A research project funded by the BTA has won the British Academy of Audiology (BAA) Poster Prize at the academy’s annual conference, which took place in Edinburgh in November.

The BAA Poster Prize was awarded to The University of Nottingham’s NIHR National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing for their project, “A National Survey of Tinnitus Management in Primary Care”, authored by Suliman El-Shunnar, Derek J Hoare, Phillip E Gander, Sandra Smith and Deborah A Hall. The project aimed to address variability in the clinical management of tinnitus, and evaluated approaches to tinnitus management in General Practice across England.

The project by NIHR National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing came about because eight percent of the population seek medical advice for tinnitus, but the lack of a cure for tinnitus leads to variability in its clinical management.

The BTA awarded a project bursary for this research, and was thanked by Professor Deborah A Hall, research co-ordinator within the NIHR National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing. She said: “We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the British Tinnitus Association for the support that they have given to Suliman El-Shunnar, who is our key ENT collaborator on this project. We were surprised and delighted to receive this award, and it is a wonderful endorsement of the contribution of our research to clinical practice in the UK.”