No Treatment
This section outlines the benefits and drawbacks of leaving hearing loss untreated, categorized into three key domains: audiological aspect, medical aspect, and patient-reported aspects. This section outlines the benefits and drawbacks of leaving hearing loss untreated, categorized into three key domains: audiological aspects, medical aspects, and patient-reported aspects.
Each publication listed below is rated by its importance for patients, using a HearringΒ key icon scale πβΒ one key for low importance, three keys for medium importance, and five keys for high importance.
π low importance for patients
πππππthe highest importance for patients
Medical Aspects
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Patient-reported Aspects
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Drawbacks
Audiological Aspects
Medical Aspects
Patient-reported Aspects
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social isolation, headaches, fatigue, tinnitus, social stigma, fear of loosing good ear
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delayed development, poorer academic performance, lower fBb performance
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