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ReviewSeminars in hearing2021

Barriers to Adult Cochlear Implant Care in the United States: An Analysis of Health Care Delivery.

Ashley M Nassiri, John P Marinelli, Donna L Sorkin, Matthew L Carlson

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Review in Seminars in hearing, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ashley M NassiriDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
John P MarinelliDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, Texas.
Donna L SorkinAmerican Cochlear Implant Alliance, McLean, Virginia.
Matthew L CarlsonDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Mayo Clinic · USCochlear (United States) · USSan Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent underutilization of cochlear implants (CIs) in the United States is in part a reflection of a lack of hearing health knowledge and the complexities of care delivery in the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss. An evaluation of the patient experience through the CI health care delivery process systematically exposes barriers that must be overcome to undergo treatment for moderate-to-severe hearing loss. This review analyzes patient-facing obstacles including diagnosis of hearing loss, CI candidate identification and referral to surgeon, CI evaluation and candidacy criteria interpretation, and lastly CI surgery and rehabilitation. Pervasive throughout the process are several themes which demand attention in addressing inequities in hearing health disparities in the United States.

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barriers to carecochlear implanthealth disparitieshearing losspatient experience

Identifiers

PMID34912159
PMCPMC8660164
OpenAlexW4200468763

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