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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Artificial Intelligence in Audiology: A Scoping Review of Current Applications and Future Directions.

Andrea Frosolini, Leonardo Franz, Valeria Caragli, Elisabetta Genovese, Cosimo de Filippis, Gino Marioni

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Turing problems in otolaryngology: a scoping review of the principal challenges of artificial ıntelligence and large language models.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  14. Can a large language model inform patients about auditory brainstem implants?European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  16. Deep Learning in Otolaryngology: A Narrative Review.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2026
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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

6 authors.

Andrea FrosoliniMaxillofacial Surgery Unit, Department of Medical Biotechnology, S. Maria alle Scotte University Hospital of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1347-4013
Leonardo FranzPhoniatris and Audiology Unit, Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, 33100 Treviso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2306-4088
Valeria CaragliAudiology Program, Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41124 Modena, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-7112-0282
Elisabetta GenoveseAudiology Program, Otorhinolaryngology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences for Children and Adults, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41124 Modena, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1691-4371
Cosimo de FilippisPhoniatris and Audiology Unit, Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, 33100 Treviso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2491-7783
Gino MarioniPhoniatris and Audiology Unit, Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, 33100 Treviso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8751-0588

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into medical disciplines is rapidly transforming healthcare delivery, with audiology being no exception. By synthesizing the existing literature, this review seeks to inform clinicians, researchers, and policymakers about the potential and challenges of integrating AI into audiological practice. The PubMed, Cochrane, and Google Scholar databases were searched for articles published in English from 1990 to 2024 with the following query: "(audiology) AND ("artificial intelligence" OR "machine learning" OR "deep learning")". The PRISMA extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) was followed. The database research yielded 1359 results, and the selection process led to the inclusion of 104 manuscripts. The integration of AI in audiology has evolved significantly over the succeeding decades, with 87.5% of manuscripts published in the last 4 years. Most types of AI were consistently used for specific purposes, such as logistic regression and other statistical machine learning tools (e.g., support vector machine, multilayer perceptron, random forest, deep belief network, decision tree, k-nearest neighbor, or LASSO) for automated audiometry and clinical predictions; convolutional neural networks for radiological image analysis; and large language models for automatic generation of diagnostic reports. Despite the advances in AI technologies, different ethical and professional challenges are still present, underscoring the need for larger, more diverse data collection and bioethics studies in the field of audiology.

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Artificial IntelligenceAudiologyDeep LearningHumansMachine LearningNeural Networks, Computerartificial intelligenceaudiologydiagnostic toolshearing testsmachine learning

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PMID39598904
PMCPMC11598364

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