Day 1
5 October 2020 | Psychology
10:00 - 10:30
Managing Tinnitus Related Insomnia; Preliminary Results of a Randomised Controlled Trial - Sponsor by British Society of Audiology
Dr Laurence McKenna, University College London Hospitals
11:00 - 11:30
Helping Patients Manage Stress and Anxiety Related to Tinnitus in the Time of Covid
Dr Florian Vogt, University College London Hospitals
12:00 - 12:30
Patient Satisfaction and the effect of individual differences in people with tinnitus
Dr James Jackson, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Trinity University
14:00 - 14:20
Mindfulness for Tinnitus: Patient Experiences and Long Term Benefits
Dr Elizabeth Marks, University of Bath
16:30 - 17:00
Cognitive Behavioural Factors in Tinnitus-Related Insomnia: Results from the REST Study
Gemma Barry, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of Bath
Day 2
6 October 2020 | Specialist
10:00 - 10:30
Tinnibot: A Fully Automated Conversation Agent Delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to Tinnitus Sufferers
Dr Fabrice Bardy, University of Auckland, Hearing Power
12:00 - 12:20
Investigating the Acceptability of Using Self-Tests Audiometry for Monitoring Tinnitus and Hearing Loss in People Living with and Beyond Cancer: an Online Survey
Stephanie Pearson, Doctoral Student, University of Nottingham
13:00 - 13:30
Hyperacusis: What's the Latest? Sponsored by Autifony
Dr Kathryn Fackrell, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Southampton
16:00 - 18:00
Soldiering On: The Impact, Assessment, Management and Mechanisms of Tinnitus in Military Veterans
Dr Derek Hoare, Associate Professor in Hearing Sciences, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Professor Marc Fagelson, East Tennessee State University, Dr James Henry, Senior Research Career Scientist, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research , Dr Georgina Burns-O'Connell, British Tinnitus Association
Day 3
7 October 2020 | Practical
10:00 - 10:30
Putting Tinnitus NICE Guidelines into Practice - Sponsored by British Academy of Audiology
Dr Veronica Kennedy, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
11:00 - 11:45
Audiology-Led Tinnitus Services
Gaynor Chittick and Tony Kay, Aintree University Hospital
12:00 - 12:45
Helping Patients to Get to Grips with their Tinnitus
Dr Lucy Handscomb, Clinical Scientist, University College London
15:00 - 15:30
Video Calls for Tinnitus Patients - Sponsored by British Academy of Audiology
Vicky Sadler, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Day 4
8 October 2020 | Research
10:00 - 10:30
Global Tinnitus Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Sponsored by SIGNIA
Dr Eldré Beukes, Anglia Ruskin University
12:00 - 12:30
Biobanks - What Can They Tell Us About Tinnitus?
Prof. David Baguley, Professor in Hearing Sciences
16:00 - 16:30
Understanding tinnitus severity and heterogeneity using brain imaging - sponsored by Autifony
Dr Fatima Husain, Professor in Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois
17:00 - 17:40
Tinnitus and COVID-19 Panel
Dr Georgina Burns O'Connell, British Tinnitus Association & Dr Eldré Beukes, Anglia Ruskin University, Dr Michael J. A. Robb, Ewing Professor Kevin Munro, Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness
Day 5
9 October 2020 | Research
10:00 - 10:30
Emerging Insights in the Genetics of Tinnitus - sponsored by Autifony
Dr Christopher Cederroth, Associate Professor in Hearing Sciences, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet
12:00 - 12:45
UNITI & ESIT - Updates from International Tinnitus Research
Dr Winfried Schlee, University of Regensburg, Axel Schiller, University of Regensburg, Ilias Trochidis, Vilabs
14:00 - 14:30
Music to your ears? The impact of tinnitus on musicians - Sponsored by Widex
Dr Georgina Burns-O'Connell, British Tinnitus Association
15:00 - 15:40
Tinnitus, Auraldiversity and the Arts - Sponsor by British Society of Audiology
Dr Marie Thompson, Lecturer in Popular Music, Open University, Professor John Drever, Professor of Acoustic Ecology and Sound Art, Goldsmiths University of London, Patrick Farmer, Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
