Karolina Kluk
@karolinakluk.bsky.social
Hearing Research, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Audiology at The University of Manchester, UK
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When is ‘AI for Good’ actually bad?
From biased AI systems to ChatGPT making us lazier and less critical, the potential harms are often lost in the hype.
Hear from AI expert James Parr on the promises and limits of AI at our free online conference:
📆 Wednesday 15th October, 16:00 - 18:00 BST 🧪
From biased AI systems to ChatGPT making us lazier and less critical, the potential harms are often lost in the hype.
Hear from AI expert James Parr on the promises and limits of AI at our free online conference:
📆 Wednesday 15th October, 16:00 - 18:00 BST 🧪
James Parr, founder and CEO of Trillium Technologies, makes the case that tech is never neutral, and that while AI can solve some of our greatest challenges, the notion of ‘AI for good’, left unchallenged, also risks harm. 🧪 #AI
October 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
When is ‘AI for Good’ actually bad?
From biased AI systems to ChatGPT making us lazier and less critical, the potential harms are often lost in the hype.
Hear from AI expert James Parr on the promises and limits of AI at our free online conference:
📆 Wednesday 15th October, 16:00 - 18:00 BST 🧪
From biased AI systems to ChatGPT making us lazier and less critical, the potential harms are often lost in the hype.
Hear from AI expert James Parr on the promises and limits of AI at our free online conference:
📆 Wednesday 15th October, 16:00 - 18:00 BST 🧪
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OMG - all these years and I've been doing research completely wrong 🤦♀️
Wake up #AcademicSky #ResearchSky sheeple
Wake up #AcademicSky #ResearchSky sheeple
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
OMG - all these years and I've been doing research completely wrong 🤦♀️
Wake up #AcademicSky #ResearchSky sheeple
Wake up #AcademicSky #ResearchSky sheeple
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"Researchers were able to protect the hair cells by administering Lasix, a diuretic known to decrease endocochlear potential. They hope to stop TMPRSS3 hearing loss before it starts" www.newswise.com/articles/iu-... #keeplistening
IU Study Finds Possible Treatment Route for Common Type of Genetic Hearing Loss
| Newswise
A team co-led by an Indiana University School of Medicine researcher has identified electrical inner ear signals that damage hair cells, causing hearing loss.
www.newswise.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Researchers were able to protect the hair cells by administering Lasix, a diuretic known to decrease endocochlear potential. They hope to stop TMPRSS3 hearing loss before it starts" www.newswise.com/articles/iu-... #keeplistening
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In recognition of #DementiaAwarenessWeek we are recruiting for the ABHAD study 🧠🔊
We’re looking for:
✔️Aged 55+
✔️No history of memory problems
What’s involved:
✔️Ear examination (with wax removal if needed)
✔️Hearing tests using headphones and automatic tests
✔️Memory assessment
✔️Optional blood sample
We’re looking for:
✔️Aged 55+
✔️No history of memory problems
What’s involved:
✔️Ear examination (with wax removal if needed)
✔️Hearing tests using headphones and automatic tests
✔️Memory assessment
✔️Optional blood sample
May 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In recognition of #DementiaAwarenessWeek we are recruiting for the ABHAD study 🧠🔊
We’re looking for:
✔️Aged 55+
✔️No history of memory problems
What’s involved:
✔️Ear examination (with wax removal if needed)
✔️Hearing tests using headphones and automatic tests
✔️Memory assessment
✔️Optional blood sample
We’re looking for:
✔️Aged 55+
✔️No history of memory problems
What’s involved:
✔️Ear examination (with wax removal if needed)
✔️Hearing tests using headphones and automatic tests
✔️Memory assessment
✔️Optional blood sample
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A reminder to please join our brand new volunteer database!
If you’re interested in volunteering to taking part in research at ManCAD, you can now find:
📄 General info
📝 The Participant Information Sheet (PIS)
🔗 A link to sign up
on our website: sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
If you’re interested in volunteering to taking part in research at ManCAD, you can now find:
📄 General info
📝 The Participant Information Sheet (PIS)
🔗 A link to sign up
on our website: sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
April 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A reminder to please join our brand new volunteer database!
If you’re interested in volunteering to taking part in research at ManCAD, you can now find:
📄 General info
📝 The Participant Information Sheet (PIS)
🔗 A link to sign up
on our website: sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
If you’re interested in volunteering to taking part in research at ManCAD, you can now find:
📄 General info
📝 The Participant Information Sheet (PIS)
🔗 A link to sign up
on our website: sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
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PhD student Suhani Pattanshetti did a fantastic job of presenting: "Understanding Cultural Variations in Stigma Related to Hearing Health" at the Pint of Science Festival on Monday 19th May at Cloudwater Brewery, Manchester! 🎤🧠
#PintOfScience #HearingHealth #ManCAD #HearingResearch
#PintOfScience #HearingHealth #ManCAD #HearingResearch
May 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
PhD student Suhani Pattanshetti did a fantastic job of presenting: "Understanding Cultural Variations in Stigma Related to Hearing Health" at the Pint of Science Festival on Monday 19th May at Cloudwater Brewery, Manchester! 🎤🧠
#PintOfScience #HearingHealth #ManCAD #HearingResearch
#PintOfScience #HearingHealth #ManCAD #HearingResearch
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It's #DementiaAwarenessWeek!
Please read this article from Dr Jenna Littlejohn discussing leading a study into Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease 🧠. The ABHAD study looks at hearing changes in people with Alzheimer’s compared to healthy people 🔬
news.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/hearing-loss...
Please read this article from Dr Jenna Littlejohn discussing leading a study into Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease 🧠. The ABHAD study looks at hearing changes in people with Alzheimer’s compared to healthy people 🔬
news.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/hearing-loss...
Dr Jenna Littlejohn: leading a study into hearing loss and Alzheimer’s Disease | Join Dementia Research News
Dr Jenna Littlejohn from the University of Manchester is leading a new research study into hearing and dementia.
news.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's #DementiaAwarenessWeek!
Please read this article from Dr Jenna Littlejohn discussing leading a study into Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease 🧠. The ABHAD study looks at hearing changes in people with Alzheimer’s compared to healthy people 🔬
news.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/hearing-loss...
Please read this article from Dr Jenna Littlejohn discussing leading a study into Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease 🧠. The ABHAD study looks at hearing changes in people with Alzheimer’s compared to healthy people 🔬
news.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/hearing-loss...
Reposted by Karolina Kluk
🎉 Our new volunteer database is LIVE! Sign up to take part in research at ManCAD 🧠🦻
📄 Info + PIS + sign-up link all here:
sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
📄 Info + PIS + sign-up link all here:
sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
April 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🎉 Our new volunteer database is LIVE! Sign up to take part in research at ManCAD 🧠🦻
📄 Info + PIS + sign-up link all here:
sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
📄 Info + PIS + sign-up link all here:
sites.manchester.ac.uk/mancad/patie...
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We’ve got our own HE funding crisis in the UK but this is an order apart - even if some great scientists move to Europe it’s a real threat to scientific/economic progress generally. American retreat in every sphere, from global networks only now realising how reliant they are on US participation
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We’ve got our own HE funding crisis in the UK but this is an order apart - even if some great scientists move to Europe it’s a real threat to scientific/economic progress generally. American retreat in every sphere, from global networks only now realising how reliant they are on US participation
Reposted by Karolina Kluk
This week in 1918 supporters of women’s suffrage met at the Reform Club, Manchester, to celebrate extension of the vote to some women over 30. Margaret Ashton, the city’s first female councillor, declared that a great victory had been won, but that it was only the beginning, not the end.
February 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This week in 1918 supporters of women’s suffrage met at the Reform Club, Manchester, to celebrate extension of the vote to some women over 30. Margaret Ashton, the city’s first female councillor, declared that a great victory had been won, but that it was only the beginning, not the end.
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NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage | “This is a surefire way to cripple lifesaving research and innovation.” www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage | “This is a surefire way to cripple lifesaving research and innovation.” www.science.org/content/arti...
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1/ Today, on the anniversary of his birth, we celebrate Jogendranath Mandal, a Bengali Dalit leader who served as Pakistan’s first Law and Labor Minister. During and after India’s independence from British rule, Mandal advocated for the rights of caste-oppressed communities.
January 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
1/ Today, on the anniversary of his birth, we celebrate Jogendranath Mandal, a Bengali Dalit leader who served as Pakistan’s first Law and Labor Minister. During and after India’s independence from British rule, Mandal advocated for the rights of caste-oppressed communities.
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Out now!
'Serving the public' is a revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.
This book explores the 'good food revolution' in these public institutions, and reveals the struggle to repair the damage wrought by forty years of neoliberalism.
#booksky #economics
'Serving the public' is a revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.
This book explores the 'good food revolution' in these public institutions, and reveals the struggle to repair the damage wrought by forty years of neoliberalism.
#booksky #economics
January 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Out now!
'Serving the public' is a revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.
This book explores the 'good food revolution' in these public institutions, and reveals the struggle to repair the damage wrought by forty years of neoliberalism.
#booksky #economics
'Serving the public' is a revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.
This book explores the 'good food revolution' in these public institutions, and reveals the struggle to repair the damage wrought by forty years of neoliberalism.
#booksky #economics
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I'm completely astounded that the government is just silent on the collapse of the British university system.
The effect isn't only on the jobs that are going, but for all those that rely on universities and will be lost over time: caterers, admin, gardeners, etc.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The effect isn't only on the jobs that are going, but for all those that rely on universities and will be lost over time: caterers, admin, gardeners, etc.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs
Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm completely astounded that the government is just silent on the collapse of the British university system.
The effect isn't only on the jobs that are going, but for all those that rely on universities and will be lost over time: caterers, admin, gardeners, etc.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The effect isn't only on the jobs that are going, but for all those that rely on universities and will be lost over time: caterers, admin, gardeners, etc.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is obviously a big story… but honestly, it’s been 20 minutes!
Some other stuff went on today! Please report some of it on your 7pm news 😱😱😱
Some other stuff went on today! Please report some of it on your 7pm news 😱😱😱
The Bishop of Liverpool is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and harassing a fellow bishop.
Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10
Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10
January 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is obviously a big story… but honestly, it’s been 20 minutes!
Some other stuff went on today! Please report some of it on your 7pm news 😱😱😱
Some other stuff went on today! Please report some of it on your 7pm news 😱😱😱
Reposted by Karolina Kluk
Reposted by Karolina Kluk
Reposted by Karolina Kluk
Reposted by Karolina Kluk
Her research focuses on young people’s mental health and advancing care for children and families.
Dr Parry also co-leads a research centre at @penninecarenhs.bsky.social where she works with young people and families to develop evidence-based improvements to mental health services.
Dr Parry also co-leads a research centre at @penninecarenhs.bsky.social where she works with young people and families to develop evidence-based improvements to mental health services.
January 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Her research focuses on young people’s mental health and advancing care for children and families.
Dr Parry also co-leads a research centre at @penninecarenhs.bsky.social where she works with young people and families to develop evidence-based improvements to mental health services.
Dr Parry also co-leads a research centre at @penninecarenhs.bsky.social where she works with young people and families to develop evidence-based improvements to mental health services.
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The May Davidson Award 2024 has been presented to Dr Sarah Parry by the @bpsofficial.bsky.social for her exceptional early career achievements.
Dr Parry is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Academic Director for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at @officialuom.bsky.social.
Dr Parry is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Academic Director for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at @officialuom.bsky.social.
January 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The May Davidson Award 2024 has been presented to Dr Sarah Parry by the @bpsofficial.bsky.social for her exceptional early career achievements.
Dr Parry is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Academic Director for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at @officialuom.bsky.social.
Dr Parry is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and Academic Director for the Clinical Psychology Doctorate at @officialuom.bsky.social.
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This is a national scandal.
Last year more children than ever were homeless, living in temporary accommodation.
And much of that temporary accommodation is substandard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Last year more children than ever were homeless, living in temporary accommodation.
And much of that temporary accommodation is substandard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Temporary housing linked to deaths of at least 74 children
Official data show that 58 of those children were babies under the age of one.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is a national scandal.
Last year more children than ever were homeless, living in temporary accommodation.
And much of that temporary accommodation is substandard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Last year more children than ever were homeless, living in temporary accommodation.
And much of that temporary accommodation is substandard.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Karolina Kluk
If you’re a Manchester professional /business person, interested in the city’s history and informal networking, join a netwalk. On 4 March 2025, for #IWD and Women's History month, the theme is International Women www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
Manchester Netwalk: International Women
On this guided history walk, network with business professionals, and hear stories of Manchester women with international connections.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If you’re a Manchester professional /business person, interested in the city’s history and informal networking, join a netwalk. On 4 March 2025, for #IWD and Women's History month, the theme is International Women www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manchester...
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Reposted by Karolina Kluk
"Many people know their vision or resting heart rate, and track physical activity.... The Hearing Number app introduces the most widely used clinical measure for hearing as a wellness metric that can be tracked over time.": publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/johns-h... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
Johns Hopkins Makes It Easy and Free to Know Your Hearing Numbers With New Hearing Test App | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
App to support hearing awareness available in English and Spanish on iOS and Android smartphones in 28 countries, including U.S.; to expand in Chinese, French, German, and Japanese
publichealth.jhu.edu
January 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Many people know their vision or resting heart rate, and track physical activity.... The Hearing Number app introduces the most widely used clinical measure for hearing as a wellness metric that can be tracked over time.": publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/johns-h... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social
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"noise exposure was associated with poorer baseline hearing and higher rates of annual decline at some midfrequencies. Noise exposure can have immediate and potentially long-term negative impacts on hearing." << 🐻🐻❄️🐨 bears repeating! From HHF board member Judy Dubno: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Noise Exposure History and Age-Related Changes to Hearing
This cohort study examines the association of noise exposure history with the rate of pure-tone threshold change annually in a community-based population sample.
jamanetwork.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"noise exposure was associated with poorer baseline hearing and higher rates of annual decline at some midfrequencies. Noise exposure can have immediate and potentially long-term negative impacts on hearing." << 🐻🐻❄️🐨 bears repeating! From HHF board member Judy Dubno: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...