“…26,32,35,48,50,51,58,84 Details regarding the laterality of hearing impairment were found in only 10 studies, 26,33,35,50,51,58,65,76,79,84 while the severity was addressed in only 15 studies. 20,26,28,37,39,40,42,43,51,56,58,60,64,67,72,89 Even among the subset of fifteen studies, only three provided a grading system for hearing impairment severity. 26,51,60 Given the importance of hearing in acquiring language and communication skills, future studies should incorporate crucial information such as the age at screening, age at definitive diagnosis, tools used for screening and definitive diagnosis, severity, laterality, age at intervention, and type of intervention to enable comprehensive understanding.…”