Research Priorities in Hearing and Audiology

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• Professor Adrian Davis of Imperial College, UCL and LSE
• Wednesday 31 October 2018, 13:00-14:00
• Room 508, Level 5, EEE Department.

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The Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) has been a source of great information about health and risk factors for health / disease. I have helped coordinate the hearing element of GBD and have been intrigued to see the results nationally and sub-nationally that rate hearing problems as one of the most prevalent and impactful of diseases particularly for people of 60 years of age or older. Hearing therefore plays a much bigger role than has been appreciated in terms of morbidity of our population as more people live to be 60 years 70 years and older. It is therefore of increasing importance for innovation and research to tackle the problems that arise from these increasing numbers. Over the last year NHSE has been working on the Action Plan on Hearing Loss and as part of that the task and finish group for Research and Data has been assessing the key priorities for research to inform commissioners and researchers on what areas would bring the greatest return on investment. This work has now concluded and the key criteria and priorities for research have been established from the NHS and patient viewpoint. The seminar will present this work and discuss how it can be improved.

Bio-sketch: Professor Davis holds three honorary positions currently at Imperial, LSE and UCL , mostly in the areas of hearing impairment. For 25 years he worked with the MRC Institute of Hearing Research as an epidemiologist, predominantly on the National Study of Hearing and then took forward the agenda on Newborn Hearing Screening. He was the key scientist devising and delivering the Modernised Hearing Aid Services as well as the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme. He has worked as Professor of Hearing and Communication at Manchester University and UCL as well as facilitating research as part of the BRC in ENT at Manchester. He is working currently at Charing Cross Hospital with the ENT and Audiology departments at Imperial NHS Trust. He holds a PhD in Psychology from UCL and an Hon D from Montreal University. He is a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine and of the Royal Statistical Society and is Honorary Fellow of the RSM and Academy of Health Care Science. He is owner of AD CAVE SOLUTIONS Ltd, where he currently works and advises government, NHS and commercial organisations.

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