Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD)

Introducing the READY Study: DHH Young people’s Well-Being and Self-Determination Abstract. READY is a self-report prospective longitudinal study of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) young people aged 16 to 19 years on entry. Its overarchin

🎉Congratulations to Dr Helen Chilton and Professor Alys Young for being awarded the Highly Cited Articles Award from the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education 🎉

The JDSDE acknowledged the paper: "Introducing the READY Study: DHH Young people’s Well-Being and Self-Determination"

Read below 👇

This #tinnitusawarenessweek Dr Sam Couth and PhD student Sam Allonby were invited to the House of Lords to celebrate the launch of Tinnitus UK's report on hearing loss and tinnitus across the live music sector 🎧

You can read the report here 👉
tinnitus.org.uk/.../.

#HearingHealth #Tinnitus

The relationship between auditory steady-state response and behavioural audiometry in hearing estimation for infants: a meta-analysis - Systematic Reviews Background Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR) allows the identification of infants with hearing loss and consequently early intervention. Therefore, it is important to assess the accuracy of ASSR f...

📢 Another new paper 👂

This is an open access meta-analysis examining how well auditory steady-state response (ASSR), an objective test used in babies, matches up with behavioural audiometry (BA), the standard method to measure hearing thresholds.

#HearingHealth #PaediatricAudiology

📢 NEW PAPER ALERT - Please read below
Data standards in audiology: a mixed-methods exploration of community perspectives and implementation considerations.
Researchers investigated the current status of data standards in audiology from the perspectives of the audiological community and experts.

Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.

Hunter’s and Hurler’s syndromes both characteristically lead to hearing loss and we are pleased to see this breakthrough for the children we are helping to monitoring for this study at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Clinical Research Facility.
#RareDisease #HunterSyndrome #HurlerSyndrome

AUDIOLOGIST AND COCHLEAR IMPLANT CLINICAL TEAMS NEEDED!
We’re running a survey to explore how clinics approach cochlear implantation in older adults with cognitive impairment.
🕒 Takes just 15 minutes
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📢 Help shape future guidance!
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Last week members of ManCAD attended the BAA conference in Telford. Colleagues reported that they felt like we had a lot of footfall with people interested in engaging with our research and teaching courses. Thank you to the BAA for hosting an insightful event! 👏
#BAA #baaconference2025 #Hearing

Illuminated - Hearing Aids - BBC Sounds Poet Paul Farley faces up to the fact that it’s time to address his hearing loss.

New episode featuring Professor Gaby Saunders on BBC Sounds Radio 4, titled 'Illuminated'. It follows the journey of poet Paul Farley as he realises he has hearing loss and obtains hearing aids.

Listen here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#hearingaids #HearingResearch #hearingloss #ManCAD

Will Streeting remain a ‘faithful’ on reforming children’s services? With the Kingdon review of failures in children's hearing services offering a blueprint for transformation, Kevin Munro urges the health secretary to implement the review's recommendations

With the Kingdon review of failures in children’s hearing services offering a blueprint for transformation, ManCAD's Professor Kevin Munro urges the health secretary to implement the review’s recommendations. Published in the Health Services Journal.

#ChildHearingCare #PaediatricAudiology

UPCOMING EVENT!
Come and see us at our ManCAD exhibition stand - A4 during the British Academy of Audiology conference next week. We have information about our courses and research, how to get involved, games and treats! 🎓🍬 Look forward to meeting you all there 😊
#BAA #BAAConference2025 #Audiology

A new study highlights that almost 9 in 10 UK adults said they would be willing to test their own hearing at home.

📘 Read the full story here: www.manchester.ac.uk/.../adults-s...
💬 Read the published article in the International Journal of Audiology here: www.tandfonline.com/.../10.../14...

Last Thursday Prof Kevin Munro presented at the UK Hearing Conservation Association (UKHCA) Annual Conference on “Transforming the narrative on hearing loss and dementia.”🧠

#HearingHealth #DementiaAwareness #UKHCA #Prevention

Consistent hearing aid use in babies (CHerUB): a systematic review and mixed methods synthesis of barriers and facilitators using the theoretical domains framework Consistent hearing aid use protects against spoken language delays in 0–3-year-olds with hearing loss; however, use is at its lowest and most variable during this critical period for language devel...

🌟New paper from the CHerUB project!

🦻Families say it’s tough getting babies to wear hearing aids consistently and pro's find it challenging too.
Our review maps what helps and hinders consistent hearing aid use in the early years using behavioural science.

@ndcs-uk.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk

Digits-In-Noise Hearing Test Using Text-to-Speech and Automatic Speech Recognition: Proof-of-Concept Study - Mohsen Fatehifar, Kevin J. Munro, Michael A. Stone, David Wong, Tim Cootes, Josef Schlitten... This proof-of-concept study evaluated the implementation of a digits-in-noise test we call the ‘AI-powered test’ that used text-to-speech (TTS) and automatic sp...

🎧 New Study Alert!

Can AI replace human-led hearing tests? New research shows that a Digits-In-Noise hearing test using text-to-speech and automatic speech recognition can reliably screen hearing without clinician input.

👉 Read the full paper: doi.org/10.1177/2331...

#Hearinghealth #AI #audiology

We worked with children, young people, families and health and education professionals to discover the Top 10 research priorities in childhood deafness and hearing loss. See the results and join the Childhood Deafness Research Network: childdeafnessresearch.co.uk

📌 It's #WorldAlzheimersMonth and to honour this we are sharing a new article featuring ManCAD's Professor Kevin Munro and Dr Jenna Littlejohn, in the BBC Science Focus magazine. The article discusses the link between hearing loss and dementia.

#BrainHealth #HearingLoss #DementiaAwareness

Our first time at Green Man Festival🌿with the ManCAD Safe and Sound stand, and what a huge success it was! 🌞 From quizzes & lip reading games to learning BSL, balancing like pros, and roaring like rockets! Even a Green Man Mail shout-out 💚 Thanks to everyone who joined in! We had so much fun!

🎧 Join us for some fun listening tasks!

🧠 Researchers at the University of Manchester want to recruit normal hearing volunteers aged 18-50 who are native English speakers to take part in research, which will help us to understand different aspects of listening in noise.

#hearinghealth #research

The BAA Heads of Service meeting took place on 10/07 in Birmingham 🏙️. Prof Kevin Munro presented "DIY audiology at home? A public survey of no/low-touch hearing aid pathways". A more detailed presentation is planned for the annual BAA conference at Telford, 20-21 November 📍🗓️

New White Paper demands hearing loss change | Caring Times Today sees the launch of a new White Paper calling for urgent and coordinated action to improve support for care home residents living with hearing loss.

More related news can be found here in this Caring Times article 📰

Find out more in this blog post from @hannahcross.bsky.social and Dr Rebecca Millman published on Policy@Manchester 🧠📈

#HearingLoss #InclusiveCare #Socialcare

New White Paper: Hearing Loss in Care Homes – A Call to Action. Care England, Engage, Nightingale Hammerson & ManCAD have joined forces to spotlight a silent crisis:
Up to 80% of care home residents live with hearing loss and it’s still being overlooked 👂🏠

#HearingLoss #CareHomes #hearinghealth

New White Paper demands hearing loss change | Caring Times Today sees the launch of a new White Paper calling for urgent and coordinated action to improve support for care home residents living with hearing loss.

Great to see that the upcoming White Paper on hearing loss in care homes is gaining publicity already!
@mancad-uom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

My article for Policy@Manchester is now published!
You can my case for investing in hearing care below, and why care homes need greater support to do so:

Hearing Loss in Care Homes - A Call to Action - Care England Care England is proud to announce the launch of a landmark new report, “Hearing Loss in Care Homes: A Sector-Wide Response”, developed in partnership with

'Hearing Loss in Care Homes – A Call to Action'

It was a pleasure to collaborate on this White Paper with Engage Care, Care England and Nightingale Hammerson.
The paper draws on so much of my PhD work - here's to making changes and creating impact.

How applying for a bursary kickstarted my journey into deaf education Deaf Education student Katie talks about why she applied to Manchester and the benefits of getting the Lawrence Werth bursary.

The Deaf Education Team are excited to announce that they are able to award two more bursaries to support study on the MSc/PGDip Deaf Education course! 🎓📖

Find out more about the programme from Katie, a current bursary recipient on the student blog:

#deafeducation #hearinghealth

📅 Today is #InternationalClinicalTrialsDay

🦻🏼 Yesterday Prof Kevin Munro presented at the Wales Audiology Conference, featuring the FAMOUS trial: an ongoing, national RCT investigating the effectiveness of monitoring and follow up in new adult HA users 📈

#ClinicalTrials #HearingHealth #Audiology

Last Saturday 14th of June, our lovely volunteers from ManCAD ran a stand at the University of Manchester's annual community festival. They showcased a selection of activities involving learning all about the ear and hearing 🔬👂

#UoMCommunity #ScienceAndArt #ManchesterEvents

To mark #DiabetesAwarenessWeek last week, we are highlighting The Diabetic Ear Project 👂 — a new study exploring the impact of Type 2 Diabetes on hearing and balance.

Recruitment is set to open later this year 📅. Stay tuned for more updates! 🔔

#Type2Diabetes #HearingHealth #BalanceMatters

Join us for a fun-filled day of creativity & discovery at our Community Festival!
🗓️ Sat 14 June
🕚 11am – 4:30pm
🎟️ Free entry!

ManCAD’s stand:
🔬 Peek inside your ear
🎨 Draw sounds
🎮 ‘Find the ears’ game
💡 Myth-buster quizzes

#CommunityFestival #HearingHealth #ManCAD