How Much Should Consumers with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss Spend on Hearing Devices?

Vinaya Manchaiah, Steve Taddei, Abram Bailey, De Wet Swanepoel, Hansapani Rodrigo, Andrew Sabin

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Article in Audiology research, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

A Perspective on Auditory Wellness: What It Is, Why It Is Important, and How It Can Be Managed.Trends in hearing
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Vinaya ManchaiahDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1254-8407

Steve TaddeiHear Advisor LLC, Rockford, IL 61102, USA.

Abram BaileyHear Advisor LLC, Rockford, IL 61102, USA.

De Wet SwanepoelDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8313-1636

Hansapani RodrigoSchool of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, TX 78539, USA.

Andrew SabinHear Advisor LLC, Rockford, IL 61102, USA.

Funding

Emerging Service Delivery Models for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation TrialR01DC021653 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Vinaya Manchaiah, ANU SHARMA · 2024 to 2026

$1.9M

NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC021653

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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consumer metricdirect-to-consumer hearing aidshearing aid pricehearing aidsover-the-counter hearing aidssound quality

Identifiers

PMID40407665

DOI10.3390/audiolres15030051

PMCPMC12101394

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