Skip to main content
search

CROSSSD Study: Core Rehabilitation Outcome Set for Single-Sided Deafness

Abstract

Single Sided Deafness (SSD) refers to the condition where there is normal or near-normal hearing in one ear and a severe to profound hearing impairment in the other ear.

Good hearing in both ears is important for everyday listening tasks such as understanding speech in noisy environments, locating where sounds are, and identifying threats such as oncoming traffic.

Researchers don’t yet agree on what benefits and harms (known as ‘outcomes’) should always be assessed when evaluating whether or not an intervention for SSD is effective. These inconsistencies hinder progress to find the most effective intervention.

Aim

The CROSSSD Study group will work closely with patients and professionals across the world who are all experts in Single Sided Deafness. We will find agreement on what outcomes are critical and important to measure when evaluating interventions for SSD.

Intended Impact of the Study

Adoption of the internationally agreed core outcome domain set will promote consistent assessment and reporting of outcomes that are meaningful and important to all relevant stakeholders. This consistency will in turn enable comparison of outcomes reported across clinical trials comparing single-sided deafness interventions in adults and reduce research waste in clinical trials of single-sided deafness interventions. Further research will determine how those outcome domains should best be measured.

Project Lead

Roulla Katiri
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-8024

Project Collaborators

Pádraig T. Kitterick
Deborah A. Hall
Derek J. Hoare
Kathryn Fackrell
Adele Horobin
Paul H. Van de Heyning
Jill B. Firszt
Iain A. Bruce
Nóra Buggy
Nicholas Hogan
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-5318
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3804-1452
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8768-1392
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6529-8643
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7120-4612
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8424-3717
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2531-3049
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0831-4760
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9521-9010
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-1813

Keywords

clinical trial measurements; core outcome set; evidence synthesis; hearing interventions; single-sided deafness

URL

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/hearingsciences/projects/crosssd/index.aspx

Research Area(s)

Design and conduct of studies; Interdisciplinary research​; Reporting standards; Research use and benefit

Study Design(s)

Qualitative research

Data Collection Method(s)

Qualitative

Participant(s)

Charities; General public; Government department or agency; Health professionals; Patients; Public contributors; Researchers

Status

Active

Expected completion date: October 30, 2022

Stage

Data analysis; Data collection; Publication (writing, submitting, in review, published)

Study Funding/Support

Study funded through a grant

Dissemination Activity/Activities

Conferences; Other; Publications (all types); Seminars or workshops; Stakeholder engagement

Other(s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFBC3Wv5_8s