Peking University Third Hospital Reports Findings in Hearing Loss (Validation of the Mandarin Chinese Translation of the "Meaning of Life" in Patients with Hearing Loss or Tinnitus).

A study conducted by Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, China, aimed to translate and validate a questionnaire called the "Meaning of Life" (MOL) into Mandarin Chinese to measure the quality of life in patients with hearing loss or tinnitus. The study included 206 Mandarin-speaking subjects with hearing loss or tinnitus and found that the Mandarin Chinese version of the MOL questionnaire showed good reliability. The questionnaire can be used to quantify the quality of life of patients with hearing loss or tinnitus. [Extracted from the article]