The ‘World’s Largest Ear drums up hearing awareness in Norwood

22ft Bionic Ear reveals poor hearing in old age is not a given

National charity Deafness Research UK is sponsoring the Recent Advances in Paediatric Audiology (RAPA) symposium, to be held on 15th March 2010 to coincide with the National Knowledge Week for Hearing.

The famous science and education roadshow from Deafness Research UK arrives in Oxford

Deafness Research UK’s 22ft Bionic Ear comes to York Science Festival

The famous science and education roadshow proves loud music on the move is old school

National charity Deafness Research UK is publishing a new, free of charge leaflet aimed at offering help and advice to the five million people throughout the country who currently suffer from tinnitus.

A Bank of Scotland Corporate Real Estate manager is looking to deposit some much needed sponsorship money in the coffers of a national charity when he takes part in the first ever Brighton Marathon in aid of Deafness Research UK.

With the first ever Brighton Marathon on the horizon, London photographer Robert Piwko is hoping to 'capture' some vital funds for Deafness Research UK.

When Oxfordshire's Christopher Phillips decided to help raise money for national charity Deafness Research UK, he decided that in order to achieve his ambitions, he would have to get on his bike!

A regional manager from Beckenham in Kent is hoping that undertaking this year’s London Marathon in aid of Deafness Research UK will be a real achievement, both for himself, the Charity and the colleagues he is running with.

Many people entering the London Marathon do so to raise money for charity and while some are just looking to complete the course, some people like Staffordshire’s Chris Lakin are looking to put in a good time too.

Leading charity Deafness Research UK will have several runners raising funds for them in this year's London Marathon. Among them and not just looking to run a good race round the capital, but also hoping to raise some capital too will be Kevin Balfour.

Mark will make it a Day to remember on Sunday 18 April when he takes part in the first Brighton Marathon in aid of Deafness Research UK. Like thousands of other people throughout the country, Mark Day has suffered from severe tinnitus for many years and while he had not considered fundraising before, he made the decision that now would be the right time to complete the Brighton Marathon and help Deafness Research UK along the way.

Deafness Research UK, the national charity for medical research into hearing impairment, has cited the ConocoPhillips Year of the Ear program as an inspiring example of UK corporate social responsibility.

New research has found giving up caffeine does not relieve tinnitus and acute caffeine withdrawal might add to the problem. This is the first study of its kind to look at the effect of caffeine consumption on tinnitus.

A new study into hearing has uncovered the secret of our extraordinary ability to perceive a range of sounds - from a pin dropping to the roar of a jet engine - and could lead to a better understanding of deafness and hearing loss.

Minister for Veterans, Kevan Jones, praised the work of charities and other key stakeholders during a symposium on noise induced hearing loss jointly organised by the charity Deafness Research UK and the MoD at the UCL Ear Institute yesterday.

The charity Deafness Research UK has joined forces with researchers at Southampton University to give schoolchildren and their families a rare opportunity to shape the future diagnosis and treatment of glue ear.

New research shows lack of education may be to blame for continued resistance to hearing aids

The Deafness Research UK Pauline Ashley Prize 2010 has been awarded to Nick Leach, a PhD student at the University of Oxford, for his highly commended and ongoing research into how the hearing brain adapts to different sounds.

Westminster's leading ambassadors for deaf and hard of hearing people will have the opportunity to witness first hand the latest deafness research techniques and technologies tomorrow (Wednesday 14th October), when the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Deafness are hosted by Deafness Research UK at the UCL Ear Institute.

Deafness Research UK, the country's only charity dedicated to finding new cures, treatments and technologies for the deaf, hard of hearing and other hearing impaired people including tinnitus sufferers, has published a series of handy ‘Hearing Tips’ to help people make the most of their precious hearing.

Less than £2 per year still being spent on hearing research

Researchers at the Peninsula Medical School have received a grant of over £39,000 from the charity Deafness Research UK, to investigate the role of brain tumours causing deafness in children and adults and the development of therapies using in vitro models.

When 61 year old Carole Wilson from Praze-An-Beeble in Cornwall went for her weekly trip to the swimming baths, the last thing she expected was to be struck down with a virus which would result in her losing her hearing in one ear.

For 20 year old Daniel Whiteside of St Albans, working towards a degree and returning to education has been not only a learning experience but also a lesson in confidence building after a childhood being bullied about his hearing problems and hearing aids.

For 24 year old Charlotte Booth of Skipton, Yorkshire, living with a hearing impairment has always been part of her life. But when she also started suffering with tinnitus last year, coping with the constant noise proved difficult to come to terms with.

We can all now take a simple, practical step towards funding research into tinnitus and deafness, by supporting Deafness Research UK’s mobile phone recycling initiative. Deafness Research UK has teamed up with Regenersis to create a mobile phone recycling programme aimed at funding further deafness research projects.

A deaf relative has inspired Sam Warriner of Lewisham in London, to run this year’s London marathon for Deafness Research UK.

A colleague and friend who has been partially deaf in one ear for most of her life, and is likely to become more severely deaf with time, has inspired a London man to run the marathon for Deafness Research UK.

Tom O’Reilly of Levenshulme in Manchester, has a hearing impairment and is running this year’s London marathon to raise awareness of unsafe noise levels at work – particularly in the construction industry.

Her mother’s profound deafness has inspired Maxine Marshall of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire to run the London Marathon for Deafness Research UK.

Stan Inglis of Gorton in Manchester is now enjoying a happy retirement, travelling and doing the things he’s always wanted to do. Nonetheless, he does suffer with tinnitus and has been living with it for most of his life.

Deafness Research UK is delighted to announce that music industry legend Sir George Martin CBE has become a Vice President of the charity. Sir George’s role will be one of a non-executive ambassador, lending his name and generally supporting Deafness Research UK campaigns and marketing activity.

Deafness Research UK has received a runners-up award in the prestigious AMRC (The Association of Medical Research Charities) Science Communication Awards 2009.

Research funded by RNID and Deafness Research UK has made a major breakthrough towards using stem cells as a treatment for hearing loss in the future.

Leading national charity Deafness Research UK is organising a groundbreaking children’s audiology forum on Monday 16 March. ‘Recent advances in paediatric audiology (RAPA): The challenges in taking research into practice’ will be held at the New Connaught Rooms and, is supported this year by an educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

Leading charity Deafness Research UK is celebrating a major success after The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued guidance on the use of cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness.

Coping with the debilitating condition of tinnitus could become that bit easier thanks to a new blog being set up by leading charity Deafness Research UK.

Parents worried about children’s ear infections and not sure where to turn can now get up-to-date advice and guidance from leading national charity Deafness Research UK, which has just published its new leaflet Ear infections and glue ear in children.

Children with ear infections are being given antibiotics as a perceived quick fix, when in fact they are not the solution for many and may prove useless, according to leading national charity Deafness Research UK. It is estimated that the cost of these antibiotics runs into many millions of pounds over the years, and even more worryingly, some children may suffer long-term developmental problems as a result of improper treatment of ear conditions at a young age. 

Lucy Burns from Cheshire was taken by surprise when her baby daughter experienced glue ear and some hearing loss, and thinks parents need to be better informed so they can spot the signs earlier and seek appropriate treatment. When baby Ciara underwent hearing tests at the age of 14 months she was found to have glue ear. Having Down’s syndrome meant she was more at risk, but Ciara’s mum Lucy hadn’t suspected there was a problem.

A Derbyshire mum was shocked at the severity of the ear infections suffered by her son, and believes that if she had been better informed, he might have been referred for specialist treatment earlier. Davinia Gill’s son Tee-Jay, age 4 from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, suffered repeatedly with middle ear infections between November 2007 and May 2008.

A Leeds mum is urging parents to become better informed about children’s ear infections following her less than positive experiences when trying to get a diagnosis and cure for her daughter, Eliza.

Samantha Leonard’s son Cade suffered a lot with ear infections, colds and sore throats as a baby and Samantha recalls that he failed a hearing test at 9 months old carried out by a health visitor, but this was never followed up. She admits that she didn’t think anything of it at the time, assuming she would have been contacted if her health visitor was concerned. Samantha recalls that as a baby and toddler Cade was prescribed antibiotics on numerous occasions for ‘ear infections’ which she only learned later may not have helped.

The leading charity Deafness Research UK has announced a national competition for young deaf people to put forward their ideas about where research into deafness should head over the next twenty years.

Kate Cook of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, has had noises in her ears for about a quarter of a century. Six years ago, it became an almost constant distraction, seriously affecting her quality of life. As she struggles to cope with tinnitus, the 43-year-old is struck by the lack of awareness, support and treatment for sufferers and believes there is a shortage of funding for research.

Karl Holtby of Hull has had tinnitus for over a decade. For most of that time the noises in his ears were just a gentle, bearable buzzing, but he was still able to live his life normally. Karl barely noticed the condition until around twelve months ago when it took a turn for the worse and the noises in his ears suddenly became much louder for no apparent reason. Now the 34-year-old has been left to wrestle with an incurable condition which is seemingly impossible to treat.

New research, published in the current edition of in PLoS Genetics has defined a mutation in the mouse genome that closely mimics progressive hearing loss in humans.

Parents urged to ‘protect the ones they love’

Less than £2 per capita funding for deafness research

The Deafness Research UK Pauline Ashley Prize 2009 has been awarded to Rosemary Lovett, a third year Psychology PhD student at the University of York.

Deafness Research UK has organised a rare opportunity for the public to meet the scientists who are working to find treatments and cures for tinnitus, and find out about the cutting edge tinnitus research in progress.

New research published today in the journal Current Biology has added significantly to our understanding of how the ear works, giving hope to millions of deaf and hard of hearing people.

John Blake has been appointed the new Head of Individual Giving of medical research charity Deafness Research UK, the country’s leading charity in the field of hearing research and the only national charity dedicated to finding cures for deafness, tinnitus and other hearing problems.

Deafness Research UK’s innovative science and education roadshow hits Liverpool

Research published this week in the journal Nature gives millions of deaf and hard of hearing people new hope of new gene or drug treatments for deafness and has been welcomed as a significant breakthrough by the country’s only medical research charity for deaf people, Deafness Research UK.

Deafness Research UK has published its top tips for the safe use of MP3 players, following research by the charity that shows too many people are putting their hearing at risk by listening to MP3 players too loudly for too long.

You’re not alone, and help is at hand from leading national charity

Ruwan Perera has been appointed the new Director of Development of medical research charity “Deafness Research UK” the leading charity in the field of medical research and the only national charity dedicated to finding cures for deafness, tinnitus and other hearing problems.

The charity Deafness Research UK has launched an innovative new roadshow to remind young people of the risks they face to their hearing from loud music if they don’t turn down the volume on their MP3 players.

At just 33, David Brinn of Calne near Swindon, Wiltshire, is one of a growing number of young people to be tormented by tinnitus – a condition normally associated with older people. David blames listening to loud music on an MP3 player for prolonged periods as the cause of his hearing loss and tinnitus, and now wishes he had followed his father’s advice to “turn down the volume.”

Ngaire Lowndes of London has suffered from a constant high frequency ringing sound in her ears for four years. It gets worse in the evening when she is trying to relax and also when she is stressed, tired or angry, and particularly when she is exposed to any loud noise.