Improving hearing aids and cochlear implants
Deafness Research UK's research projects that aim to improve hearing aids and cochlear implants
Understanding how the brain combines sound from two ears
Deafness Research UK is supporting an investigation by Dr Roberta Donato at the UCL Ear Institute in London into the way the brain combines sounds from the two ears to help create an auditory “image” of the world.
A computer model of hearing loss
Deafness Research UK has awarded a grant to Professor Ray Meddis at the University of Essex to explore the potential of computer models of hearing for helping us to understand different kinds of hearing impairment.
Improving the hearing of people with cochlear implants
A cochlear implant, or 'bionic ear', is an electronic device that directly stimulates the auditory nerve, which can help even profoundly deaf people gain a sense of sound. Deafness Research UK recently funded a project aimed at improving the speech understanding and musical perception for people with cochlear implants.
Improving facilities for people with cochlear implants
Deafness Research UK recently kitted-out sound booths at a newly-built addition to the 'South of England Cochlear Implant Centre', at the University of Southampton.
Can extending the length of cochlear implants improve speech understanding?
Deafness Research UK has awarded a project grant to Dr Kevin Munro and his colleagues at the University of Manchester to investigate the benefit to cochlear implant users of stimulating the part of the inner ear that responds to low sound frequencies.
Improving clinical tests for hearing aid fitting
A new Deafness Research UK project grant has been awarded to Professor Brian Moore of Cambridge University, to develop new tests of auditory performance that could be used in the clinic to greatly improve the selection and fitting of hearing aids.
Tackling 'dead' hearing regions
Deafness Research UK's adviser on hearing aids, Professor Brian Moore, is leading a three year project that aims to improve the fitting of hearing aids by developing more accurate ways of measuring hearing loss at different frequencies.
Helping deaf and hard of hearing people communicate in social situations
Dr David McAlpine, an expert in binaural processing, recently undertook Deafness Research UK funded research to examine why deaf and hard of hearing people find it hard to communicate in noisy environments.
