Who’s who?

I became Chair of the BSA in June 2026, after serving as Vice Chair and Chair of the Professional Guidance Group. I remain committed to developing guidelines that are well-evidenced and offer practical guidance to clinicians. This is a key focus of the BSA in supporting the audiology profession, and I am keen that we engage stakeholders across all aspects of the profession to achieve this.

I am the Clinical Manager at Diatec Diagnostics, following years of service in the NHS, across vestibular assessment and rehab, adult and paediatric audiology. I have been active in research, in hearing rehabilitation for older adults, and am also committed to the BSA supporting research initiatives as part of its core aims.

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Lancaster University and I lead the Neuroscience of Speech and Action Laboratory, where we investigate research questions at the intersection of hearing, speech, cognition, and ageing. I have a PhD in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience from the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, University of Nottingham, after which I worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Speech, Hearing, and Phonetic Sciences at UCL. I am passionate about interdisciplinary research and authentic and collaborative leadership that brings together academics and clinicians to advance hearing science.

In audiology and hearing science, the BSA is an essential platform for standards, guidance, and knowledge exchange, and I am committed to contributing constructively through my position as Vice Chair to ensure that the BSA maintains its strength and relevance in the field of audiology, and beyond. This is key to ensuring the global positioning of hearing as a lifelong health priority for all.

Alongside academic work, I contribute to public and professional communication through various engagement activities, talks, and the podcast Drs Confess that I co-host with Dr Kate Slade, which aims to ‘open the secret diary of academic life’ and contribute positively to research culture.

I have worked in NHS Audiology for over 20 years. After completing an MSc in Audiology at the University of Manchester in 2005, I trained as a Clinical Scientist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital before moving to North Wales in 2009. Since 2016, I have been Area Lead for the Audiology Primary Care Service across Conwy and Denbighshire, delivering first‑point‑of‑contact audiology care within GP practices as part of an integrated service spanning primary, community, secondary and tertiary care.

As Treasurer, I am looking forward to working with Council colleagues to support effective financial governance and the long‑term sustainability of the British Society of Audiology.

I have spent my audiology career in NHS Audiology services and, in my current role as Consultant Clinical Scientist, I lead the adult audiology service in North Wales. I have been a member of BSA for nearly thirty years and have always valued all that it has to offer. I’ve been able to contribute as a member of the previous ‘Learning and Events Group’ and as a member, Vice Chair and Chair of the Adult Rehabilitation Special Interest Group (ARIG). I was also the Editor in Chief of the BSA magazine Audacity between 2017 and 2020. More recently I have become a BSA Trustee and taken on the role of Honorary Secretary. I’ve always been proud to be a member of BSA and feel privileged to be a current custodian and part of the team taking BSA forward

The BSA’s Global Outreach work relates to audiology in low-resource settings worldwide – a challenging but important topic. I believe that innovation, cost-effectiveness, good practice and evidence are compatible and necessary to improve millions of lives.

My career began in NHS audiology. I went on to have a varied career, pursuing interests in public health, international development and technology in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

Recent roles in product management involved improving audiometry outside the booth and building software for global health researchers. Before that, I managed programmes in Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems. In Cambodia, I headed up an audiology training school, juggling clinical practice, teaching, management and service development.

I hope you will take a look at the BSA’s Global Outreach page and consider getting in touch.

Learning and development quality has always been my passion. I have worked in higher education for ten years, including the past six at De Montfort University (DMU), where I am a Senior Lecturer in Audiology and Academic Practice Officer for the Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences. My work focuses on developing and enhancing teaching, learning, and assessment within audiology education, supporting a diverse range of students including mature learners, career changers, and apprentices.

I am particularly interested in innovative and evidence-based approaches that improve the student learning experience. Beyond my teaching role, I actively contribute to broader educational quality and governance through external examining and professional body engagement, including my ongoing work as a Lead Visitor for the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). As BSA Online Learning Group Lead.

I am pleased to use my skills and experience to support the development and delivery of high-quality online learning opportunities for the audiology community.

Throughout my career I have been involved with BSA having been a member since 1975. I have served on council in the past as chair of the programme committee, lead editor of BSA news and Scottish representative.

I started my career in audiology in 1975 as a student audiologist. After qualifying in 1977 I moved to Edinburgh and worked as an audiologist/senior audiologist until 1985 when I moved to Fife as head of audiology for Fife.

While working in Fife I obtained a B Sc (Hons) in health studies followed by a Masters in Audiology and was regraded to principal clinical scientist. In 2000 I qualified as a counsellor and hearing aid dispenser. I left my post as head of service to take up a lectureship in Audiology at Queen Margaret University (QMU) in Edinburgh in 2005. I became a Senior lecturer and programme leader in 2006 with responsibility for managing a range of programmes from the hearing aid dispenser diploma to an M Sc in Audiology. I worked at QMU until 2019, during this time I completed my PhD. I am still affiliated to the Clinical Audiology Speech and Language research Centre (CASL) at QMU.

It is an honour to now represent BSA as the trustee for external relations.

It has been a long time since I worked in audiology and as I am now retired, I wonder what use I will be in this role. So many things have changed since I left the workplace because technology has altered, but the basic tenets are still the same, the issues are just in a different time frame. My travelling fellowship to Iowa and Holland gave me a new perspective which I hope I have kept with me over the years. I have had a long career in the field in many areas including research, clinical assessments, tinnitus, medico legal expert witness work. I have also been privileged to work with vulnerable and learning disabled clients many of whom taught me more than they will ever know. Direct personal experience and understanding of the role of the ‘significant other’ is being married to a hearing aid user.

I am thrilled to be involved in the leadership team for the BSA and hope I bring to the role experience, passion, and knowledge gleaned over my 30+ years as an audiological researcher based in the US, Denmark and UK. Along the way, in addition to my research, I have managed an audiology education, outreach and dissemination program, organized international conferences, held positions of leadership in professional societies, and collaborated with colleagues across the world. These roles have given me insight into audiology practices outside the UK, a wide network of global contacts with whom I can work, and the skills to effect action – all of which I now apply to my roles at BSA.

I am thrilled to take on the role of the Early Career Professionals Lead Trustee within the BSA. My foremost goal in this position is to be an advocate for Early Career Professionals and students, ensuring that their voices resonate throughout the society and that they feel integral to this community. My journey into audiology and related hearing health practice occurred as a natural progression driven by my research interests. I am currently pursuing a PhD at the Ear Institute, University College London, where my research focuses on addressing hearing loss and cognitive health, together, in older adults in clinical practice. My first-hand experiences within the hearing health field, both via research and directly interacting with the audiological profession, have provided me with a stimulating outlook on audiology related practice, as well as having the opportunity to remain up to date with the latest hearing and balance related research. Discovering the pivotal role that the BSA plays in supporting Early Career Professionals and students, like myself, has fueled my enthusiasm to embark on this journey of working collaboratively alongside my fellow trustees and council members to promote the growth of Early Career Professionals and students within the society.

I became a trustee in 2024 and am delighted to be able to bring my experience in both education and as a clinician to the BSA, helping to form and implement best practice and guidance for our members and our profession more generally.

I am currently Director and Consultant Audiologist at Kent Hearing and am also lead audiologist at West Kent NHS Community ENT Service. Prior to starting my own practice, I spent 7 years as Director of Education, Senior Lecturer and researcher at UCL’s Ear Institute in London.  Other previous roles include Head of Audiology in hospitals in both the NHS and private sectors and a member of the scientific advisory board for the BEAR Project in Denmark. I have lectured extensively both in the UK and aboard and am the sections editor for ENT & Audiology News. 

My career in audiology began in 2008 after I joined a Scottish Government initiative encouraging science graduates to enter the profession. I went on to complete a two year Graduate Diploma in Audiology at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, an experience that set the foundation for everything that followed.

After qualifying, I worked across several NHS audiology services in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas, gaining extensive experience in both adult and paediatric practice. Now educated to masters level, with over 20 years of clinical experience spanning public and private sectors, I bring a broad and mature skill set across all areas of audiology, with specialist expertise in paediatric assessment and rehabilitation.

I am a strong advocate for patient safety and clinical governance, and I am deeply committed to ensuring that every patient receives the highest standard of care. Ongoing professional development is central to my practice; I continually update my knowledge and skills in line with current evidence and national guidance. I am currently working towards STP equivalence and completing my HTS in paediatrics.

I run my own private audiology clinic in Edinburgh, The Ear Works, which I established in 2019. Until recently, I also served as Clinical Audiology Lead for Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust before returning home to Scotland, where I am now seeking a new position. Alongside my clinical work, I act as a Clinical Audiology Advisor to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, providing expert input on unresolved patient complaints at board level. I am also a mentor for the British Academy of Audiology and a volunteer with the National Deaf Children’s Society.

I hold professional registration with AHCS and HCPC and I am an active member of the British Academy of Audiology.

I studied a BSc in Psychology at the University of York and stayed there to complete a PhD. My PhD was awarded in January 2009 and investigated the temporal dynamics of speech intelligibility mechanisms. This approach used vocoded speech manipulations in conjunction with auditory steady-state responses measured via MEG to investigate how salient information contained in a speech signal can be neutrally encoded.

My early post-doctoral positions were joint across the Hull York Medical School and the York Neuroimaging Centre. During this time, I worked to develop novel methodological applications for the analysis of oscillatory bio magnetic signals acquired by MEG and EEG. I was also responsible for facilitating research projects involving clinicians and patient populations. This role involved using functional imaging in MR and MEG to investigate clinically relevant diagnostic questions.

In 2014 In began a post-doctoral position at the University of Manchester, funded by the MRC. This was an ambitious study testing 200 people for a total of over 1500 hours to study the effects of “hidden hearing loss”, which is when there are profound changes to the physiology of the auditory system because of noise exposure but no change in the audiogram. In July 2018 I became a Lecturer in Audiology at the University of Manchester.

I am interested in the human auditory system and how speech signals are decomposed and represented neutrally. My current interests involve studying the auditory brainstem in conjunction with learning standard audiological practices to investigate novel ways of quantifying an individual’s hearing capabilities. 

My previous interests in speech processing and audition have covered speech vocoding methods, auditory steady-state responses to amplitude- and frequency-modulated sounds and developing a time-domain approach to describe the nature of amplitude modulations contained in speech. 

I’m interested in how speech is represented electrically within the brain, and how this representation is altered in those with a hearing loss. I also have interests in the impact of recreational noise exposure on hearing, understanding what cognitive resources speech tasks require, and developing new methods for studying auditory perception. I’m always open to new, smart questions which approach familiar problems from a novel perspective.

Ros qualified as an Audiologist in 2010 and graduated from University of Manchester going on to complete her MSc in Rehabilitative Audiology with Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in 2021. Ros is registered as a Clinical Scientist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Between 2010 and 2019, Ros worked in clinical and research roles within the NHS and the Ministry of Defence specialising in hearing rehabilitation, implantable devices, vestibular disorders and diagnostics.

In 2021, Ros started working as an Evaluation Healthcare Scientist within the Northern Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering department based at the Freeman Hospital, which hosts a NICE External Assessment Group (EAG), taking on the role of Head of Evaluation in 2025. Ros has acted as an author and lead for many projects supporting the development of NICE HeathTech Guidance. Ros has also published works relating to real-world evidence, study protocols and clinical trials. In her previous research role, Ros led and facilitated an Audiology-focused PPIE group and co-authored a publication relating to the set up and value of this group.

Alongside her scientific role with the EAG, Ros acts as a Visiting Lecturer in Audiology at Queen Margaret University and works closely with the Academy for Healthcare Science, British Academy of Audiology and British Society of Audiology (BSA) in various voluntary roles and is a BSA Fellow.

I am a Clinical Research Audiologist at UCLH and the UCL Ear Institute, working within the evidENT interdisciplinary team, and an NIHR Research Delivery Network Specialty Lead for ENT. My NIHR-funded PhD focused on outcome measurement in hearing sciences.

A long-standing BSA member, former Audacity editor, and BCMED SIG member, I provide strategic leadership in research delivery and national capability. I lead cross-sector collaborations, co-founded national research networks, and mentor early-career clinicians.

I am committed to supporting BSA activities that advance knowledge and promote high-quality hearing and balance care.