New NICE guideline [NG98] Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management

New NICE guideline [NG98] Hearing loss in adults: assessment and management


Published date: June 2018                


This guideline covers some aspects of assessing and managing hearing loss in primary, community and secondary care. It aims to improve the quality of life for adults with hearing loss by advising healthcare staff on assessing hearing difficulties, managing earwax and referring people for audiological or specialist assessment and management.


For full guidance
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng98

Newborn hearing screening programme (NHSP) operational guidance

This Public Health England guidance supports healthcare professionals and stakeholders delivering and managing newborn hearing screening programmes in England.

NIHR Signal Hearing aids make communication easier for people with mild hearing loss

Hearing aids for people with mild-to-moderate hearing loss make communication easier and improve listening ability. A range of similar ‘social’ benefits improved on scores designed to measure the quality of life alongside the improvements in hearing. There were no reports of adverse effects for hearing aids.

Hearing loss can have a far-reaching impact on people’s mental and physical health, taking a toll on their quality of life. It can be simply viewed as a natural part of ageing, but this review highlights the positive impact that hearing aids can have on conversation and socialisation before people’s hearing loss becomes severe. Despite hearing loss being common, it can take people ten years to get appropriate treatment.

From the NIHR Dissemination Centre

Action plan on hearing loss: what works guides

The Action plan on hearing loss, produced in 2015, identified ways that services for people with hearing loss could be improved.

This series of guides aims to support employers and service providers in delivering on the recommendations outlined in the plan.

Balloon Eustachian tuboplasty treatment of longstanding Eustachian tube dysfunction

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215117000974. Published online: 15 May 2017

To evaluate the subjective and objective outcomes of balloon dilation Eustachian tuboplasty in patients with recurrent, previously treated chronic Eustachian tube dysfunction.

UHCW Research: T Singh, V Taneja, K Kulendra, M Farr, J Robinson and D Rejali 

Review of emerging technologies for hearing loss

The NIHR Horizon Scanning Research and Intelligence Centre has completed a horizon scanning review of emerging health technologies for the management and reduction of the negative consequences of hearing loss.