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UCL consulting capabilities:
Hearing and hearing disorders
Delivered by UCL Consultants Ltd
© 2014 A. Forge: Electron microscopy image of the
cochlea (cover image)
The UCL Ear Institute is the largest centre for
research into hearing, hearing disorders, and
ear, nose, and throat (ENT) medical practice
in Europe, with a vision to lead the world in
understanding hearing and fighting deafness.
Co-located with the Royal National Throat,
Nose and Ear Hospital, the combination of
clinical and research excellence means UCL
excels in all matters relating to hearing.
Services and capabilities offered:
UCL brings value when:
• clinical and pre-clinical trial design support
• designing new clinical products
• drug target reviews
• evaluating potential of investments
• policy and strategy review
• designing policy
• accessibility, treatment, and rehabilitation
advice
• briefings on the current state of the field
• testing and analysis
• bespoke training
© 2014 E. Chrysostomou: Confocal image of inner
ear sensory patch; hair cells in red, progenitor cells,
in which a fluorescent reporter of Notch activity is
active, in green.
Our accomplishments include:
Specialities - topics:
• The discovery of otoacoustic emissions,
which now provide the standard for noninvasive screening of abnormal hearing in
newborn children.
• age-related hearing loss
• Our staff hold research fellowships from
the Royal Society, the Wellcome Trust, and
the National Institute for Health Research.
• cochlear implants
• We were part of the team that carried
out the world’s first stem-cell engineered
windpipe transplant, as well as the world’s
second and the UK’s first larynx transplant
• hair cell repair and regeneration
• ENT surgery and evidence-based practice
• tinnitus
• sound perception in complex environments
• otoacoustic emissions
• We are part of the EU-funded Advanced
Binaural Cochlear Implant Technology
team
Specialities - methods:
• UCL researchers authored the Widex
Noise Report, a survey of street noise
levels in 41 UK cities.
• rehabilitation and auditory behaviour
• imaging
• electrophysiology