Unilateral and Bilateral Hearing Aids for Age-Related Hearing Loss

The trial results indicate that bilateral HAs yield greater self-reported benefit than unilateral HAs; however, while statistically detectable, it is not clear whether this reaches the threshold for clinical meaningfulness. Both configurations produced individually meaningful improvements. These results inform, but do not yet establish, a standard-of-practice recommendation for bilateral fitting.

Corresponding Author: Sherri L. Smith, AuD, PhD, Department of Head sherri.smith@duke.edu).

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