Evaluation of quality of life in adults with unilateral hearing loss and bilateral mild sensorineural hearing loss
Levent Küfeciler1, Banu Müjdeci2, Fatma Tülin Kayhan1
1Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Eğitim Ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği
2Yıldırım Beyazıt Universitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Odyoloji Bölümü
Keywords: Hearing loss, quality of life, questionnaire.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the quality of life in adults with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) and bilateral mild sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).
METHODS: Forty patients with unilateral and bilateral hearing loss and 20 subjects with normal hearing (29 males, 31 females; mean age 33.88±8.32 year; range 21 to 45 year) who admitted to our clinic between January 01, 2015 and May 30, 2015 were included in the study. Subjects were divided into three groups as group 1 (20 patients with UHL), group 2 (20 patients with bilateral mild SNHL), and control group (20 subjects with normal hearing). All groups were evaluated with Beck depression inventory (BDI), World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale Short Form Turkish version (WHOQOL-BREF-TR), and short form 36 (SF-36).
RESULTS: Statistically significant differences were present between the groups with regard to total scores of BDI, all subgroup scores of WHOQOL-BREF-TR, and the physical role, emotional role, social function, mental health, vitality, and general health subgroup scores of SF-36 (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION: Beck depression inventory, WHOQOL-BREF-TR, and SF-36 may provide information regarding the effect of hearing loss on quality of life in individuals with hearing loss.