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| 2016 | The diagnostic accuracy of school hearing screening tests and cost-effectiveness of school entry hearing screening programmes Heather Fortnum et al. January 2016 | Access here |
| 2015 | Hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss in adults (Protocol) Melanie A Ferguson et al. December 2015 The Cochrane Library, Issue 12 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012023 | Access here |
| 2015 | Occupational noise exposure and hearing: a systematic review Arve Lie et al. August 2015 International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health DOI: 10.1007/s00420-015-1083-5 | Access here |
| 2015 | Translation into British Sign Language and validation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Sophie Roberts et al. February 2015 Health Services and Delivery Research, 3(2) DOI: 10.3310/hsdr03020 | Access here |
| 2015 | Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. August 2015 The Lancet, 386(9995): 743 – 800 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60692-4 | Access here |
| 2015 | The management of Otitis Media with Effusion in children with cleft palate (mOMEnt): a feasibility study and economic evaluation Kevin O'Brien et al. September 2015 Health Technology Assessment, 19(68) DOI: 10.3310/hta19680 | Access here |
| 2015 | An Exploratory Study to Test the Impact on Three “Bolt-On” Items to the EQ-5D Yaling Yang et al. January 2015 Value in Health: the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR),18(1) | Access here |
| 2015 | Socioeconomic Position and Health-Seeking Behavior for Hearing Loss Among Older Adults in England Benova et al. May 2015 The Journals of gerontology, Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 2015 May, 70(3): 443-52 DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu024 | Access here |
| 2015 | Systematic Review of the Quality of Economic Evaluations in the Otolaryngology Literature C C Liu, et al. January 2015 Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery: official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, 151(1) DOI:10.1177/0194599814556725 | Access here |
| 2015 | Effectiveness of rehabilitation interventions in improving emotional and functional status in hearing or visually impaired older adults: a systematic review with meta-analyses LM Roets-Merken et al. February 2015 Clinical Rehabilitation, 29(2):107-19 DOI: 10.1177/0269215514542639 | Access here |
| 2014 | Burden Of Disease Estimation For Healthy Aging In Older Adults: The Case Of The Ranking Of Hearing Loss K N Simpson et al. May 2014 Value in Health, 17(3): A289 DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2014.03.1683 | Access here |
| 2014 | Interventions for adult Eustachian tube dysfunction: A systematic review Catriona McDaid et al. July 2014 Health Technology Assessment, 18(46) DOI: 10.3310/hta18460 | Access here |
| 2014 | Adenoidectomy with or without grommets for children with otitis media: an individual patient data meta-analysis Martin Burton et al. January 2014 Health Technology Assessment, 18(5) DOI: 10.3310/hta18050 | Access here |
| 2014 | Use of generic and condition-specific measures of health-related quality of life in NICE decision-making: a systematic review, statistical modelling and survey Louise Longworth et al. February 2014 Health Technology Assessment, 18(9) DOI:10.3310/hta18090 | Access here |
| 2014 | Interventions to improve hearing aid use in adult auditory rehabilitation (Review) Fiona Barker et al. July 2014 The Cochrane Library, Issue 7 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010342 | Access here |
| 2014 | Interventions to prevent occupational noise-induced hearing loss: a Cochrane systematic review JH Verbeek et al. March 2014 International journal of audiology, 53(Supplement 2): pp. 84-96 DOI:10.3109/14992027.2013.857436 | Access here |
| 2014 | Amplification with hearing aids for patients with tinnitus and co-existing hearing loss (Review) 1. Derek J Hoare et al. January 2014 The Cochrane Library, Issue 1 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010151 | Access here |
| 2013 | An economic evaluation of screening 60- to 70-year-old adults for hearing loss AE Morris et al. March 2013 Journal of Public Health, 35(1): 139-146 DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fds058 | Access here |
| 2012 | Antibiotics for otitis media with effusion in children (Review) Alice Van Zon et al. February 2012 The Cochrane Library, Issue 12 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009163.pub2 | Access here |
| 2012 | Sound therapy (masking) in the management of tinnitus in adults (Review) Jonathan Hobson et al. November 2012 The Cochrane Library, Issue 11 DOI:10.1002/14651858 | Access here |
| 2012 | A Systematic Review of Studies Measuring and Reporting Hearing Aid Usage in Older Adults since 1999: A Descriptive Summary of Measurement Tools Elvira Perez and Barrie A. Edmonds March 2012 PLoS ONE, 7(3) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031831 | Access here |
| 2011 | Screening adults aged 50 years or older for hearing loss: a review of the evidence for the US preventive services task force Roger Chou et al. March 2011 Annals of Internal Medicine, 154(5): 347-355 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-5-201103010-00009 | Access here |
| 2011 | Long-term cost-effectiveness of screening strategies for hearing loss CF Liu et al. October 2011 Journal of rehabilitation research and development, 48(3): 235-43 DOI 10.1682/JRRD.2010.03.0041 | Access here |
| 2011 | Cost-effectiveness analysis of the bone-anchored hearing device P Monksfield et al. October 2011 Otology and Neurotology, 32(8): 1192-1197 DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31822e5ae6 | Access here |
| 2011 | Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) for people who are bilaterally deaf: a systematic review and economic evaluation Jill Colquitt et al. July 2011 Health Technology Assessment, 15(26) DOI:10.3310/hta15260 | Access here |
| 2011 | Estimates of the cost-effectiveness of pediatric bilateral cochlear implantation AQ Summerfield et al. March 2011 Ear and Hearing, 31(5): 611-624 DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181de40cd | Access here |
| 2010 | Systematic Review of Grommets for OME – Update Martin Burton et al. June 2010 | Access here |
| 2010 | The safety and effectiveness of different methods of ear wax removal: a systematic review and economic evaluation Andrew Clegg et al. June 2010 Health Technology Assessment, 14(28) DOI: 10.3310/hta14280 | Access here |
| 2009 | The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the identification of suspected acoustic neuroma: a systematic review of clinical and cost effectiveness and natural history H Fortnum et al. March 2009 Health Technology Assessment, 13(18): 1-154 DOI: 10.3310/hta13180. | Access here |
| 2009 | The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cochlear implants for severe to profound deafness in children and adults: a systematic review and economic model Mary Bond et al. October 2009 Health Technology Assessment, 13(44) DOI:10.3310/hta13440 | Access here |
| 2009 | Ear drops for the removal of ear wax (Review) Martin J Burton and Carolyn Doree January 2009 The Cochrane Library, Issue 1 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004326.pub2 | Access here |
| 2008 | The global burden of disease: 2004 update World Health organisation 2008 ISBN 978 92 4 15637. WHO Library | Access here |
| 2008 | Willingness to Accept versus Willingness to Pay in a Discrete Choice Experiment P. C Janneke et al. November 2008 Value in Health, 7(7): 1110-1119 DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2008.00340.x | Access here |
| 2008 | Cost-effectiveness of hearing aids in the hearing-impaired elderly: a probabilistic approach TK Chao et al. September 2008 Otology and Neurotology, 29(6): 776-783 DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31817e5d1b | Access here |
| 2008 | The effectiveness of digital hearing aids and assistive listening devices for adults with hearing loss: A systematic review of the literature Wasan Ali et al. HSAC Report 2008; 1(4). | Access here |
| 2008 | Hearing aids in Belgium: health technology assessment Claire Beguin et al. November 2008 Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) | Access here |
| 2008 | The Need for Standardization of Methods for Worldwide Infant Hearing Screening: A Systematic Review Bolajoko Olusanya et al. October 2008 The Laryngoscope, 118(10): 1830-1836. DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31817d755e | Access here |
| 2008 | Loss to Follow-up in Newborn Hearing Screening Programs: A Systematic Review of the Evidence Rob Mullen et al. 2008 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders | Access here |
| 2007 | Current practice, accuracy, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the school entry hearing screen John Bamford et al. August 2007 Health Technology Assessment, 11(32) DOI: 10.3310/hta11320 | Access here |
| 2007 | A systematic review of health-related quality of life hearing aids: final report of the American Academy of Audiology Task Force on the Health-Related Quality of Life Benefits of Amplication in Adults TH Chisolm et al. February 2007 Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 18(2): 151-183 | Access here |
| 2007 | The Effectiveness of Early Cochlear Implantation for Infants and Young Children with Hearing Loss W. Ali and R O'Connell NZHTA Technical Brief, 6(5) | Access here |
| 2007 | Acceptability, benefit and costs of early screening for hearing disability: a study of potential screening tests and models Adrian Davis November 2007 Health Technology Assessment, 11(42) DOI: 10.3310/hta11420 | Access here |
| 2006 | Counselling of hearing aid users is highly cost-effective A. Vuorialho et al. November 2006 Eur. Arch. Otorhinolaryngol., 263(11): 988-95 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0104-0 | Access here |
| 2006 | Steroids for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss B. P. Wei et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Issue 7 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003998.pub3. | Access here |
| 2006 | Hearing-impaired children in the United Kingdom. IV: Cost-effectiveness of pediatric cochlear implantation G R Barton et al. October 2006 Ear and Hearing, 27(5): 575-88 DOI: 10.1097/01.aud.0000233967.11072.24 | Access here |
| 2006 | Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life after Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: A Systematic Review F. R Lin and J. K. Niparko International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 70(10): 1695-1706. | Access here |
| 2006 | Effectiveness of Directional Microphones and Noise Reduction Schemes in Hearing Aids: A Systematic Review of the Evidence R. A. Bentler July 2006 Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 16(7), 473-484. | Access here |
| 2005 | Does irrigation of the ear to remove impacted wax improve hearing? D Williams May 2005 British Journal of Community Nursing, 10(5): 228-23 DOI 10.12968/bjcn.2005.10.5.18052 | Access here |
| 2005 | Efficacy of individual auditory training in adults: a systematic review of the evidence R Sweetow and CV Palmer July 2005 Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 16(7):494-504 | Access here |
| 2005 | Fitting hearing aids using clinical measures of loudness discomfort levels: an evidence-based review of effectiveness HG Mueller and RA Bentler July 2005 Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 16(7):461-72 | Access here |
| 2005 | Preventing social isolation and loneliness among older people: a systematic review of health promotion interventions M Cattan et al. 2005 Ageing and Society, 25: 41-67 | Access here |
| 2004 | Comparing utility scores before and after hearing-aid provision Garry R. Barton et al. June 2004 Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 3 (2): 103-105 | Access here |
| 2003 | Hearing aids for adults - benefits and costs Stig Arlinger May 2003 The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU) ISBN: 91-87890-85-2 Report no: 164 | Access here |
| 2003 | Efficacy of programmable analog hearing aids Jocelyne Lauzière May 2003 Agence d’évaluation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en santé (AETMIS) | Access here |
| 2003 | The most effective products available to facilitate ear syringing G Somerville February 2003 British Journal of Community Nurses, 7(2):94-101 | Access here |
| 2003 | The Cost-effectiveness of Hearing-Aid Fitting in the Netherlands Manuela A. Joore March 2003 JAMA, 129(3) DOI:10.1001/archotol.129.3.297 | Access here |
| 2002 | A cost-utility analysis of adult group audiologic rehabilitation: are the benefits worth the cost H Abrams et al. September 2002 Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 39(5): 549-557 | Access here |
| 2001 | Hearing impairment among adults - Report of a joint (Nordic-British) project 2001 Danish Centre for Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment, Finnish Office for Health Care Technology Assessment, Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Norwegian Centre for Health Technology Assessment, Medical Research Council | Access here |
| 2001 | Universal Newborn Hearing Screening: Systematic Review to Update the 2001 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation H. D Nelson et al. July 2008 Pediatrics, 122(1), e266-276 | Access here |
| 2000 | Community provision of hearing aids and related audiology services: a review DJ Reeves April 2000 Health Technology Assessment, 4(4) DOI:10.3310/hta4040 | Access here |
| 2000 | Expired] The clinical and cost effectiveness of advances in hearing aid technology R.S.Taylor and S.Paisley 2000 Report to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence | Access here |
| 1998 | Benefit from, satisfaction with, and cost-effectiveness of three different hearing aid technologies C W Newman and S A Sandridge 1998 American Journal of Audiology, 7(2): 115-128 | Access here |
| 1997 | A critical review of the role of neonatal hearing screening in the detection of congenital hearing impairment Adrian Davis et al. November 1997 Health Technology Assessment, 1(10) DOI: 10.3310/hta1100 | Access here |
| 1996 | Cost utility of the multichannel cochlear implant in 258 profoundly deaf individuals J R Wyatt et al. July 1996 Laryngoscope, 106(7): 816-821 | Access here |
| 1995 | Hearing in Adults. The prevalence and distribution of hearing impairment and reported hearing disability in the MRC Institute Hearing Research’s National Study of Hearing Adrian Davis 1995 MRC Institute of Hearing Research, Whurr Publishers Limited, London | Available at the UCL Ear Institute and Action on Hearing Loss Libraries -London UK |
| 1989 | The Prevalence of Hearing Impairment and Reported Hearing Disability among Adults in Great Britain Adrian Davis March 1989 International Journal of Epidemiology, 18(4):911-917 DOI: 10.1093/ije/18.4.911 | Access here |