Paul Turner

Senior lecturer - audiology

Biography

• 2010 - Joint Head of Department Language and Communication Science, City University
• 2005 - Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, LCS, City University
• 1997 - Senior / Principal Clinical Scientist in Audiology, The Ear Institute, UCL
• 1996 - MSc Technical Audiology with distinction, UCL
• 1993 - Clinical Tutor School of Audiology, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital
• 1990 - BSc (Hons) Physics with Medical Applications, Kings College London
• 1984 - Audiologist, Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital 

Teaching Role

Ear and hearing, hearing loss and communication, diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology on the BSc and PGDip / MSc Speech and Language Therapy, BSc and MSc Human Communication. 

Publications/Presentations

• P. Turner, Auditory processing disorder in Landau-Kleffner syndrome. The British Society of Audiology Clinical Short Papers Meeting, November 2009.
• L. Philips and P. Turner, Auditory processing disorder in the late outcome of Landau-Kleffner syndrome. British Society of Audiology Annual Conference, September 2008.
• E. Hough and P. Turner, The fusion at inferred threshold test in subjects with conductive hearing loss. British Academy of Audiology Conference, October 2005.
• P. Turner, Amplification in patients with cochlear dead regions. BSA Clinical Short Papers Meeting, March 2002.
• P. Turner, An assessment of sound field measurement techniques. BSA Clinical Short Papers Meeting, March 1999.
• P. Turner, Silence is golden: A look at the pros and cons of the various ear protectors available. Occupational Health (June 1998), vol 50, no. 6 p 23-4.
• P. Turner, An assessment of the diagnostic value of acoustic reflex latency testing, London Evening Meeting, Ear Institute Oct 1993

Prizes

Winner of the 2004 British Society of Audiology Ruth Spencer Prize for the best contribution to Audiology by a member of the Society for my work as Chair of Programmes Committee in organising events and conferences.

Research Interests

Particular interests are acoustics and psychoacoustics. Recent/current research includes:

• Auditory processing disorder in young children
• Speech intelligibility in noise (in monolingual and bilingual listeners)
• Recreational noise and hearing loss

Additional Professional Duties

• Member of the British Society of Audiology Programmes Committee
• Organiser and Chair the BSA Clinical Short Papers Meeting annually