Minority of adults with hearing loss who could benefit from cochlear implants get referred for the procedure, with men, those living in deprived areas and those identifying as Asian or Black being especially unlikely to be told of their eligibility or referred on
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Minority of adults with hearing loss who could benefit from cochlear implants get referred for the procedure, with men, those living in deprived areas and those identifying as Asian or Black being especially unlikely to be told of their eligibility or referred on
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Article Title: Socioeconomic and ethnic disparities associated with access to cochlear implantation for severe-to-profound hearing loss: A multicentre observational study of UK adults
Author Countries: United Kingdom
Funding: This work was supported by the British Society of Otology (BSO2022-04 to CS) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR203312 to MB). The funders did not have any involvement in study design, collection, analysis, data interpretation, writing of the report or the decision to submit for publication.
Journal
PLoS Medicine
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1004296
Method of Research
Observational study
Subject of Research
People
COI Statement
Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: MB and MS have both been awarded grants from Advanced Bionics, Cochlear and MEDEL for other work. The other authors have no conflict of interest.