#AJA study aimed to investigate barriers & facilitators experienced by clinical educators & grad students when talking with patients about difficult #emotions & thoughts related to their #hearing. on.asha.org/3UcaPBf SIGPerspectives CSDisseminate #audpeeps Utah State University

📣 New study from UCL seeks clinicians including #audiologists & #SLT for an online focus group about #hearingloss & social participation. You can take part in an online interview if unavailable for the focus group. Contact Rebecca Bright MBE to learn more. #audpeeps

Speech and language therapists, please take 12 minutes to complete our survey by June 30. We know MND puts significant demands your expertise and your emotional wellbeing. The more we know, the better the MND Professionals’ Community of Practice can consider your needs 👇

Senior Lecturer and Theme Lead in AI for Health post in our Centre for Machine Intelligence - please RT

Putting the beta iOS18 through its paces here this week, and Swapnil is road-testing Vocal Shortcuts. First impressions are positive, and I can see some significant use cases for the feature for some people who use Predictable and can use vocalisations.

Current projections estimate 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050. Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, suggests new report from a standing Lancet Commission: buff.ly/46nvoPR

Nearly half of #dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 modifiable risk factors, starting in childhood and continuing throughout life, according to a new The Lancet Commission led by Prof Gill Livingston UCL Psychiatry UCL Brain Sciences ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jul/…

14 modifiable risk factors account for 45% of dementia cases worldwide. In a new episode of #LancetVoice, Prof. Gill Livingston and Prof. Geir Selbaek join us to discuss the 2024 updates to the Lancet Commission on Dementia prevention. 🔊 Listen now: buzzsprout.com/861868/episode…

We are very keen to hear from more #socialworkers #dietitian #nutritionist #pharmacist in #stroke - have you been offered #communication skills training to support conversations with stroke patients w communication impairments? Please share your views ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

⭐️Free CPD opportunity⭐️CALLING case managers & solicitors! Learn about communication changes after brain injury. A few spaces left for Mon 5th August at 10.30am or Mon 12th August at 3pm - sign up here: tinyurl.com/2yp8hz83 Link in our bio.

Current projections estimate 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050. On the cover, a new report from the Lancet standing Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, & care. Read this & more: hubs.li/Q02KLm_-0

Hear Nikki Botting City Language & Communication Science talking about the Born In Covid Year - Core Lockdown Effects here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… #SLPeeps Lucy Henry Prof Catherine Davies

Addressing 14 modifiable risk factors could prevent or delay nearly half of dementia cases, according to a new report by UCL academics. 👉 Find out more in the Guardian here: buff.ly/3WmnOQI

Please share with anyone aged 60+ with hearing loss (and family members) who may be interested in participating in an interview about social participation

Please share: We are looking for people 60+ with hearing loss to participate in interviews about social participation. Interviews are in-person at Chandler House, UCL. DM for more details

Are you a UK #SLT working with people with #dementia? Have you used #telehalth? We need your perspectives & wisdom on interventions and telehalth use with people with dementia. Participant information on 90-min focus groups & sign up here 👇🙏 qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_a5… Please RT!

Living with #ALS #MND or supporting someone who is? We’d love to understand what technology could help improve daily life. Complete our member’s, LifeArc’s, community survey to help shape the development of new technologies that improve quality of life: lifearc.org/project/mnd-in…

How Apple developed the world’s first end-to-end hearing health experience apple.com/newsroom/2024/… Here’s a look inside the Audio Lab, the hub for Apple’s groundbreaking new hearing health features on AirPods Pro 2, available today. #a11y #Accessibility #AppleTeacher

Compass is looking for a speech & language therapist with AAC experience for a 1-year contract jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…