Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40178567›Full record

ReviewHNO2025

[Hearing aid provision and quality assurance].

Annette Limberger

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Review in HNO, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

1 author.

Annette LimbergerStudiengang Audiologie und Hörakustik, Hochschule Aalen, Beethovenstr. 1, 73430, Aalen, Deutschland. annette.limberger@hs-aalen.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately 17.1% of the German population, so around 12.1 million people, suffer from hearing loss; however, only around 3.7 million of them have a hearing aid. Inadequately treated hearing loss not only has an enormous impact on quality of life but also causes extremely high costs. A meta-analysis of many European countries estimated that untreated hearing loss costs Europe 216 billion euros every year. Hearing system provision can significantly improve health and, above all, quality of life, while untreated hearing loss can lead to social isolation, depression, and premature cognitive decline-consequences that adequate provision can prevent. This overview provides a summary of the indications for and provision of a hearing system and discusses how these should be checked in terms of quality assurance in order to provide the best possible care to people with hearing loss.

Indexed as

Hearing AidsHearing LossQuality Assurance, Health CareGermanyHumansHearing lossReliability and validitySensory aidsSpeech intelligibilityWearable electronic devices

Identifiers

PMID40178567
PMCPMC12552408

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