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  Improving the lives of older adults with hearing loss: Developing a self-report measure of effortful listening to guide clinical practice
University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  Dr A Heinrich, Prof K Munro, Dr R Millman
Applications accepted all year round
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.
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  (MBRC) Widening uptake and adherence to treatment with hearing aids via a new model of service delivery
University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  Prof K Munro, Dr M Stone, Prof H Dillon, Dr D Moore
Application Deadline: 18 January 2019
The average age of first-time wearers of hearing aids dispensed by the NHS is 74 years, by which time candidates typically have a moderate hearing loss and are struggling in many listening situations.
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  Understanding the mechanisms underlying efferent re-wiring in the aging cochlea.
University of Sheffield Department of Biomedical Science
  Prof W Marcotti
Application Deadline: 23 January 2019
a) Background and need for the research. Age-related hearing loss (ARHL), also known as presbycusis, is the most common health condition in the elderly.
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  Novel biomimetic acoustic sensors inspired by insect hearing
University of Strathclyde Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
  Prof J Windmill
Applications accepted all year round
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position to work on an exciting inter-disciplinary project. The project aims to investigate the hearing organs of various insects, and use this biological knowledge to inspire the development of novel acoustic sensors with biomimetic properties.
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  Functional morphology and variability of the auditory system - frameworks in the search for human speech evolution
Max Planck Society Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
  Dr A Stoessel
Application Deadline: 31 January 2019
The capacity for vocal communication using speech is a unique characteristic of modern humans and its origin during human evolution remains obscure.
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  Developing a questionnaire to assesses patients’ experiences of audiology services
University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  Prof K Munro, Prof C Armitage
Applications accepted all year round
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.
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  Developing a therapy for hearing loss using human pluripotent stem cells
University of Sheffield Department of Biomedical Science
  Prof M Rivolta
Application Deadline: 23 January 2019
The vast majority of cases of deafness are produced by the irreversible loss of the sensory hair cells and their associated neurons.
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  Cognitive Listening: Speech perception in noise within a cognitive framework
University of York Department of Psychology
  Prof S Mattys
Application Deadline: 14 January 2019
Professor Sven has received funding from the Leverhulme Trust to study speech perception in adverse conditions, with a focus on the effects of energetic and informational interferences on speech intelligibility.
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  Young People and Criminal Appeals - Addressing the Under-Representation of Young Offenders among Appellants at the Court of Appeal (REF: SF18/LAW/MCCARTNEY1)
Northumbria University Faculty of Business and Law
  Dr C McCartney, Prof R Arthur
Applications accepted all year round
This project will address the under-representation of young offenders among appellants at the Court of Appeal (Criminal) and CCRC applicants, examining the Court of Appeal processes and CCRC operations and young offender’s motivations.
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  PhD-Student Position in Synaptic Neuroscience: investigating the developmental aspects of IHC pre-synaptogenesis in auditory hair cells
University Medical Center Groningen Institute for Auditory Neuroscience
  Dr C Vogl
Application Deadline: 31 January 2019
PhD-Student Position in Synaptic Neuroscience funding is available for 3.5 years, part time 65 % | salary according to TV-L. The University Medical Center Göttingen is a tertiary care center and offers great development potential.
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