Summerfield, A. Q. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7391-0959
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Barton, G. R. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9040-011X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical Research Council (Intra-mural Programme)
Deafness Research UK
Article History
Accepted: 23 November 2018
First Online: 27 November 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: During the 1990s and 2000s, AQS received remuneration of the costs of attending scientific conferences from manufacturers of cochlear implants which had invited him to present the results of research. While attending conferences, AQS received hospitality from manufacturers of cochlear implants. Between 2008 and 2010, AQS received a research grant from a manufacturer of cochlear implants to develop an apparatus to measure the listening skills of users of cochlear implants. Between 2006 and 2010, AQS was chief scientific advisor to the charity, Deafness Research UK—The hearing Research Trust, from which he had previously received a research grant that contributed to the costs of the study reported in this paper. AQS is a trustee of the charity, Action on Hearing Loss, which campaigns on behalf of people who are deaf, have hearing loss, or suffer from tinnitus. Garry Barton (GRB) declares that he has no conflict of interest.
: The research reported in this paper was approved by a multi-centre research ethics committee of the UK National Health Service. All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.