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Ear Audit almost cleared for launch
With our largest study, the Ear Audit, we aim to check the hearing of several thousand people worldwide. This should help scientists understand how noisy activities (like concerts, nightclubs, and earphones) affect hearing, but will also give everyone who takes the...
Recruitment ends for the Hearing In Teens study
Just over a year after its launch, the HIT study welcomed its final recruit. Reaching our goal of 220 participants gives us unprecedented power to observe the effects of noise on hearing (taking into consideration which parts of the ear and brain are most vulnerable...
Launch of the Imaging the Effects of Noise on Hearing study
The Nottingham arm of the programme sees its first participants this month. After years spent developing groundbreaking MRI techniques to view changes in the brain and nerves caused by noise, and months spent perfecting them for this study, Dr Rebecca Dewey is ready...
Half-way through recruitment for the Hearing In Teens study
110 teenagers have now joined the HIT study, taking us halfway to our goal of 220. Huge thanks to all involved, as it’s a long session (often 3.5 hours), involving everything from tough listening tasks to scalp electrodes. We’re relieved that the teens have offered...
Launch of the After The Music study
The hearing labs have now started to open its doors after dark, allowing late-night hearing tests after noisy gigs at music venue the Manchester Academy. Research Assistant Carlyn Murray thoroughly tests people’s hearing in the days before a gig, then re-tests it...
Recruitment opens for the Hearing In Teens study
Recruitment of participants to our largest lab-based research study has kicked off with five talks to college students around Greater Manchester. After 7 months of planning, set-up, and optimisation, the Hearing In Teens lab is finally ready for visitors. Each session...
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