International Consortium on Ageing-Related Pathologies (ICCARP) Audiovestibular Group: fostering international consensus to refine International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) codes for hearing loss across the life course

Dialechti Tsimpida^{1

2}, Michael A Akeroyd^{3

4}, Barry L Bentley^{5

6

7

8

9}, Shuvarthi Bhattacharjee¹⁰, Michael R Bowl¹¹, Emma Broome^{3

4}, Stuart R G Calimport^{12

13}, Sian Calvert^{3

4}, Gary Christopher¹⁴, Tom Dening¹⁵, Silvia Di Bonaventura¹⁶, Ankita Goswami¹⁷, Spyridon Gougousis¹⁸, Paul J Govaerts^{19

20

21}, Mini Gupta²², Helen Henshaw^{3

4}, Robert T R Huckstepp²³, Vasiliki Maria Iliadou²⁴, Theano K Koutsimani¹⁸, Morag A Lewis²⁵, Frank R Lin²⁶, Cecilia Luisa Miotto¹⁷, Lisa S Nolan²⁵, Helen E Nuttall²⁷, Chukwuebuka Prince Onyekere²⁸, Mukovhe Phanguphangu^{29

30}, Christopher J Plack³¹, Ramasamy S Raghavan³², Nicholas S Reed³³, Konstantina Rova¹⁸, Karen P Steel²⁵, Robert J Stokroos³⁴, De Wet Swanepoel³⁵, Agnieszka J Szczepek³⁶, Susan L Whitney³⁷

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Research On Ageing, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. d.tsimpida@soton.ac.uk.
² Department of Gerontology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. d.tsimpida@soton.ac.uk.
³ National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ Hearing Sciences, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
⁵ Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁶ Collaboration for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI), University College London, London, UK. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁷ Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁹ Shriners Children's, Boston, MA, USA. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
¹⁰ School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
¹¹ UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.
¹² Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
¹³ Collaboration for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI), University College London, London, UK.
¹⁴ Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research, Swansea University, Wales, UK.
¹⁵ Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
¹⁶ University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹⁷ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
¹⁸ Ear Nose Throat Department, General Hospital of Thessaloniki George Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹⁹ The Eargroup, Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁰ Department of Translational Neurosciences, University of Antwerp Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Antwerp, Belgium.
²¹ Language and Hearing Center Amsterdam, Free University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
²² All Ears Hearing & Tinnitus Clinic, Audiology Australia, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia.
²³ School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
²⁴ Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²⁵ Wolfson Sensory, Pain, and Regeneration Centre, King's College London, London, UK.
²⁶ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁷ Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, UK.
²⁸ School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Canada.
²⁹ Department of Audiology, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³⁰ Department of Family Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³¹ Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³² Royal Surrey Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, Surrey, UK.
³³ Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³⁴ University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³⁵ Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
³⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³⁷ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.

PMID: 40580247
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01742-2

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International Consortium on Ageing-Related Pathologies (ICCARP) Audiovestibular Group: fostering international consensus to refine International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) codes for hearing loss across the life course

Dialechti Tsimpida et al. Geroscience. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 28.

doi: 10.1007/s11357-025-01742-2. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Research On Ageing, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. d.tsimpida@soton.ac.uk.
² Department of Gerontology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. d.tsimpida@soton.ac.uk.
³ National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ Hearing Sciences, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
⁵ Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁶ Collaboration for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI), University College London, London, UK. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁷ Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁸ Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
⁹ Shriners Children's, Boston, MA, USA. bbentley@cardiffmet.ac.uk.
¹⁰ School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK.
¹¹ UCL Ear Institute, University College London, London, UK.
¹² Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK.
¹³ Collaboration for the Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation (CASMI), University College London, London, UK.
¹⁴ Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research, Swansea University, Wales, UK.
¹⁵ Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
¹⁶ University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
¹⁷ Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
¹⁸ Ear Nose Throat Department, General Hospital of Thessaloniki George Papanikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹⁹ The Eargroup, Antwerp, Belgium.
²⁰ Department of Translational Neurosciences, University of Antwerp Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Antwerp, Belgium.
²¹ Language and Hearing Center Amsterdam, Free University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
²² All Ears Hearing & Tinnitus Clinic, Audiology Australia, Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia.
²³ School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
²⁴ Medical School of Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²⁵ Wolfson Sensory, Pain, and Regeneration Centre, King's College London, London, UK.
²⁶ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁷ Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, UK.
²⁸ School of Kinesiology and Health Science, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, Canada.
²⁹ Department of Audiology, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³⁰ Department of Family Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
³¹ Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³² Royal Surrey Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford, Surrey, UK.
³³ Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³⁴ University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
³⁵ Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
³⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
³⁷ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.

PMID: 40580247
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-025-01742-2

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Declarations. Competing interests: SDB is a member of the NICE Adoption and Impact Reference Panel for Audiology and Hearing Health. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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