1. Minimal Reporting Standards for Active Middle Ear Hearing Implants.
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Maier H, Baumann U, Baumgartner WD, Beutner D, Caversaccio MD, Keintzel T, Kompis M, Lenarz T, Magele A, Mewes T, Müller A, Rader T, Rahne T, Schraven SP, Schwab B, Sprinzl GM, Strauchmann B, Todt I, Wesarg T, Wollenberg B, and Plontke SK
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- Austria, Consensus, Germany, Hearing, Hearing Tests, Humans, Switzerland, Treatment Outcome, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Sensorineural surgery, Ossicular Prosthesis, Outcome Assessment, Health Care standards
- 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., (The Author(s). Published by S. Karger AG, Basel.)
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- 2018
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