Research projects requesting your input
Audiology departments – please could you display this poster: Uni of Manchester Study flyer
Caregivers of children with hearing loss – Help us uncover what shapes deaf children’s spoken language
Are you a caregiver of a child aged 2 years to 3 years 2 months who is deaf/hard of hearing/has a hearing loss (of any type or degree in one or both ears)?
When you communicate with your child, do you use spoken language at least 60% of the time? (This can be with or without a sign, and your child does not need to have or wear hearing devices all the time)/
If so, we would love to hear from you! We welcome all families to scan the QR code, click here Or email me at alaa.ewaida@manchester.ac.uk to explore whether this project is right for you.
What’s involved?
Two online questionnaires completed at your own pace.
About nine months later, a follow-up questionnaire and a 40- minute online session with you and your child.
INTERESTED?
After taking part, you will receive a gift voucher as a thank you.
This study forms part of an MSc research project at UCL Ear Institute (UCL Research Ethics Committee, Approval ID number: 4072).
Aim
The study aims to understand current practice, identify barriers to providing effective communication support, explore opportunities to improve accessibility and communication for patient who are deaf or have hearing loss across NHS services in the UK.
Who can take part?
- Healthcare professionals currently working within the NHS.
What’s involved?
- Complete an anonymous online survey, which takes approximately 7-9 minutes.
- By completing the survey, you can choose to enter a prize draw to win a £100 gift voucher.
To participate, please scan the QR code or access the survey using the link below:
Or survey link: https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_eD5rzqzSvHKG1YG
I am writing to invite you to take part in my research study exploring NHS audiologists’ views on family involvement in hearing care and factors influencing family engagement.
My name is Parisa Rashidi, and I am a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester conducting a research study titled:
“NHS Audiologists’ Views on Family Involvement in Hearing Care and Factors Influencing Family Engagement.”
Please see the attached Participant Information Sheet for full details about the study, including what participation involves, eligibility criteria, and how your data will be handled.
If you are a qualified NHS audiologist working in adult hearing care services and are interested in taking part, or would like further information, please contact:
Evaluating Ear Checks in special residential schools - Call for research participants for interviews
Are you involved in school hearing screenings? We’d love to hear from you! UCL Ear Institute, with funding from NHS England, is conducting an online study to better understand hearing screening practices in special education residential schools. An Ear Checks programme was recently commissioned by NHS England to provide hearing screening in special education residential schools. We are, therefore, carrying a qualitative study to investigate current hearing screening practices in special education settings. Our aim is to understand what resources or tools could help the delivery of school hearing screening and identify gaps and needs to improve practice. Our research study has been granted UCL Research Ethics Committee Approval (ID Number: 3022).
Who can take part?
We’re looking for audiologists, or any school or clinical staff trained to carry out hearing screening in special education settings.
💻 Where and how?
This is a fully online study. Participation involves a 1-hour interview with our researcher. We plan to carry out interviews from June to October 2026.
🎁 Thank you gift
All participants will receive a £20 shopping voucher as a token of appreciation.
📬 Interested?
To take part or ask any questions, please contact Jamila Dorner:
You are invited to take part in an online survey exploring current school entry hearing screening practices across the UK.
Title of Study
School Hearing Screening: Exploring UK Audiology Practices
This survey is part of a UCL MSc project (UCL Research Ethics Committee Approval ID Number: 3022).
Aim
To survey audiology professionals involved in school hearing screening to map current practice across the UK.
This is an opportunity to share your experience of how screening is delivered in your service, including any challenges, varia9on and opportunities for improvement. Your insights will help build a clearer picture of school hearing screening prac9ce across the UK and may inform future service development and guidance.
Who we’re looking for
You should be a professional involved in school hearing screening in the UK.
Please share this survey with colleagues involved in school hearing screening.
Time commitment
Approximately 10-15 minutes
How to get involved
If you are interested, please use the following link:
https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_ePfU4QoGLD4ocxo
Prize draw
By completing the online questionnaire, you will be in with a chance to enter a prize draw to win a £100 shopping voucher.
Thank you for your consideration and for helping to strengthen understanding of current school hearing screening practice across the UK.
The British Irish Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association (BIHIMA) has launched its 2026 audiologist survey, inviting hearing care professionals across the UK and Ireland to share their experiences of a sector continuing to evolve at pace.
Building on previous editions – including the 2024/2025 survey report which highlighted growing demand, workforce pressures and the need for system-wide reform – this year’s survey aims to provide a clearer picture of how the landscape is shifting and where further change may be needed.
A key focus of the 2026 survey is to track developments over time. By revisiting a number of core questions, BIHIMA hopes to build a longitudinal view of the challenges and opportunities facing audiology, while also identifying where progress has been made.
Alongside this, the survey will explore new and emerging areas reflecting how hearing care continues to develop, including new questions on the latest technological developments in hearing devices, managing patient expectations and models of care.
By including some new questions within the existing survey format, we intend to ensure the findings not only provide continuity with previous years but also capture the realities of a sector undergoing significant transformation.
Audiologists working across all settings – including NHS services, independent practice and retail – are encouraged to take part. Their insights will play an important role in shaping a robust evidence base to inform future discussions around service delivery, innovation and patient care.
Findings from the survey will be analysed and published in a follow-up report later this year.
Paul Surridge, Chairman of BIHIMA, said: “As demand for hearing services continues to grow, it is vital that we fully understand the experiences of those delivering care in all types of setting. Audiologists are at the frontline of this challenge and their responses in previous years have given us an invaluable view of what is most important for the profession. Their insights are essential to ensuring the system can evolve effectively, both now and in the future.”
You are invited to take part in a survey looking at the use of AI in implantable device clinics within the UK. This study aims to investigate and understand what areas AI could impact and the barriers to AI being introduced. We wish to hear your views on AI usage, what AI products you currently use and the disadvantages and advantages of AI in your role. The survey takes 10-15 mins to complete.
Please find the anonymous survey here – AI and its use in Implantable Device Clinics or through the QR code:
Dear Clinicians involved in Vestibular Rehabilitation,
I am writing to request your participation in a research study evaluating the workforce capability, training needs, and practice patterns of UK clinicians involved in vestibular rehabilitation (VR).
The main aim of this study is to find out:
1. What are the barriers clinicians in the UK face when providing VR services?
2. What action do services need to take to remove these barriers?
Who are we looking for:
i) Clinicians involved in providing VR services in the UK
- You are a clinician providing or have provided VR
- You provide either adult or paediatric VR services
- You live in the UK and practised VR services in the UK
What will it involve:
Completing a short online questionnaire. The questionnaire should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
This study has ethical approval from the University of Manchester Research Ethics Committee (Reference no. 25412).
Please note that recruitment through professional networks is conducted solely to raise awareness of this study and does not imply endorsement, obligation, or expectation of participation.
Please find the survey here:
https://www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_4Szdc9VSbJ6eGbQ
If you have any questions or comments, please contact komul.vaghela@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
We would like to invite you to become part of our Audiologists Interested in Research (AIR) group at Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD), University of Manchester.
We strongly value clinicians’ expertise and knowledge and would appreciate your input into shaping our future research and working collaboratively with you.
Opportunities include:
- Joint working on a study based in your workplace
- Participant recruitment for existing studies
- BRC (Biomedical Research Centre) taster sessions or secondment from your workplace to assist or administer a study (BRC funded)
- Attend training, conferences, ManCAD’s monthly online journal club and seminars
- Suggest areas of work you feel need research – priority setting
- Join PPIE (Patient and Public Involvement and Experience) panels as audiology experts to advise as required, assist in recruiting lay members and/or patients to PPIE panels
And many more …. all ideas very welcome
Scan the QR code, follow the link https://www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_019OBRcBqH26RoO or email for more information Hearing.research@manchester.ac.uk
If you decide to take part, you are free to withdraw at any time without giving a reason. In accordance with data protection law, The University of Manchester is the Data Controller for this project. This means that we are responsible for making sure your personal information is kept secure, confidential and it will only be used to contact you in relation to your areas of interest selected in the survey.
Thank you for your help
Best wishes
Helen and Amber
Research Audiologists, University of Manchester
Audiology professionals are invited to contribute their expertise to an international research study exploring knowledge, attitudes, and current practices related to digital auditory training for adults in clinical audiology.
Whether you regularly recommend digital auditory training, rarely recommend it, or do not recommend it at all, your perspective is extremely valuable. The findings will help inform future evidence-based practice in audiology.
The survey takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Participants will have the opportunity to enter a £50 shopping voucher prize draw after completing the survey.
Complete the survey here: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/nottingham/plus-optimal-audiology-survey-1
We would like to invite you to participate in a study conducted by the UCL Ear Institute. We want to understand more about how audiologists in the UK currently feel about the IQIPIS accreditation scheme including the benefits, challenges and barriers they may face.
Please take this survey if you are an audiologist and you are currently working in the UK. It doesn’t matter whether your department has IQIPS accreditation or not. You can also leave your email address to enter a prize draw to win a £50 shopping voucher.
This project is part of an MSc project being conducted by the UCL Ear Institute, and it has been reviewed and approved by UCL Research Ethics Committee (ID number 0452).
The link to the survey is here: https://qualtricsxmr794wfmrv.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e8WNB3ptb56Kkrs
Dear Parent / Teacher of the deaf / Paediatric Audiologist,
I am writing to request your participation in a research study about the support deaf children receive from the teacher of the deaf and paediatric audiology.
The main aim of this study is to find out:
1. What are the barriers deaf children and their families face when accessing support services (i.e. paediatric audiology and Teacher of the deaf)?
2. What action do services need to take to remove these barriers?
Who are we looking for:
i) Parent of a child who is deaf or has a hearing loss
- You are a parent of a child who is deaf or has a hearing loss – all levels/types of hearing loss included.
- Your child is aged 0-18 years old.
- You live in the UK.
ii) Teacher of the deaf
- You are currently working as a Teacher of the deaf in the UK.
iii) Paediatric Audiologist
- You are currently working as a Paediatric Audiologist in the NHS.
What will it involve:
- Completing a short online questionnaire. The questionnaire should take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
This study has ethical approval from the University of Manchester Research Ethics Committee.
Please find the survey here: https://www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_5aoeaIoogYTZn8y
If you have any questions or comments, please contact katie.paske@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
You are invited to take part in an interview study exploring how we can achieve culturally appropriate provision of hearing health care services in England. This is an opportunity to share your experience of the challenges and opportunities in supporting children from ethnic minority families. Your insights will play an important role in improving service delivery through policy development.
To take part:
1. You must be working in a paediatric hearing care setting in England for at least 1 year.
2. your current role can be any of the following:
· Paediatric audiologist
· Paediatric hearing clinic managers
· Teachers of the deaf
Participation involves an 1-1 interview (online or in-person). You will be compensated for your time.
If you are interested, please use the following link to sign-up: https://www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_cNlPR1oHpc0GOV0
For additional information, feel free to contact:
Sathveeka K Soundararajan, PhD Researcher, The University of Manchester
Dear Colleague,
We would like to invite you to participate in a study conducted by the UCL Ear Institute. We want to understand more about how audiologists in the UK currently feel about the IQIPIS accreditation scheme including the benefits, challenges and barriers they may face.
Please take this survey if you are an audiologist and you are currently working in the UK. It doesn’t matter whether your department has IQIPS accreditation or not. You can also leave your email address to enter a prize draw to win a £50 shopping voucher.
This project is part of an MSc project being conducted by the UCL Ear Institute, and it has been reviewed and approved by UCL Research Ethics Committee (project ID 0452).
The link to the survey is here: https://qualtricsxmr794wfmrv.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e8WNB3ptb56Kkrs
Or scan the QR code
Thank you for your help.
Best wishes,
Iman Sheekh, Hannah Cooper and Amanda Hall
UCL Ear Institute