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Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation

Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation is a research topic within Cognitive Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 10.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline, with a focus on the impact of cochlear implants, speech perception, and age-related hearing loss. It also delves into the effects on quality of life, language development, and social isolation among older adults.

  • Hearing Loss
  • Cognitive Decline
  • Cochlear Implants
  • Speech Perception
  • Age-related Hearing Loss
  • Auditory Processing
  • Quality of Life
  • Language Development
  • Social Isolation
  • Health-related Quality of Life
Research works
50k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.9k and 744 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.9k works
  2. 2 China 744 works
  3. 3 Germany 673 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 426 works
  5. 5 India 369 works
  6. 6 Japan 346 works
  7. 7 Brazil 243 works
  8. 8 Australia 239 works
  9. 9 Italy 214 works
  10. 10 Canada 210 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 35.8%China: 13.8%Germany: 12.5%United Kingdom: 7.9%6 others listed: 30.1%36%largest
United States1,929 · 35.8%China744 · 13.8%Germany673 · 12.5%United Kingdom426 · 7.9%6 others listed1,622 · 30.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover publishes the most Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation research, followed by Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing and University College London.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 69 works
  2. 2 Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and HearingIndia 62 works
  3. 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 45 works
  4. 4 Google (United States)United States 40 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 39 works
  6. 6 Hearing4allGermany 37 works
  7. 7 University of MinnesotaUnited States 37 works
  8. 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 33 works
  9. 9 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 32 works
  10. 10 Macquarie UniversityAustralia 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation include Luigi Ferrucci.

  1. 1 Luigi Ferrucci United States 5.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation research done?

The largest centres of Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Oldenburg, Magdeburg and Hanover.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 178 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 122 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 118 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 91 works
  5. 5 Sydney Australia 88 works
  6. 6 Hanover Germany 86 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 85 works
  8. 8 Oldenburg Germany 80 works
  9. 9 Paris France 77 works
  10. 10 Bengaluru India 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OldenburgDE · 79.6 works52×
  2. MagdeburgDE · 34.6 works15×
  3. HanoverDE · 86.2 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation?

Among universities, judged by research, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Medical University of South Carolina and University College London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 22.41%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 70, 6.9%Medical University of South Carolina: 27, 21.1%University College London: 45, 35.7%Macquarie University: 31, 15.4%National University of Singapore: 9, 41.3%University of the Witwatersrand: 14, 28.0%University of Iowa: 28, 17.1%Nanyang Technological University: 10, 37.4%University of Rochester: 20, 14.7%Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg: 27, 6.5%University College L…Medical University o…Macquarie UniversityMedizinische Hochsch…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 66.36.9%44.1×70 +169.7%
2 Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 64.821.1%15.9×27 +147.7%
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 63.635.7%4.4×45 +29.6%
4 Macquarie UniversityAustralia 63.315.4%11.7×31 +102.0%
5 National University of SingaporeSingapore 56.441.3%1.2×9 +213.9%
6 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa 53.928.0%4.7×14 +155.2%
7 University of IowaUnited States 52.917.1%8.8×28 +34.3%
8 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 50.837.4%1.7×10 +109.8%
9 University of RochesterUnited States 49.814.7%9.2×20 +40.0%
10 Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgGermany 48.36.5%24.6×27 +17.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.