NoiseExposure
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Understanding the Consequences of Recreational Noise Exposure
IRAS ID
295085
Contact name
Susan Francis
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Nottingham
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
NA, NA
Duration of Study in the UK
4 years, 8 months, 31 days
Research summary
This study aims to establish whether there are any measures we can take of the human hearing system and the route sound signals take to the brain that can help us understand, identify and predict hearing loss.
We plan to use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a set of non-invasive techniques for imaging the brain and the nerves. We plan to image the network of nerves that connect the ear to the brain, and see how healthy they look, thereby characterising a healthy human hearing system (group 1, 18-19 year olds). We plan to take the same measures in older adults (group 2, 30-50 year olds) to characterise the healthy system in older adults, in addition to comparably-aged adults with high levels of noise exposure incurred through recreational or work activities (group 3, 30-50 year olds) and also those with some degree of hearing loss that is likey to be related to noise exposure (group 4, 30-50 year olds).
Using all this data, we want to try and determine the relative contributions of age and noise exposure to any signs of damage visible on the MRI scans.
We want to determine how strongly measures of the health of the human hearing system are related to each other.REC name
London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/LO/0615
Date of REC Opinion
21 Sep 2021
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion