Research
Our research underpins, and is informed by, our leading role in audiology education and service delivery in the UK. We collaborate with universities, charities, National Health Service clinics and care providers, resulting in highly effective clinical and translational research that is frequently cited in national practice guidelines.
We have a multidisciplinary research team with expertise in AI and machine learning, auditory rehabilitation, biostatistics, cognitive psychology, data informatics, electrophysiology, engineering, genetics, health psychology, medical sciences, neuroimaging, paediatric audiology, psychometrics, psychophysics, signal processing, speech processing, and teleaudiology.
We obtain our research funding from government funding agencies, charities and industry partners and pride ourselves on local, national and international collaborations. We are one of the 13 themes of the £60M NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) which funds many of our ongoing research projects.
Research projects
Our research portfolio covers the life course and spans basic discovery through to clinical application.
Research publications
All of our publications from 2016 onwards can be found on the University’s Research Explorer, or you can download a list of publications from 2015 and earlier.
PhD students
ManCAD is committed to developing the next generation of hearing health researchers we therefore prioritise having a strong network of diverse postgraduate research students whose projects are primarily funded through competitive grants.
If you are interested in pursuing a PhD, we suggest contact a member of our academic staff who could be a potential supervisor (see list here) or contact the Doctoral Academy to discuss potential projects, funding, and a supervisory team. We welcome enquiries from both clinicians and non-clinicians.
Studentships and funding may be available from UK research councils (e.g. MRC, ESRC, BBSRC), the National Institute for Health Research, charitable trusts and organisations.
Taster research placements for clinicians
The NIHR Manchester BRC provides opportunities for placements which allow clinicians with limited research experience to join us and work on a collaborative project for one day a week for three to six months. If you are interested in seeking such a placement contact Sam Couth, our BRC Capacity Building lead at samuel.couth@manchester.ac.uk.
Watch a video on BRC opportunities and what attracted some of our current Research Audiologists to join ManCAD.
Open science
ManCAD aspires to Open Science research practices, which include pre-registering our studies prior to data collection and making our publications Open Access so that they are accessible to everyone.
Patient and public involvement in research
ManCAD research is informed through consultation and involvement of members of the public during study conceptualisation, preparation, planning, and design. Click here for more information about our PPI activities.
Inclusive research practices
To address inequalities and ensure that our findings represent and are applicable to all communities in the UK, we apply inclusive research practices to our recruitment methods by intentionally engaging with diverse communities and trying to ensure that our methods are accessible and acceptable to all.