Face coverings, a key tool in our fight against COVID-19, have impeded our ability to hear, understand, engage, and connect with others according to a study supported by Manchester BRC.
In a Manchester BRC supported study a significant number of patients reported deterioration in their hearing when questioned eight weeks after discharge from a hospital admission for COVID-19.
A study led by Manchester BRC researchers has revealed that around 20% of people who have been issued with hearing aids do not use them.
For Deaf Awareness Week Dr Anisa Visram, Research Audiologist at Manchester BRC tells us how the ‘Ladies in the van’ project has been travelling the UK to meet the challenge of finding out how much impact hearing aids have on babies’ hearing.
On "World Hearing Day" Jenna Littlejohn provides a timely reminder of why and how Manchester BRC is investigating the links between hearing loss and dementia.
Part of our biomarkers week, here we explore the field of clinical imaging tests, and how our Hearing Health research is helping develop new audiology tests for newborn babies with hearing loss.
Manchester BRC researchers have launched a trial on a bedside genetic test that will predict whether newborn babies receiving antibiotics in intensive care are at risk of irreversible hearing loss.
Hearing Health Lead Professor Kevin Munro has become a Principal Fellow of The British Society of Audiology (BSA) and North West Committee Chair of the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme.