About this briefing

About this briefing

Medtech innovation briefings summarise the published evidence and information available for individual medical technologies. The briefings provide information to aid local decision‑making by clinicians, managers, and procurement professionals.

Medtech innovation briefings aim to present information and critically review the strengths and weaknesses of the relevant evidence, but contain no recommendations and are not formal NICE guidance.

Development of this briefing

This briefing was developed for NICE by Cedar. The interim process and methods statement sets out the process NICE uses to select topics, and how the briefings are developed, quality assured and approved for publication.

Project team

Cedar External Assessment Centre

Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme, NICE

Peer reviewers and contributors

  • Dr Judith White, Researcher, Cedar

  • Megan Dale, Researcher, Cedar

  • Dr Grace Carolan‑Rees, Director, Cedar

Specialist commentators

The following specialist commentators provided comments on a draft of this briefing:

  • Mr Tim Husband, Lead Audiologist, Novus Health

  • Dr David Baguley, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Head Service: Audiology/Hearing Implants, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dr Rudrapathy Palaniappan, Consultant in Audio‑vestibular Medicine, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Dr Derek J Hoare, Senior Research Fellow (Tinnitus), National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Hearing

Copyright

© National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2014. All rights reserved. NICE copyright material can be downloaded for private research and study, and may be reproduced for educational and not‑for‑profit purposes. No reproduction by or for commercial organisations, or for commercial purposes, is allowed without the written permission of NICE.

ISBN: 978‑1‑4731‑0602‑4