Cochrane Corner: Amplification with Hearing Aids for Patients with Tinnitus and Co-existing Hearing Loss

Anne G M Schilder; Martin J Burton; Thomas L Eby; Richard M Rosenfeld

doi:10.1177/0194599814532426

Cochrane Corner: Amplification with Hearing Aids for Patients with Tinnitus and Co-existing Hearing Loss

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Jun;150(6):915-8. doi: 10.1177/0194599814532426. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

Authors

Anne G M Schilder¹, Martin J Burton², Thomas L Eby³, Richard M Rosenfeld⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, University College of London, UK, and University Medical Center of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Department of Otolaryngology, University of Oxford and The Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
³ Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA richrosenfeld@msn.com.

PMID: 24748588
DOI: 10.1177/0194599814532426

Abstract

The "Cochrane Corner" is a section in the journal that highlights systematic reviews relevant to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, with invited commentary to aid clinical decision making. This installment features a Cochrane review, "Amplification with Hearing Aids for Patients with Tinnitus and Co-existing Hearing Loss," which identified only 1 randomized controlled trial and concluded that current evidence for use of hearing aids is limited.

Keywords: hearing aid; systematic review; tinnitus; tinnitus handicap inventory.

Publication types

Review
Comment

MeSH terms

Hearing Aids*
Hearing Loss / complications*
Hearing Loss / therapy*
Humans
Tinnitus / complications*
Tinnitus / therapy*

Grants and funding

NIHR-RP-011-045/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom