Press release from BAA
“Registration is now open for the British Academy of Audiology Annual Conference 2022!
Join BAA on the 13th and 14th October 2022 at the Manchester Central Convention Complex for their 18th annual conference and exhibition. With clinical leaders and expert research professionals providing practical, best-practice, presentations in a multitude of areas.
Key sessions include; setting hearing aids for adults, outcome measures, cognition and hearing loss, paediatric assessment and early access to sound, paediatric tinnitus management, vestibular assessment and management and non-vestibular sources of dizziness, criteria and outcomes of BCI and MEI devices, and dementia and cognition keynotes. There is also a session on Auditory Processing Disorder, due to popular demand, and more information on service innovations as audiology professionals continue to evolve their services.
Speaker Highlights: Dr Sergi Costafreda Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Mental Health of Older Adults, Division of Psychiatry, UCL | Camden & Islington Foundation Trust will be delivering the Adrian Davis lecture on “Hearing loss and cognition. From epidemiology to clinical trials”. The Bamford lecture to be presented by Dr Paul Johns, Consultant Neuropathologist and Reader in Clinical Neuroanatomy, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s, University of London on “Neuroscience of hearing and language: The importance of early access to sound”. Other Keynote speakers include; Professor Sophie Scott CBE, Dr Zara Jay, and Professor Iracema Leroi.
Abstracts
Free paper and poster presentations form an integral part of the conference and are a fantastic way for those working within the audiology field to share best practice, research and network with colleagues.
Awards
Every year at the BAA Annual Conference, we take the time to acknowledge those individuals and teams who have excelled, or shown exceptional commitment to the Audiology profession, over the past year.
Key deadline dates
- Abstract submissions: Monday 4th July 2022
- Award nominations: Monday 1st August 2022
- Early bird registration: Sunday 14th August 2022
For more information, including the full programme visit: www.baaudiology.org/conference“
