OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Audiology is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Impacts of face coverings on communication: an indirect impact of COVID-19	101
Does coronavirus affect the audio-vestibular system? A rapid systematic review	83
One year on: an updated systematic review of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and audio-vestibular symptoms	77
Estimating the global costs of hearing loss	75
Persistent self-reported changes in hearing and tinnitus in post-hospitalisation COVID-19 cases	66
Audiology in the time of COVID-19: practices and opinions of audiologists in the UK	64
Applied tele-audiology research in clinical practice during the past decade: a scoping review	39
Tinnitus and stress in adults: a scoping review	37
The impact of face masks on the communication of adults with hearing loss during COVID-19 in a clinical setting	36
International survey of audiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: use of and attitudes to telehealth	35
The digit triplet test: a scoping review	34
A scoping review of studies investigating hearing loss, social isolation and/or loneliness in adults	34
Adoption, use and non-use of hearing aids: a robust estimate based on Welsh national survey statistics	32
Understanding Listening-Related Fatigue: Perspectives of Adults with Hearing Loss	28
Tinnitus following COVID-19 vaccination: report of three cases	28
Can listening-related fatigue influence well-being? Examining associations between hearing loss, fatigue, activity levels and well-being	27
The impact of COVID-19 on provision of UK audiology services & on attitudes towards delivery of telehealth services	24
The feasibility of an m-health educational programme (m2Hear) to improve outcomes in first-time hearing aid users	23
Teleaudiology hearing aid fitting follow-up consultations for adults: single blinded crossover randomised control trial and cohort studies	22
A Delphi survey to determine a definition and description of hyperacusis by clinician consensus	22
Pure-tone audiometry without bone-conduction thresholds: using the digits-in-noise test to detect conductive hearing loss	21
Identifying the approaches used by audiologists to address the psychosocial needs of their adult clients	21
Mhealth hearing screening for children by non-specialist health workers in communities	21
Prediction of successful hearing aid treatment in first-time and experienced hearing aid users: Using the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids	21
Coping with the social challenges and emotional distress associated with hearing loss: a qualitative investigation using Leventhal’s self-regulation theory	21

Use of the Behaviour Change Wheel to design an intervention to improve the implementation of family-centred care in adult audiology services	19
Telehealth tinnitus therapy during the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK: uptake and related factors	19
Assessment of hearing screening programmes across 47 countries or regions II: coverage, referral, follow-up and detection rates from newborn hearing screening	18
Analysis of data from the International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) using Bayesian Item Response Theory	17
Oral D-methionine protects against cisplatin-induced hearing loss in humans: phase 2 randomized clinical trial in India	16
The impact of tinnitus on working memory capacity	16
An examination of clinical uptake factors for remote hearing aid support: a concept mapping study with audiologists	15
Dimensions of self-reported listening effort and fatigue on a digits-in-noise task, and association with baseline pupil size and performance accuracy	14
Self-reported hearing difficulties are associated with loneliness, depression and cognitive dysfunction during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Hearing outcome measures for conductive and mixed hearing loss treatment in adults: a scoping review	13
Sound localisation ability using cartilage conduction hearing aids in bilateral aural atresia	13
Auditory training for adults with cochlear implants: a systematic review	13
Challenges facing users of hearing aids during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
The benefits of preserving residual hearing following cochlear implantation: a systematic review	13
Audiological approaches to address the psychosocial needs of adults with hearing loss: perceived benefit and likelihood of use	13
A comparison of the severity of tinnitus in patients with and without hearing loss using the tinnitus functional index (TFI)	13
Challenges and opportunities for telehealth assessment during COVID-19: iT-RES, adapting a remote version of the test for rating emotions in speech	12
International survey of audiologists during the COVID-19 pandemic: effects on the workplace	12
Changing the narrative for hearing health in the broader context of healthy living: a call to action	12
Is COVID-19 associated with self-reported audio-vestibular symptoms?	12
Music listening and hearing aids: perspectives from audiologists and their patients	12
Feasibility of community health workers as teleaudiology patient-site facilitators: a multilevel training study	11
eHealth parent education for hearing aid management: a pilot randomized controlled trial	11
A model for estimating hearing aid coverage world-wide using historical data on hearing aid sales	11
Validation of the Brief International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) core set for hearing loss: an international multicentre study	11
Social-emotional well-being and adult hearing loss: clinical recommendations	11
Four cases of audio-vestibular disorders related to immunisation with SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines	11
A comparison of simultaneously-obtained measures of listening effort: pupil dilation, verbal response time and self-rating	10
Key findings about hearing loss in the working-life: a scoping review from a well-being perspective	10
Leveraging the age friendly healthcare system initiative to achieve comprehensive, hearing healthcare across the spectrum of healthcare settings: an interprofessional perspective	10
Prevalence of childhood hearing impairment in the County of Stockholm – a 40-year perspective from Sweden and other high-income countries	9
Remote check test battery for cochlear implant recipients: proof of concept study	9
Sudden deafness: a comparison between age groups	9
Self-reported hearing handicap in adults aged 55 to 81 years is modulated by hearing abilities, frailty, mental health, and willingness to use hearing aids	9
Using smartphone technology to support the adult audiologic rehabilitation journey	8
Current demographic and auditory profiles of adult cochlear implant candidates and factors affecting uptake	8
Revised meta-analysis and pooled estimate of audio-vestibular symptoms associated with COVID-19	8
Combining current focusing and steering in a cochlear implant processing strategy	8
Use of open-ended questionnaires to examine the effects of tinnitus and its relation to patient-reported outcome measures	8
Virtual reality for tinnitus management: a randomized controlled trial	8
Understanding patient empowerment along the hearing health journey	8
Exploring how parents of children with unilateral hearing loss make habilitation decisions: a qualitative study	8
Does early activation within hours after cochlear implant surgery influence electrode impedances?	8
Hearing more to hear less: a scoping review of hearing aids for tinnitus relief	8
Bimodal cochlear implantation in elderly patients	8
Development and evaluation of video recordings for the OLSA matrix sentence test	8
The use of ecological momentary assessment to evaluate real-world aided outcomes with children	8
The perceptual limitations of troubleshooting hearing-aids based on patients’ descriptions	8
Assessment of hearing screening programmes across 47 countries or regions I: provision of newborn hearing screening	8
Consensus on connected hearing health technologies and service delivery models in the UK: a Delphi review	8

Social representation of hearing aids among people with hearing loss: an exploratory study	8
Heightening our vigilance towards patient well-being	7
Web- and app-based tools for remote hearing assessment: a scoping review	7
Functional impact of bothersome tinnitus on cognitive test performance	7
The TinMan study: feasibility trial of a psychologically informed, audiologist-delivered, manualised intervention for tinnitus	7
How hearing conservation training format impacts personal attenuation ratings in U.S. Marine Corps Training Recruits	7
Impact of cochlear implantation on the function of the three semicircular canals	7
Effect of advancing age on inter-frequency amplitude ratio of ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials	7
Willingness to consider and to pay for a variety of telehealth services amongst adult hearing clinic clients	7
Frequency of peripheral vestibular pathology following traumatic brain injury: a systematic review of literature	7
The suitability and readability of cochlear implant information brochures for potential adult recipients	7
Prevalence of tinnitus in a sample of 43,064 children in Warsaw, Poland	7
A population-based case–control study of the association between cervical spondylosis and tinnitus	7
Barriers and facilitators to delivery of group audiological rehabilitation programs: a survey based on the COM-B model	6
The role of spatial separation of two talkers’ auditory stimuli in the listener’s memory of running speech: listening effort in a non-noisy conversational setting	6
Development of a public audiology service in Southern Malawi: profile of patients across two years	6
Hearing aid acquisition and ownership: what can we learn from online consumer reviews?	6
Transcutaneous and percutaneous bone conduction sound propagation in single-sided deaf patients and cadaveric heads	6
Experienced hearing aid users’ perspectives of assessment and communication within audiology: a qualitative study using digital methods	6
Predictors of hearing technology use in children	6
The effects of task difficulty, background noise and noise reduction on recall	6
Baseline, retest, and post-injury profiles of auditory neural function in collegiate football players	6
Barriers and facilitators to tele-audiology service delivery in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives of hearing healthcare clinicians	6
Lilliput: speech perception in speech-weighted noise and in quiet in young children	6
Barriers and facilitators to asking adults with hearing loss about their emotional and psychological well-being: a COM-B analysis	6
Reliability of contralateral suppression of otoacoustic emissions in children	6
Speech discrimination impairment of the worse-hearing ear in asymmetric hearing loss	6
Mild matters: parental insights into the conundrums of managing mild congenital hearing loss	6
Associations between pre-stimulus alpha power, hearing level and performance in a digits-in-noise task	6
What health policy makers need to know about mismatches between public perceptions of disease risk, prevalence and severity: a national survey	6
Utilisation of tele-audiology practices in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives of audiology clinic owners, managers and reception staff	6
How can sound generating devices support coping with tinnitus?	6
Extended scope of practice audiology in the ENT outpatient clinic – a pilot study	6
Connected hearing healthcare: shifting from theory to practice	6
Auditory brainstem response testing using intranasal dexmedetomidine sedation in children: a pilot study	6
Effectiveness of an online continuing education course in infant hearing health for primary care professionals	6
Childhood hearing loss detected beyond the newborn screen	6
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with cochlear implants who had preoperative residual hearing	5
Clinical validation of the Russian Matrix test – effect of hearing loss, age, and noise level	5
Calibration and initial validation of a low-cost computer-based screening audiometer coupled to consumer insert phone-earmuff combination for boothless audiometry	5
Audiometric findings of printing press workers exposed to noise and organic solvents	5
Postural instability in children with severe inner ear malformations: Characteristics of vestibular and balance function	5
Prevalence, risk factors, and audiological characteristics of auditory neuropathy	5
The World Health Organization (WHO) hearing impairment guidelines and a speech recognition in noise (SRN) disorder	5
Performance of normal-hearing listeners on the Repeat-Recall test in different noise configurations	5
Effects of nonlinear frequency compression on Mandarin speech and sound-quality perception in hearing-aid users	5
Newborn hearing screening and early auditory-based treatment in Taiwan: action trends of families with children who are hearing impaired	5
Self-help interventions chosen by subjects with chronic tinnitus – a retrospective study of clinical patients	5
Traumatic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: personal experience and comparison with idiopathic BPPV	5
Identifying barriers and facilitators of hearing protection use in early-career musicians: a basis for designing interventions to promote uptake and sustained use	5
Can real-ear insertion gain deviations from generic fitting prescriptions predict self-reported outcomes?	5
Prevalence of hearing loss among noise-exposed workers within the services sector, 2006–2015	5
Barriers to hearing aid adoption among older adults in mainland China	5
The German hearing in noise test	5
The ototoxic potential of cobalt from metal-on-metal hip implants: a pilot study on the patient-reported auditory, vestibular, and general neurological outcome	5
A novel method for objective in-situ measurement of audibility in bone conduction hearing devices – a pilot study using a skin drive BCD	5
Online digital audiometry vs. conventional audiometry: a multi-centre comparative clinical study	5
Predicting hearing loss from 10 years of universal newborn hearing screening results and risk factors	5
Effectiveness of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus: an interventional prospective controlled study	5
Financial reward has differential effects on behavioural and self-report measures of listening effort	5
Audiologists’ perspectives on management of mild bilateral hearing loss in infants and young children	5
A quick and reliable estimate of extended high-frequency hearing	5
A qualitative investigation of the hearing and hearing-aid related emotional states experienced by adults with hearing loss	5
Audiology practice during COVID-19 crisis in Jordan and Arab countries	5
Hearing loss is associated with hippocampal atrophy and high cortisol/dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate ratio in older adults	5
Occlusion and coupling effects with different earmold designs – all a matter of opening the ear canal?	5
The effect of tinnitus on hearing-related quality of life outcomes in adult cochlear implant recipients	5
The effect of wearing face mask on speech intelligibility in listeners with sensorineural hearing loss and normal hearing sensitivity	5
The Chinese version of the Parents’ Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) rating scale for infants and children with normal hearing	5
Evaluation of a synthetic version of the digits-in-noise test and its characteristics in CI recipients	5
Effects of text supplementation on speech intelligibility for listeners with normal and impaired hearing: a systematic review with implications for telecommunication	5
Are auditory processing and cognitive performance assessments overlapping or distinct? Parsing the auditory behaviour of older adults	5