Dear Auditory List,
Are you aged 50-70?
As we get older, our hearing can decline. For people who expose their ears to lots of noise (e.g. noisy jobs or loud hobbies), this process might be speeded up. My PhD aims to determine how occupational noise exposure affects hearing in older adults, which
should help scientists and audiology services better identify and diagnose hearing difficulties in the older adult population.
To do this, I am looking for people aged 50-70 years with no past clinical diagnosis of hearing loss or memory problems and who were either:
- exposed to loud noises in the past (e.g. recreational/occupational noise) with little usage of hearing protection
(e.g. earplugs).
- Had relatively low exposure to noise (e.g. recreational/occupational noise) throughout life.
If that describes you, then you can help out our science by completing my
online survey. This takes around 30 minutes and can be completed on any smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC. You will tell us about your hearing and noise exposure, then take part in some challenging-but-interesting
online tests (assessing memory and listening abilities).
To thank you for your participation, you will be entered into an
Amazon voucher prize draw.
For more information, and to take part, please go to the link: https://www.redcap.rss.mhs.man.ac.uk/surveys/?s=CK9DD8R7EE
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on:
adnan.shehabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you
Adnan Shehabi
Adnan Shehabi | PhD Student in Audiology
Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD)
School of Health Sciences | Faculty
of Biology, Medicine and Health
A3.14/15 Ellen Wilkinson Building | The University of Manchester | Manchester | M13 9PL
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