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Katiri, Roulla https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-8024
Hall, Deborah A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3804-1452
Hoare, Derek J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8768-1392
Smith, Sandra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5710-1062
Adams, Bethany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8144-8688
Fackrell, Kathryn https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6529-8643
Horobin, Adele https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7120-4612
Hogan, Nicholas https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0437-1813
Buggy, Nóra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9521-9010
Kitterick, Pádraig T. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-5318
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Received: 17 July 2024
Accepted: 31 May 2025
First Online: 15 June 2025
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was granted from the Proportionate Review Nottingham 2 Research Ethics Committee (REC reference 19/EM/0222, Integrated Research Application System (IRAS project ID 239,750) on 06 August 2019. The study was adopted by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) portfolio, Central Portfolio Management System (CPMS record 42,260). Informed consent was taken prior to participation at the focus groups using an online consent form. Participants were reminded that they could withdraw from the study at any point without needing to give a reason. All participants were volunteers and no reimbursement was given for their contribution.
: Consent for publication was received from all participants.
: PTK declares receiving grants and other support from Cochlear Europe Ltd and Cochlear Ltd (Australia) outside the submitted work. DJH declares receiving a grant from Cochlear Europe Ltd outside of the submitted work. The rest of the authors declare no conflict of interest.
