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ReviewAudiology research2026

Self-Fitting Versus Professional-Fitting Hearing Aids: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Ebraheem Albazee, Hajar Alismail, Noof Albannai, Yaqoub Yousef Alenezi, Abdullah M Alharran, Maya Yassir H Ibrahim, Durar Ahmed Aljishi, Ahmed Abu-Zaid

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Review in Audiology research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited 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

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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

8 authors.

Ebraheem AlbazeeOtorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kuwait Institute for Medical Specializations (KIMS), Kuwait City 13018, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0003-1244-7769
Hajar AlismailKuwait Institute for Medical Specializations (KIMS), Kuwait City 13018, Kuwait.ORCID 0009-0000-4604-8665
Noof AlbannaiSchool of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0009-0001-4113-9258
Yaqoub Yousef AleneziCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 26671, Bahrain.
Abdullah M AlharranCollege of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 26671, Bahrain.ORCID 0009-0003-2337-6588
Maya Yassir H IbrahimCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0008-0684-9001
Durar Ahmed AljishiCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0009-0002-7348-9794
Ahmed Abu-ZaidCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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APHABaudiologist fittinghearing lossmeta-analysisover the counterself-fittingspeech-in-noise testsystematic review

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PMID42776781
PMCPMC13600142

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