Last week, our Principal Scientific Audiologist, Mark Williams presented a clinical workshop at the British Society of Audiology’s annual conference. The British Society of Audiology (BSA) is a professional body with members from all areas of audiology, which aims to increase knowledge of hearing and balance issues and to enhance audiological practice.
Mark’s talk was entitled ‘Tinnitus: Pathophysiology, Evolving Therapeutic Interventions and Clinical Practice’. It covered both the emerging neuroscientific study of tinnitus as a malfunction within the auditory cortex in the brain, and how new practices such as Acoustic CR® Neuromodulation can treat rather than mask tinnitus symptoms.
Mark also discussed some of the challenges around matching the tinnitus pitch of a patient. This includes the fact that an individual’s tinnitus may vary in tone and that because hearing loss can be different in both ears, the patient may perceive their tinnitus differently depending on where the matching signal is presented from. Overcoming these issues to ensure that the treatment device matches the specific tinnitus tone, requires sufficient time and the expert judgement of an experienced audiologist, which is why The Tinnitus Clinic allows 1.5 hours for our initial assessment appointments.
We were very pleased to be able to attend the BSA conference, learn from other audiology professionals, and share best practice as we continue to strive to bring our patients the very latest evidence-based techniques for the treatment of tinnitus and hearing loss.
For more information about the British Society of Audiology, see their website or to book an initial assessment, contact The Tinnitus Clinic using our online form.
