Dementia and hearing aids, again: the ACHIEVE trial
July 18, 2023
The results of the ACHIEVE trial of hearing interventions aimed at helping cognition in older people are very welcome. This is a really important piece of research and will have implications for patients, clinicians and researchers. As a hearing aid user myself, I am personally very interested in this topic. The background is that hearing …
The humble hearing aid versus Giant Dementia
April 21, 2023
The Lancet Commission reports published in 2017 and 2021 have highlighted hearing loss as a major risk factor for dementia, suggesting that hearing loss from midlife onwards is responsible for about 8% of the potentially modifiable risk of dementia. Therefore, potentially, eliminating the problem could prevent 8% of future cases of dementia. This would be …
Roger and out? Further reflections on wireless microphones
April 4, 2023
Roger happens to be the name of a series of wireless microphones designed to augment the effects of hearing aids. As I mentioned in an earlier blog (Hearing aids and beyond… – Hearing Matters (nottingham.ac.uk), these devices come in different shapes and sizes according to the intended purpose. This blog is to present a personal …
Hearing aids and beyond…
February 3, 2023
I wrote a few months ago about my initial acceptance of having hearing loss and the experience of acquiring hearing aids (Tom Dening: Hearing aids and cognitive impairment – Challenging Stigma and Promoting Personhood (lancs.ac.uk)). Since then, things have moved on somewhat, causing me to reflect on what is available to help people optimise their …
World Hearing Day 2021
March 3, 2021
Countries around the world have looked to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for information and guidance on how to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. But did you know that the WHO has long been working to reduce hearing difficulties worldwide too? World Hearing Day is a campaign held each year by the Office of Prevention of …
Another Thursday in ‘lockdown’
April 30, 2020
We work with people who live with hearing loss and related conditions, or care for those who do, to help us design and carry out research that is relevant and built around their needs. One of our public research partners, Colleen Ewart, shares her everyday experiences of life under lockdown with the added challenge …
Patient-centred care
November 30, 2018
Welcome to the November issue of the Hearing Matters blog by the Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss Group at the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. This month, Rachel Gomez explores patient-centred care in audiology and the research we are doing on this. What is patient-centred care? Patient-centred care in audiology is a journey that includes …
How Behaviour Change affects Hearing Health
September 20, 2018
Welcome to the September issue of the Hearing Matters blog by the Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss (MMHL) Group at the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. This month we will focus on how behaviour change can inform hearing health care. Our health is affected by many things that can have either a positive or negative …
Knowledge is power: using eHealth to improve hearing-related knowledge for patients, partners and professionals
August 30, 2018
Welcome to the August issue of the Hearing Matters blog by the Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss Group at the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. This month, we look at eHealth solutions to improve knowledge about hearing loss, hearing aids and communication. If you are an audiologist reading this, how confident are you that all …
New technologies for hearing loss
July 20, 2018
Welcome to the July issue of the Hearing Matters blog by the Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss Group at the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre. This month, we take a look at some of the latest listening technologies that are available for people living with hearing loss. Hearing aids are effective Our research shows that …
