Importance Sensorineural hearing loss is the third leading cause of years lived with
disability worldwide. Cochlear implants may provide a viable alternative to hearing aids for …

Objectives: To investigate whether it is clinically effective and cost-effective to provide (i) a
unilateral cochlear implant for severely to profoundly deaf people (using or not using …

As part of the validation of the Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument comparisons
were made between five multiattribute utility (MAU) instruments, each purporting to measure …

Abstract Objective: The Assessment of Quality of Life (AQoL) instrument is widely used in
Australian health research. To assist researchers interpret and report their work, this paper …

Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of the elderly requires instruments
with demonstrated sensitivity, reliability, and validity, particularly with the increasing …

Objective Well-being is influenced by the activities we undertake. Hearing loss may reduce
well-being directly through increased listening-related fatigue due to cognitive and …

Including the quality of life in the economic assessment of health and medical services is
well established in the literature and a number of multi‐attribute utility (MAU) instruments are …

Background Hearing loss can have a negative impact on individuals' health and
engagement with social activities. Integrated approaches that tackle barriers and social …

Background Hearing loss significantly impacts health-related quality of life (QoL), yet the
effects of current treatments on QoL utility remain uncertain. Our objective was to describe …

This paper prospectively documents the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and social
participation benefits of adult patients receiving cochlear implants in Australia and New …