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Prioritising outcomes in childhood hearing loss

The PONCHO (Prioritising Outcomes iN Childhood Hearing lOss) study is recruiting children and young people who have permanent hearing loss and who do not have a cochlear implant and parents/carers of children with hearing loss - to help shape future research.

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Manchester BRC’s science comes alive in The Community Festival

Manchester BRC science explained at The Community Festival

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The future of audiology – helping people to help themselves

Author: Dr Piers Dawes

Dr Piers Dawes, Hearing Health Minimising Risk Programme Lead discusses how Manchester BRC aims to help people with hearing problems have a better quality of life - by helping them to help themselves.

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New research improves risk prediction, prevention and treatment of breast cancer

Women screened for breast cancer could be given greater information on how likely they are to develop breast cancer, possible treatments to reduce their risk, and if it did develop, how likely it will respond to different treatments, according to new research.

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Manchester BRC networking and webinar series: Trial and Study Contracting – Thursday 13th June

The BRC Rapid Translational Incubator is holding "Contracting advice for trials and studies in GM," on 13th June. The session is aimed at staff and students affiliated with the BRC, CRF, The University of Manchester and/or Health Innovation Manchester.

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Researcher’s 1st original, 1st author article achieves slot in best international rheumatology journal

Researcher’s 1st original, 1st author article achieves slot in best international rheumatology journal

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Crucial funding invested to understand link between hearing loss and dementia

People with hearing loss are up to five times more likely to be affected by dementia than those without hearing loss. To try to understand this link, national charities have teamed up to invest more than £150,000 into a research project conducted by Manchester researchers.

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Making health research more inclusive for Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) community

Author: Olivia Joseph and Celia Hulme

Celia Hulme Manchester BRC Doctoral student, a Deaf BSL user and Olivia Joseph, Manchester BRC PPIE Project Manager tell us how and why they developed research’s first Deaf Experts by Experience group (DEEG) in the UK.

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