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Marie and Jack Shapiro Prize Winner Announced

The British Tinnitus Association will present the prestigious Marie and Jack Shapiro Prize at its 17^th Annual Conference, due to be held at Sheffield Hallam University, on Thursday 9^th September 2010.

The award, which is presented each year at the BTA’s annual Conference, recognises the piece of published research by a UK-based author most likely to result in improved treatment or public awareness of tinnitus. The prize is intended to encourage researchers, public communicators and others to develop an interest in tinnitus and to recognise their efforts. The award, now in its fifth year, is named after the late Jack Shapiro, founder of the BTA who passed away earlier this year, and his wife Marie.

The winner of the 2010 Marie and Jack Shapiro Prize is Dr Peyman Adjamian, who also receives a cash sum of £250. His paper is titled ‘The mechanisms of tinnitus: Perspectives from human functional neuroimaging’, and was co-authored by Prof. Deb Hall and Dr. Magdalena Sereda.It was one of five papers shortlisted for the prize, which was judged by the BTA’s Professional Advisers Committee and its Council of Management.

A copy of the full press release can be found here.

Last call for Conference!

We have confirmed an excellent range of speakers and exhibitors for the BTA Annual Conference on 9 September here in Sheffield, and places are nearly all taken. If you have not yet returned your booking form or payment, please return it as soon as possible. We look forward to welcoming you to Sheffield.

News just in - the Jack Shapiro Memorial Lecture will be given by Ivor Donaldson and is entitled " Back to the future: tinnnitus from an historical perspective".

Tinnitus and mobile phone use

A lot of press coverage about tinnitus and mobile phone use has appeared in various press articles recently. Veronica Kennedy, Consultant Audiovestibular Physician and member of the BTA's Professional Advisers' Committee (PAC) sets out the BTA's stance on our News in Brief page, click here to find out more.

Meet our Ambassador - Eddy Temple-Morris

We are delighted that leading DJ Eddy Temple-Morris has agreed to become an Ambassador for the BTA. To find out more, please click on his picture below.

We're celebrating!

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded £10,000 from the Big Lottery Fund.

We will use the £10,000 to develop and update this website, so that it will be even bigger and better.

The announcement was made at a celebratory breakfast networking event that we hosted at our head office in Sheffield, which was attended by a number of local business representatives. For the full story, please see the News section.

A new look for the BTA shop!

We have carefully chosen a selection of products to help you manage your tinnitus more effectively, and these can be found in the new, expanded BTA shop section of this site. Click on any product picture to be taken there. Every purchase helps the BTA in its work, so everyone benefits!

Special offer for members: For a limited period only, members who purchase a Sound Oasis Sound Therapy System or Sound Oasis Travel Sound Therapy System will receive a FREE Roberts Pillowtalk Pillow Speaker!

We are currently working on a secure on-line purchase system, but in the meantime, orders can be placed by telephone on 0114 250 9933, by email to info@tinnitus.org.uk or by good old fashioned post!