Hearing Impairment: Research
Commons · Question 116808 · Tabled 2 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support research into hearing loss treatment.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 11 Mar 2026
The Department delivers research into hearing loss via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).This includes, for example, £2.4 million of NIHR funding for a study that will compare giving adults with severe hearing loss implants in bot...