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A Systematic Review of the Effect of Hearing Aids on Static and Dynamic Balance in Adults with Hearing Impairment.

Marina Tareq Mahafza, Wayne J Wilson, Sandra Brauer, Barbra H B Timmer, Louise Hickson

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Trends in hearing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06198049 (Effects of Pilates Training Versus Balance Proprioception Exercises on Lower Extremity Function in Children With Hearing Impairment), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06198049 nacompletednot on this map

Effects of Pilates Training Versus Balance Proprioception Exercises on Lower Extremity Function in Children With Hearing Impairment

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2023 to 2024Enrolled34ConditionsHearing Impaired ChildrenArmsPilates Training, Balance Proprioception Exercises
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Effect of hearing aid use on balance in young adults with hearing loss.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  11. Effect of simulated acute bilateral severe conductive hearing loss on static balance function in healthy subjects: a prospective observational pilot study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marina Tareq MahafzaSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1974The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-5099-6465
Wayne J WilsonSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1974The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8141-5173
Sandra BrauerSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1974The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Barbra H B TimmerSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1974The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Louise HicksonSchool of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, 1974The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
The University of Queensland · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This preregistered systematic review examined the peer-reviewed scientific literature to determine the effect of hearing aids (HAs) on static and dynamic balance in adults with Hearing Impairment (HI). A search of the English language literature in seven academic databases identified 909 relevant articles published prior to July 2021. Ten articles contained studies that met the inclusion criteria for this review. Seven studies had measured static balance with five reporting improvements and one reporting no changes in balance with HA use. Two studies had measured dynamic balance with both reporting no changes with HA use. One study had measured both dynamic and static balance and reported no changes with HA use. For adults with HI, the evidence was equivocal that amplification from HAs improves balance. High quality studies investigating the effect of HAs on balance in adults with HI are needed given this field is likely to develop in response to the growing population of adults with hearing and balance impairment worldwide.

Indexed as

Hearing AidsHearing LossAdultHearingHearing TestsHumansPostural Balancebalancehearing aidshearing impairmentpostural stabilityvestibular impairment

Identifiers

PMID36377351
PMCPMC9666870
OpenAlexW4309360878

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