Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/66013, first published .
Improved Speech Recognition in Adults With Conductive or Mixed Hearing Loss Using a Direct-to-Consumer Bone-Conduction Device: A Multiple Methods Intervention Study

Improved Speech Recognition in Adults With Conductive or Mixed Hearing Loss Using a Direct-to-Consumer Bone-Conduction Device: A Multiple Methods Intervention Study

Improved Speech Recognition in Adults With Conductive or Mixed Hearing Loss Using a Direct-to-Consumer Bone-Conduction Device: A Multiple Methods Intervention Study

Thomas Hampton   1, 2, 3, 4 , MBBS ;   Mark Fletcher   5 , PhD ;   Alan Sanderson   3, 5, 6 , PhD ;   Manuel Loureiro   3 , MSc ;   Kevin Mortimer   7, 8, 9 , PhD ;   Mahmood F Bhutta   3, 6 , DPhil

1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton, United Kingdom

4 Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi

5 The Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

6 Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom

7 Cambridge Africa, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

8 Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa

9 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Thomas Hampton, MBBS
  • Department of Clinical Sciences
  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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  • Email: thomas.hampton@lstmed.ac.uk