Medical research

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 Audiology Resources
Information resource for all who are interested in audiology, aimed at the specialist, professional, or student in audiology and associated fields.

 Centre for Hearing and Balance Studies, University of Bristol:
Research and teaching on hearing and balance related issues, with a particular interest in rehabilitation and the professional development of people concerned with audiological services.

 Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL), University College London
A series of thematically linked research projects on sign language linguistics, language processing, face-to-face communication, language development, atypical sign language, and the deaf individual and the community.

 Ear Institute, University College London
Cross-faculty grouping of UCL scientists with a shared interest in understanding the mechanisms of hearing and balance and their disorders, and in developing diagnostic tools and treatments.

 Eurohear
European research activities in the field of functional genomics of inner ear development and disorders, with a specific emphasis on presbycusis (age related hearing loss).

 Hearing Research Center, University of Sussex
Research programmes in physiology, biophysics and molecular biology of the cochlea.

 MacKay Institute of Communication and Neuroscience, University of Keele
Studies normal and impaired sensory communication, focusing on sensory systems, particularly vision and hearing.

 MRC Institute of Hearing Research
The Institute of Hearing Research is a world-leading centre conducting multi-disciplinary research on the causes and consequences of hearing impairment, and on treatments that may alleviate it.

 Institute for Language, Speech and Hearing, University of Sheffield:
Provides a focus and common resource for interdisciplinary research in language, speech and hearing.