Ageing, hearing loss and acoustics: can we improve communication in noisy environments like waiting rooms?
| Dates: | 11 June 2014 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 16:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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MICRA Public Seminar
14.00 16.00, Free networking lunch from 13.00
Speakers and presentations:
Dr Tim Wilding (Lecturer in Audiology, University of Manchester) and Dr Bill Davies (Senior Lecturer in Audiology, University of Salford) – ‘Why is it hard to understand speech clearly in noisy rooms when you get to old age?’
Dr Susan Rutherford (Senior Lecturer in Music, University of Manchester) and Dr Jo Hart (Senior lecturer in communication, University of Manchester) – ‘Can we improve communication with older people in noisy environments by making our voices clearer?’
Dr Ian Brown (Lecturer, The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Manchester) – ‘How would we evaluate practical interventions to improve the experience of healthcare waiting rooms for older people?’
Chair: Professor Chris Phillipson (Sociology and Social Gerontology, University of Manchester)
For many, older age brings age-related hearing loss. Noise and poor acoustics often add to these difficulties, making healthcare waiting rooms a particularly challenging environment for both older patients and healthcare staff. The session will begin with Dr Tim Wilding presenting a background to age-related hearing loss and a review ofrecent research approaches to tackling this issue within the audiology field. Dr Bill Davies will examine how room acoustics and background noise impact on speech intelligibility and also recent policy and room design and building policy will be reviewed. Dr Susan Rutherford and Dr Jo Hart will discuss what we know about voice production and vocal qualities and how this may help or hinder communication with older people. Finally, Dr Ian Brown will report on progress with the MICRA funded project ‘Voices in the waiting room’. The work has included a literature review and a series of engagement events with health care workers and members of the public. Ian will sketch out what a further research might entail if we wanted to develop and evaluate a practical intervention for healthcare waiting rooms.
Please register online for this free event: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ageing-hearing-loss-and-acoustics-can-we-improve-communication-in-noisy-environments-like-waiting-tickets-11052409053
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