 Hearing Loss
"Hearing Loss" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears.
| Descriptor ID |
D034381
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C09.218.458.341 C10.597.751.418.341 C23.888.592.763.393.341
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| Concept/Terms |
Hearing Loss- Hearing Loss
- Loss, Hearing
- Hypoacusis
- Hypoacuses
- Hearing Impairment
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hearing Loss" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hearing Loss" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2015 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2017 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2018 | 16 | 3 | 19 | | 2019 | 11 | 4 | 15 | | 2020 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 2021 | 17 | 1 | 18 | | 2022 | 18 | 0 | 18 | | 2023 | 21 | 0 | 21 | | 2024 | 13 | 7 | 20 | | 2025 | 10 | 0 | 10 | | 2026 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hearing Loss" by people in Profiles.
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Pandey P, Kruger M, Sharma A, Swanepoel W, Rodrigo H, Beukes E, Manchaiah V. Effects of Hearing Devices for Adults With Mild-to-Severe Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2026 Jun 10; 69(6):2887-2910.
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Sun C, Zhao J, Li N, Yao X, Wang Y, Kim CH, Bok J, Peng AW, Xu Z. Alternative splicing of the Rbm24 gene is essential for cochlear hair cell stereocilia integrity and hearing function in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Apr 21; 123(16):e2531564123.
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Denney JT, Boardman JD, Pendergast PM. Hearing impairment and adult mortality: the role of co-impairments in understanding risk. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2026 Apr 07; 81(5).
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Koparir A, Carbajal PB, Zamini M, Naghinejad M, Najarzadeh Torbati P, Hofrichter MAH, Tovornik S, Koparir E, Dragicevic Babic N, Rad A, Owrang D, Kalay I, Chamanrou N, Martínez Völter LN, Christophersen N, Baranzehi T, Rajati M, Loum S, Kunstmann E, Shadab M, Abbasi AA, Doosti M, Alidadiani N, Ghaderi S, Haack TB, Alavi S, Doll J, Kremer H, Kordi-Tamandani DM, Murphy D, Mohammad R, Hebestreit H, Ghayoor Karimiani E, Flandin S, Linares P, Villalobos D, Houlden H, Galehdari H, Shehata-Dieler W, Maroofian R, Haaf T, Vona B. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity of syndromic hearing loss and its non-syndromic hearing loss mimics. Mol Med. 2026 Apr 07; 32(1).
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Kruger M, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel W. Apple Hearing Test Feature for the AirPods Pro 2: Accuracy, Reliability, and Time-Efficiency. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2026 Jun; 174(6):1484-1493.
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Kruger M, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel W. Usability and Performance of the Apple Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Feature. Am J Audiol. 2026 Jun 02; 35(2):472-486.
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Cumming J, Manchaiah V, Mahomed-Asmail F, Beukes EW, Swanepoel W. Understanding Hearing Aid Use and Nonuse of Adult Hearing Aid Recipients: A Qualitative Content Analysis. J Am Acad Audiol. 2026 Jan; 37(1):42-53.
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Carlson ML, Zwolan TA, Bush ML, Cosetti MK, Dunn CC, Gubbels SP, Gurgel RK, Hashmi AZ, Holcomb MA, Hunter JB, Jilla AM, Kelley B, Lohse CM, Marinelli JP, McKee MM, Moody-Antonio SA, Miller EL, Nassiri AM, Reed NS, Sladen DP, Spankovich C, Tieben JE, Yueh B, Zeitler DM, Sydlowski SA. Proposed Development of a New Staging System for Hearing Loss: Countermeasure 2 of the Hearing Health Collaborative. Otol Neurotol. 2026 Feb 01; 47(2):e158-e163.
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Frisby C, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel W. Feasibility, efficacy and effectiveness of community health worker-facilitated hearing aid provision: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2025 Nov 13; 15(11):e108591.
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Mothemela B, Frisby C, Mahomed Asmail F, de Kock T, Moore DR, Manchaiah V, Swanepoel W. Community-based hearing aid fitting model for adults in low-income communities facilitated by community health workers: a feasibility study. Glob Health Action. 2025 Dec; 18(1):2545630.
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