The meetings are held on the First Wednesday of the month (except in January and August when there is no meeting):
Tony Kay, Senior Chief Audiologist at Aintree, co-ordinates the meetings and is pictured presenting at one of the events.
The British Tinnitus Association, in partnership with the NIHR National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing (NBRUH), is leading on a project to identify what the important research questions are.
The aim of the project is to identify the unanswered questions about tinnitus treatment from patient and clinical perspectives and then to prioritise those that patients and clinicians agree are the most important, which will help direct future research. The project is being independently overseen by the James Lind Alliance, a non-profit making initiative. They specialise in bringing patients and clinicians together to identify and prioritise uncertainties, or 'unanswered questions', about the effects of treatments that they agree are most important. The James Lind Alliance is internationally recognised as an authoritative and independent organisation to guide this work and produce an unbiased result, which gives equal weighting to the views of patients and clinicians.
The Tinnitus Priority Setting Partnership Survey is now available online at www.surveymonkey.com/s/JLAtinnitus or you can download a paper copy at www.tinnitus.org.uk/jla-tinnitus-survey.
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact the British Tinnitus Association by email at emily@tinnitus.org.uk or by phone on 0114 250 9933.
Tinnitus Awareness Week 2012 runs from 6th-12th February. For more information visit The British Tinnitus Association Website.
This year there will be an information stand in the reception area of the Elective Care Centre from 6th-10th February. The stand will be manned by a combination of patients from Aintree's Tinnitus Support Group, Volunteers and professionals from the Audiology department.
Tinnitus Awareness Week 2011 took place between 4th and 11th February. There was a manned information stand in the main foyer of Aintree Hospital. The theme was around raising awareness of the impact of loud noise at concerts and night clubs. Staff also held a tinnitus seminar for GPs.
Click here to read about the 8 Minute GP toolkit developed by Aintree's Audiology department.
Each year the theme for the awareness week changes. Staff from Aintree's Audiology Department, along with members of the Aintree Tinnitus Support Group organise events to raise awareness about the condition.
In 2011 Tony Kay warned of the hazards of loud music and this received media coverage in the press and on the radio.In 2010 the Liverpool Echo produced an article in which a professional musician with tinnitus emphasized the need to be sound aware and protect your ears against excessive noise levels.
Local Media articles
ATSG Documents
Patient Leaflets
British Tinnitus Association (BTA)
The BTA is a national charitable organisation, which supports a network of support group and contacts. The Association provides information and advice to help people understand and come to terms with tinnitus
The British Tinnitus Association
Ground Floor, Unit 5
Woodseats Close
Telephone: 0800 018 0527 Textphone: 0114 258 5694 Fax: 0114 258 2279
Website: www.tinnitus.org.uk
Email: info@tinnitus.org.uk
E-mail: information@mid.org.uk
(Address as above)
Website: www.mid.org.uk
E-mail: tinnitushelpline@mid.org.uk
Please note, material on this site is for information purposes only and is not a substitute for specialist medical advice.
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