Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 116808

Hearing Impairment: Research

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

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

Dr Zubir Ahmed
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...

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