Research data management – chances, challenges and solutions for audiology

This short report addresses relevant aspects of sharing, pooling and publishing audiological research data. We discuss legal frameworks and technical and organizational solutions. We introduce the Oldenburg Hearing Health Record (OHHR) as an example on data re-organization, anonymization and tooling for the open access publication is described. Federated learning is discussed as an alternative if regulatory or ethical obstacles prevent direct pooling of data from different sources.