Survey – Traumatic Brain Injury and Audiology Research

BSA Student member and PHD student Kübra Bölükbaş from the University of Nottingham requests your assistance to establish a standard test battery for audiological assessment that should be used for adults with auditory and/or vestibular issues following a non-blast-related Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). They need your help to do this and requires UK-based, audiologists who have assessed at least one adult patient with non-blast related Traumatic Brain Injury to complete an online survey to tell them which tests should be used. They believe that your valuable insights and experiences can significantly contribute to this important undertaking.

This Delphi study aims to bring together audiologists who are currently employed by a public or private institution that may have had experience with adults following traumatic brain injury (TBI) to collectively define and establish a consensus on audiological assessments in this specific patient group.

• You will complete an online Delphi survey over three separate occasions.
• The first survey will take approximately 20-40 mins to complete, depending on the amount of information you provide.
• You will be sent follow-up surveys to vote for the best tests, these will take less than 20 mins.

Each round will be delivered online via the University of Nottingham survey software JISC. Participants will be offered £20 Amazon gift vouchers for taking part in the survey.

Anyone who agrees to take part can still withdraw from the study at any time if they do not want to continue and they do not have to give their reasons for withdrawing.

If you are interested in taking part or would like more information, please click here for a detailed information sheet.

Please note that you consent to your data being used for this research project by taking part in this survey.

The closing date is TBC.

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the survey, please do not hesitate to contact Kübra Bölükbaş at kubra.bolukbas@nottingham.ac.uk or to bsa@thebsa.org.uk and we will forwards on your behalf.