Audiology At Southampton

What a great conference from BAA this year. We have attended some really interesting presentations, chatted about the new technologies available and managed to catch up with lots of Southampton Audiology Alumni. It’s so nice to catch up and see how they are all getting on. Looking forward to 2022.

What a great conference from BAA this year. We have attended some really interesting presentations, chatted about new technologies available and managed to catch up with lots of Southampton Audiology Alumni. It’s so nice to chat and see how they are all getting on. Looking forward to 2022!

– We’re very excited to say that Audiology (Aural & Oral Sciences) has been ranked 1st in the UK in this years’ Complete University Guide (www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk)

Our very own Matt Blyth is running London Marathon on Sunday & raising money for Hearing Dogs. He's been busy training hard at the same time as writing up his PhD! If you want to sponsor Matt for this excellent cause please follow this link...

Read Matthew's story Matthew is raising money to help Hearing Dogs For Deaf People

Rania Alkahtani (PhD student) has recently published an article exploring the age of identification of SNHL for children in Saudi Arabia and the importance of childhood hearing screening programmes.
Read more here...

Age of identification of sensorineural hearing loss and Characteristics of affected children: Findings from two cross-sectional studies in Saudi Arabia To identify the average age of identification (AOI) and characteristics of Saudi children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).Two cross-sectional s…

It was lovely to be back in Farnborough recently to spread the word about careers in audiology!

Did you hear about... - News - The Sixth Form College Farnborough Hannah Semeraro from The University of Southampton recently came to the College to talk to 23 budding Audiologists about her specialist subject area.  As a lecturer, admissions officer and practicing NHS Audiologist, Hannah gave an informative talk on the role of an audiologist and the progression ...

Farewell Matt Blyth (right), thanks for giving us the clinical practicals workbook (aka the Mattbook) and best wishes for the PhD

Farewell Magdalena Margol-Gromada, thanks for all your hard work and best wishes for the PhD. We'll miss you!

'Playing sound through the skin improves hearing in noisy places for cochlear implant users.'

Researchers at the ISVR have a recently published paper and article feature on the effects of tactile stimulation on speech intelligibility in noisy situations for people with cochlear implants.

https://theconversation.com/playing-sound-through-the-skin-improves-hearing-in-noisy-places-97033

To read the full paper go to: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2331216518797838

Playing sound through the skin improves hearing in noisy places People who depend on auditory implants to hear struggle to understand speech in noisy places. A new device could change that.

Almost 3 months into the summer placements. Hopefully you've got your feet under the table now. And perhaps your name on a door!

Help us understand music listening habits by installing the BTA Loudness Study App and taking part in the lab study.

You will be entered into a £50 prize draw for using the app, and be paid £15 if you take part in the laboratory study.

We’re looking for android smartphone users to take part in a study exploring music listening habits and its relationship to hearing problems. We’re interested in the ways in which people listen to music through their smartphone devices, how people interact with music apps on smartphone devices and the duration and intensity of music listening. We will also be running a laboratory study on people who have used the app, where we will test their hearing ability. If you agree to be contacted, you will receive an email after using the app for 1 month inviting you to the study that will take place in the University of Southampton Hearing and Balance Centre.

The app can be downloaded at http://ecs.gg/loudness

It will run in the background for four weeks, asking you a few daily questions in the fourth week of the study. Following this, the app will automatically deactivate and can be uninstalled.

This project is funded by the British Tinnitus Association and is a collaboration between the University of Southampton and University College London, ERGO number: 30471.