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SUMMARY:Ageing\, hearing loss and acoustics: can we improve communication
  in noisy environments like waiting rooms?
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DESCRIPTION:MICRA Public Seminar\n\n14.00 16.00\, Free networking lunch f
 rom 13.00\n\nSpeakers and presentations:\n\nDr Tim Wilding (Lecturer in 
 Audiology\, University of Manchester) and Dr Bill Davies (Senior Lecture
 r in Audiology\, University of Salford) – ‘Why is it hard to understand 
 speech clearly in noisy rooms when you get to old age?’\n\nDr Susan Ruth
 erford (Senior Lecturer in Music\, University of Manchester) and Dr Jo H
 art (Senior lecturer in communication\, University of Manchester) – ‘Can
  we improve communication with older people in noisy environments by mak
 ing our voices clearer?’\n\nDr Ian Brown (Lecturer\, The School of Nursi
 ng\, Midwifery and Social Work\, University of Manchester) – ‘How would 
 we evaluate practical interventions to improve the experience of healthc
 are waiting rooms for older people?’\n\nChair: Professor Chris Phillipso
 n (Sociology and Social Gerontology\, University of Manchester)\n\nFor m
 any\, older age brings age-related hearing loss. Noise and poor acoustic
 s often add to these difficulties\, making healthcare waiting rooms a pa
 rticularly challenging environment for both older patients and healthcar
 e staff. The session will begin with Dr Tim Wilding presenting a backgro
 und to age-related hearing loss and a review ofrecent research approache
 s to tackling this issue within the audiology field.  Dr Bill Davies wil
 l examine how room acoustics and background noise impact on speech intel
 ligibility and also recent policy and room design and building policy wi
 ll 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 rep
 ort on progress with the MICRA funded project ‘Voices in the waiting roo
 m’. The work has included a literature review and a series of engagement
  events with health care workers and members of the public.  Ian will sk
 etch out what a further research might entail if we wanted to develop an
 d evaluate a practical intervention for healthcare waiting rooms.\n\nPle
 ase register online for this free event: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a
 geing-hearing-loss-and-acoustics-can-we-improve-communication-in-noisy-e
 nvironments-like-waiting-tickets-11052409053 
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G306B\, Jean McFarlane Building \, Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M139
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