralateral routeing of signal (CROS) system may mitigate head shadow effects.

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婴幼儿单侧有限可用听力（LUHU）：技术考虑和发展结果的范围审查。

目的：本综述的目的是研究单侧有限可用听力（LUHU）对发育的影响，以及患有LUHU的婴幼儿的手术和非手术技术结果。设计：乔安娜布里格斯研究所（JBI）基于证据的医疗保健模型提供了一个框架。使用冠状病毒软件对文章进行管理。文献检索于2022年11月和2023年5月进行。三位研究听力学家对文章进行筛选，然后由作者进行全文审查。结果：检索结果为2953篇。剔除重复后，共筛选了888篇摘要。对429篇文章进行了全文审查。采用各种筛选标准，提取66篇。结论：LUHU对发育的影响与一般单侧听力损失相当。听力相关的生活质量和听力疲劳也会受到影响。管理咨询应以磁共振成像（MRI）结果为指导，审查各种技术选择。耳蜗植入术可使双侧听力获益。一个远程麦克风（RM）系统，连接到正常听力的耳朵，可以提高在噪音和定位有问题的环境下的性能。骨传导装置（BCD）或对侧信号定向（CROS）系统可减轻头影效应。

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International Journal of Audiology 医学-耳鼻喉科学

CiteScore

4.90

自引率

14.80%

发文量

133

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： International Journal of Audiology is committed to furthering development of a scientifically robust evidence base for audiology. The journal is published by the British Society of Audiology, the International Society of Audiology and the Nordic Audiological Society.