All_Ears@UoS is a thriving patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) group that was established in March 2022. The ethos of All_Ears is to create an enduring partnership between researchers and people with lived experience of hearing loss to shape and inform research. This paper describes the findings from an evaluation to measure the perceived impact, value and engagement of the group....
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Discussion
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No actionable change to clinical practice; this is a process evaluation of a patient-involvement group with implications for research governance rather than clinical care.
Long-term patient and public involvement in audiology research is still rare, and this evaluation provides a model for how sustained engagement can meaningfully shape research priorities.
- 01Three-year evaluation of the All_Ears@UoS PPIE group at the University of Southampton.
- 02Participants reported gains in confidence and felt their contributions were valued.
- 03Sustained PPIE partnerships appear to produce deeper impact than one-off consultations.
- 04Findings inform best practices for embedding patient voices in audiology research design.
Long-term PPIE participation gives patients confidence and a sense of value.
studypartially supportedThe All Ears@UoS PPIE group had an enduring positive impact on audiology-related research over three years.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42850642
- DOI
- 10.1186/s40900-026-00986-2.
- Journal
- Research Involvement and Engagement
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Patient and public involvement group members engaged in audiology research at the University of Southampton
- Intervention
- Three-year sustained patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) programme
Primary outcomes
Impact of PPIE on audiology research; Participant-reported confidence and sense of value