Audiologic Diagnosis of Unilateral Hearing Loss and Intervention Strategies
SHI Wendi
HU Juan
CHEN Jiahui
YAN Xiaohui
ZHANG Qing
Abstract：Unilateral hearing loss is currently the most common type of hearing loss in China.With the development of society,both clinicians and patients have an increasing demand for its understanding,diagnosis and effective intervention.Due to normal hearing on one side,patients with unilateral hearing loss usually have developed concealment and basic abilities to cope with life and learning,which has also led to a clinical misunderstanding among otolaryngologists and audiologists that unilateral hearing loss does not require intervention.However,since patients with unilateral hearing loss lack advanced auditory functions of binaural hearing,problems such as hearing fatigue,rapid depletion of auditory matching capabilities,poor speech recognition in noise,a sense of psychological and personality inferiority and introversion,poor social skills,and easy distraction can occur,leading to frustration,exclusion and decreased competitiveness in learning,work and life.This article systematically summarizes the etiology,pathology,intervention strategies,and precautions in intervention approaches regarding unilateral hearing loss,hoping to help otolaryngologists,audiologists and patients with unilateral hearing loss recognize its significance for early detection and timely intervention.
Keywords：unilateral hearing losshearing diagnosislistening assessmentintervention treatmentdeaf-aidcochlear implant
Publication Date：2024-10-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 856-860 )