Articles tagged with 'deafness' | University of ԰

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2025
22
November
2025
| 13:25 Europe/London
If the NHS recommended it, would people test their own hearing at home and use self-fitting hearing aids?A survey of over 2,000 adults found that nine in every ten said yes, they’d be willing to test their own hearing. Most also said they’d try a
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25
June
2025
| 09:16 Europe/London
Care England, the leading representative body for independent adult social care providers, in collaboration with Engage and Nightingale Hammerson, has today launched a new white paper calling for urgent and coordinated action to improve support for
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2024
21
November
2024
| 12:00 Europe/London
A ground-breaking genetic test that could prevent critically ill newborn babies going deaf if treated with gentamicin, a commonly used antibiotic, is being trialled across 14 NHS neonatal (specialist newborn) units across England, Scotland, Wales
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2023
11
October
2023
| 08:55 Europe/London
A research project is to investigate a home-based early intervention programme for deaf infants under the age of 6 in South Africa.
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02
August
2023
| 11:11 Europe/London
An innovative genetic test that can help prevent newborn babies from going deaf if treated with a common antibiotic,  based on the work of University of ԰ and   ԰ University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) researchers, is now
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2022
14
December
2022
| 10:45 Europe/London
A team who led the research for a world-first genetic test that could save the hearing of hundreds of babies each year, has won the New Statesman Positive Impact in Healthcare Award 2022.
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09
August
2022
| 08:15 Europe/London
A gallery of “breath-taking” images and videos which shine a light on crucial dementia research have been released today by Alzheimer’s Society’s first ever research image competition which was won by a University of ԰ researcher.
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02
April
2022
| 01:24 Europe/London
A world-first genetic test, partly developed by University of ԰ scientists  that could save the hearing of hundreds of babies each year, has been developed and successfully piloted in the NHS.
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2020
02
July
2020
| 13:56 Europe/London
  Christian Bertrand/ Shutterstock  Going to concerts or clubs is a popular pastime for many young people, but they’re also potential causes of noise-induced hearing loss. In fact, more than a billion young people worldwide
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