Abstract
There is currently no standardized method for reporting audiological, surgical and subjective outcome measures in clinical trials with active middle ear implants (AMEIs). It is often difficult to compare studies due to data incompatibility and to perform meta-analyses across different centres is almost impossible. A committee of ENT and audiological experts from Germany, Austria and Switzerland decided to address this issue by developing new minimal standards for reporting the outcomes of AMEI clinical trials. The consensus presented here aims to provide a recommendation to enable better inter-study comparability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 105-115 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Audiology and Neuro-Otology |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 01 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- Austria
- Consensus
- Germany
- Hearing
- Hearing Aids
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/surgery
- Hearing Tests
- Humans
- Ossicular Prosthesis
- Outcome Assessment, Health Care/standards
- Switzerland
- Treatment Outcome