Use hearing aids but struggle to hear well enough? Take part in the COACH trial.
March 3, 2022
Take part in research comparing hearing aids to a cochlear implant in adults with severe to profound deafness. NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) examines all the evidence to decide guidelines for clinical treatment. Based on the current evidence, adults may be offered a cochlear implant on the NHS when they have at …
World Hearing Day 2022
World Hearing Day is held on 3 March each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. It is led by the World Hearing Forum of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The focus for 2022 is on the importance of safe listening …
Participant to partner: a research journey
Katrina Copping uses hearing aids to help with her hearing loss and tinnitus. Katrina is working alongside researchers at the Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (Hearing Theme) as a Patient Research Partner. Emma Broome is a Research Fellow at the Biomedical Research Centre. In this blog, Katrina and …
Helping research improve treatments for single-sided deafness more quickly – An agreement on what is important to measure
February 25, 2022
Roulla Katiri, on behalf of the CROSSSD initiative, for Hearing Matters UoN blog. Much clinical research sets out to improve and develop new treatments for health conditions. But usually, no one piece of research is enough to be sure which treatments are best. We need to build up a body of many different research studies …
Using apps to help manage your tinnitus
February 10, 2022
It is #TinnitusWeek this week. We are continuing with our tinnitus research and you can read more about what we are doing at: https://nottinghambrc.nihr.ac.uk/about-nottingham-brc/news/3777-hearing-theme-raising-awareness-of-tinnitus-as-numbers-of-patients-predicted-to-rise. We thought we would take this opportunity to highlight one way that people might find helpful for managing their tinnitus. Do you have a smartphone or tablet? Do you know that …
The use of hearing aids by adults with hearing loss, how should we define and measure success?
June 22, 2021
Jean Straus uses hearing aids to help with her hearing. As a member of the public with first-hand experience of hearing loss, Jean is a valued member of the research team, providing a unique perspective, ensuring the research is designed around patient needs. Jean would like to share the following with you. ‘The use of …
Acoustic Neuroma 20 Years On In 2021
May 27, 2021
Single-sided deafness refers to the condition where there is normal or near-normal hearing in one ear and a severe to profound hearing impairment in the other ear. The Core Rehabilitation Outcome Set for Single Sided Deafness (CROSSSD) study is aiming to identify what is critical and important to measure when testing treatments for adults with …
Deaf Awareness Week 2021: Coming through it together
May 7, 2021
This last year has been tough in so many ways. Already dealing with communication barriers, people with deafness and hearing loss have faced added difficulties brought by the pandemic. As we (hopefully) look forward to the situation improving, the theme for this year’s Deaf Awareness Week (3-9 May) ‘coming through it together’ is very …
Help us understand how and why people use – or don’t use – their hearing aids
April 13, 2021
Do you have hearing aids? Do you use them regularly, sometimes or not at all? We need your help! Please complete our questionnaires to help us understand how we can make it easier for people to use their hearing aids. Contact paige.church@nottingham.ac.uk to take part. Read below to find out more! Thank you. Approximately 12 …
Hearing aids versus a cochlear implant – which is better for adults with severe hearing loss?
March 29, 2021
Well, for adults who have hearing loss equal to or greater than 80dB, NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) advise that a cochlear implant is better. But what about adults who just miss out on this cut-off point? People with hearing loss between 70dB and 80dB? Well, the evidence isn’t clear – there exists a ‘grey …
