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The University of Southampton
Engineering

Progress on Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Seminar

Time:
12:00 - 13:00
Date:
12 February 2020
Venue:
B13/3019

For more information regarding this seminar, please telephone Vanui Mardanyan on 44 (0)23 8059 2277 or email hsg@soton.ac.uk .

Event details

ISVR Hearing and Balance Centre Research Seminar

Often described as a ringing or buzzing sound, tinnitus is the perception of a sound that has no external origin. A prevalent condition, individuals can suffer from a wide range of associated problems, including insomnia and concentration difficulties. Tinnitus is often comorbid with hyperacusis (decreased sound tolerance to ordinary environmental sounds), with more than 40% of adult patients with a primary complaint of tinnitus also experience hyperacusis. As yet there is no cure for either tinnitus or hyperacusis, therefore the reliance is on management. However, management of both tinnitus and hyperacusis can be complex, requiring an individualized and often multifaceted approaches to reduce symptoms. As part of our work at Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, we are aiming to untangle these complexities and build an evidence-base on the experiences with tinnitus and hyperacusis to aid management in clinical practice.

This seminar will provide an overview of this research and the experiences with tinnitus and hyperacusis including evidence on management approaches, measuring tinnitus and hyperacusis and what is happening in clinics, the development of clinical practice guidelines for tinnitus and the next steps for tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Speaker information

Dr Kathryn Fackrell BSc, PhD , NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham. PhD Supervision: Second Supervisor: Harriet Smith: Development of a questionnaire measure of tinnitus in children. University of Nottingham. Second Supervisor: Iskra Potgieter: Development of a questionnaire measure of hyperacusis in children. University of Nottingham. Third Supervisor: Asma Ali K. Elarbed. Tinnitus and Stress: The Role of Cortisol. University of Nottingham.

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