GN Hearing A/S, Ballerup, DK.
Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Int J Audiol. 2021;60(sup2):30-46. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1915506. Epub 2021 May 25.
Social isolation and loneliness are interrelated but independent constructs that threaten healthy aging and well-being and are thought to be associated with hearing loss. Our aim was to review the empirical studies that have examined the association between hearing loss and social isolation and/or loneliness to highlight future research needs.
Scoping review.
Three electronic databases were searched combining key terms of "hearing loss", "hearing impairment" and "deaf*" with "social isolation" or "loneliness", yielding an initial result of 939 articles. After removing duplicate articles, abstract screening and full-text review, 57 original articles met our inclusion criteria.
Studies were diverse in terms of methodology with the most common type of study being studies that have explored the relationship between hearing loss and social isolation/loneliness from large population-based datasets. Only eight studies were intervention studies and of these, only one specifically explored the outcomes of hearing aids (HAs) on social isolation/loneliness.
Further research is warranted to examine the influence that hearing interventions, in particular HAs, have on social isolation and/or loneliness, with a specific need to include people who identify as being socially isolated and/or lonely at baseline.
社会孤立和孤独是相互关联但又相互独立的两个概念，它们会威胁到健康老龄化和幸福感，并且被认为与听力损失有关。我们的目的是回顾检查听力损失与社会孤立和/或孤独之间关系的实证研究，以突出未来的研究需求。
范围审查。
通过将“听力损失”、“听力障碍”和“聋*”这三个关键词与“社会孤立”或“孤独”相结合，对三个电子数据库进行了搜索，得到了最初的 939 篇文章。在去除重复文章、摘要筛选和全文审查后，有 57 篇原始文章符合我们的纳入标准。
这些研究在方法学上存在多样性，最常见的研究类型是从大型基于人群的数据集探索听力损失与社会孤立/孤独之间关系的研究。只有八项研究是干预研究，其中只有一项专门研究了助听器（HA）对社会孤立/孤独的影响。
需要进一步研究以检查听力干预，特别是助听器，对社会孤立和/或孤独的影响，特别需要在基线时包括那些自认为处于社会孤立和/或孤独状态的人。
