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Dear All, 2 DAYS TO GO! - THURSDAY 7TH JULY AT 10.00 AM (UK) / 7.00 PM (Sydney) A quick reminder that our next speaker in the Nottingham Hearing Sciences Seminar series is Dr Brent Edwards, Director of the National Acoustics Laboratories, Sydney, Australia. Please
note the seminar will be held at 10.00 am on Thursday 7th July (UK), which is earlier than usual due to the time difference in Sydney. Dr Edwards will be giving the following talk: “Treatment Strategies for Those with Hearing Difficulties but
Minimal Hearing Losses” Abstract A challenge that hearing healthcare professionals (HHPs) face every day is what hearing
health recommendation to make with each client. Whether to recommend a hearing aid is often based primarily on the level of hearing loss as measured by the audiogram, possibly in combination with a speech test and needs consultation. Recent research, however,
suggests that audiograms are insufficient indicators of need, leaving HHPs with the challenge of determining who to make device recommendations to. This is particularly challenging for clients who present with self-reported hearing difficulty but very little
measurable hearing loss (PTA less than 25 dB HL). This talk will answer two questions on this topic: Should HHPs recommend hearing
devices to people with no-to-mild hearing loss, and how well can hearing devices benefit people with no-to-mild hearing losses? This discussion will include research at NAL into these questions and into emerging technology innovations. Bio Brent Edwards Ph.D. is the Director of the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL), an
Australian Federal Government hearing loss research centre, where he is currently leading research and innovation initiatives that focus on transforming hearing healthcare. For over 22 years he headed research at major hearing aid companies (GN ReSound, Starkey)
and at Silicon Valley startups that have developed innovative technologies and clinical tools used worldwide. Dr. Edwards founded and ran the Starkey Hearing Research Center in Berkeley, California that was a leading site for research in hearing impairment
and cognition. Dr. Edwards is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, a Fellow of the International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology and an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University. If you would like to attend this event, please use the link below. If you are unable to attend and would like to see this talk, please let me know and I will send you the recording. Microsoft Teams meeting – Dr Brent Edwards Join on your computer or mobile app Click
here to join the meeting We hope to see you there! Best wishes, Joe 10.00 am / 10:00 (BST) 11.00 am / 11:00 (CEST)) 2.00 am / 02:00 (USA Pacific) 4.00 am / 04:00 (USA Central) 5.00 am / 05:00 (USA Eastern) 5.00 pm / 05:00 (CST/China Standard Time) Dr Joseph Sollini Auditory Circuits Lab Hearing Sciences Mental Health and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine The University of Nottingham W:
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/hearingsciences/people/joseph.sollini W:
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