• Danielle Glista, Robin O'Hagan, Danielle DiFabio, Sheila Moodie, Karen Muñoz, Ioan Aurelian Curca, Christine Meston, Frances Richert, Dave Pfingstgraef, Luxshmi Nageswaran, Christine Brown, Keiran Joseph, and Marlene Bagatto.
• National Centre for Audiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
• J Eval Clin Pract. 2023 Jun 1; 29 (4): 614621614-621.

RationaleThere is a growing demand for comprehensive, evidence-based, and accessible clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to address virtual service delivery. This demand was particularly evident within the field of hearing healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, when providers were faced with an immediate need to offer services at a distance. Considering the recent advancement in information and communication technologies, the slow uptake of virtual care, and the lack of knowledge tools to support clinical integration in hearing healthcare, a Knowledge-to-Action Framework was used to address the virtual care delivery research-to-practice gap.Aims And ObjectivesThis paper outlines the development of a CPG specific to provider-directed virtual hearing aid care. Clinical integration of the guideline took place during the COVID-19 pandemic and in alignment with an umbrella project aimed at implementing and evaluating virtual hearing aid care incorporating many different stakeholders.MethodEvidence from two systematic literature reviews guided the CPG development. Collaborative actions around knowledge creation resulted in the development of a draft CPG (v1.9) and the mobilisation of the guideline into participating clinical sites.Results And ConclusionLiterature review findings are discussed along with the co-creation process that included 13 team members, from various research and clinical backgrounds, who participated in the writing, revising, and finalising of the draft version of the guideline.© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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