hearing PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Hearing loss is the most prevalent sensory deficit experienced by children. In the UK alone, more than 45000 children have a hearing loss.

Improving the lives of older adults with hearing loss: Developing a self-report measure of effortful listening to guide clinical practice

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr A Heinrich, Prof K Munro, Dr R Millman

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Hearing loss is the most prevalent sensory deficit. In the UK, more than 10 million adults have a hearing loss. Because it is often associated with old age and the size of the older population is growing, it is predicted that there will be more than 14 million people with a hearing loss by 2030.

Improving quality of life through addressing communication needs for people in residential care living with dementia

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr P Dawes, Dr R Millman, Dr I Leroi

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The majority of the 420,000 UK care home residents are affected by both dementia and hearing impairment. Many cases of hearing impairment in care home settings are undiagnosed and/or unsupported.

The effect of female sex hormones on hearing and tinnitus.

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr K Kluk

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Sex hormones fluctuate in level in women, both during the lifespan and during the ovarian cycle. Recent research suggests that oestrogen is neuroprotective, and may affect auditory function.

Developing a questionnaire to assesses patients’ experiences of audiology services

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Prof K Munro, Prof C Armitage

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

There is growing interest in measuring patients’ experiences of clinical services. This can be used to measure quality, evaluate quality improvement initiatives and compare services.

Developing a therapy for hearing loss using human pluripotent stem cells

University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Prof M Rivolta

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The vast majority of cases of deafness are produced by the irreversible loss of the sensory hair cells and their associated neurons.

The Effects of Prior Conditioning on Susceptibility to Noise Damage in Young People

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Prof C Plack, Dr G Prendergast

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

There is increasing concern that young people are damaging their hearing through recreational activities such as attendance at live music events and use of personal listening devices.

Investigating how tactile cues can influence people’s perception of healthy food.

Anglia Ruskin University
Faculty of Science & Engineering

Research Group: Applied, Social and Health Psychology Research Group

Dr C Jansson-Boyd

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research Group. Applied, Social and Health Psychology Research Group - http://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-technology/research/our-research-institutes-and-groups/applied-social-and-health-psychology.

PhD in Child Health - Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) for diagnosis in ex-preterm children

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Medicine

Dr W Watkins, Dr M Chakraborty, Prof S Kotecha

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This is a self-funded/sponsored PhD opportunity. BACKGROUND. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a major respiratory consequence of premature birth (Walsh et al., 2006).

Theoretical and computational methods for sensory biology

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
School 5 and 6

Prof IS Solov'yov

Application Deadline: 1 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The overall goal of this research project is to advance computational modelling techniques such as the molecular dynamics (MD) or free energy perturbation approaches to permit computational studies of biological macromolecules and molecular assemblies that are central to the molecular basis of many sensory processes (including vision, hearing, magnetoreception).