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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023

The Effects of BCDs in Unilateral Conductive Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review.

Xin-Yue Wang, Liu-Jie Ren, You-Zhou Xie, Yao-Yao Fu, Ya-Ying Zhu, Chen-Long Li, Tian-Yu Zhang

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xin-Yue WangDepartment of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0863-8709
Liu-Jie RenDepartment of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.
You-Zhou XieDepartment of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.
Yao-Yao FuDepartment of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.
Ya-Ying ZhuDepartment of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.
Chen-Long LiDepartment of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8165-3622
Tian-Yu ZhangDepartment of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China.
Fudan University · CN

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of China 82101221Shanghai Natural Science Foundation 20ZR1409900
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone conduction devices (BCDs) are widely used in the treatment of conductive hearing loss (CHL), but their applications on unilateral CHL (UCHL) patients remain controversial. To evaluate the effects of BCDs in UCHL, a systematic search was undertaken until May 2023 following the PRISMA guidelines. Among the 391 references, 21 studies met the inclusion criteria and were ultimately selected for review. Data on hearing thresholds, speech recognition, sound localization, and subjective questionnaire outcomes were collected and summarized. Moderate hearing threshold improvements were found in UCHL patients aided with BCDs. Their speech recognition abilities improved significantly. However, sound localization results showed wide individual variations. According to subjective questionnaires, BCDs had an overall positive influence on the daily life of UCHL patients, although several unfavorable experiences were reported by some of them. We concluded that the positive audiological benefits and subjective questionnaire results have made BCDs a credible intervention for UCHL patients. Before final implantations, UCHL patients should first go through a period of time when they were fitted with non-implantable BCDs as a trial.

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auditory benefitsbone conduction devicessystematic reviewunilateral conduction hearing loss

Identifiers

PMID37762842
PMCPMC10532261
OpenAlexW4386601031

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