Professor Steve Bell

Professor Steve Bell

Professor

Research interests

  • evoked responses: measuring electrical responses from the hearing and balance system in response to sensory stimulation;
  • evaluating the benefits of hearing aid and cochlear implant technology;
  • principle investigator on the EPSRC funded project ‘Personalized fitting and evaluation of hearing aids with EEG responses’ 

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Accepting applications from PhD students.

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About

His main area of research involves measuring the brain response to sound. This is important for testing hearing, particularly in newborn infants, but has other applications including measuring if hearing aids are working well and telling if people wake up in operations. He is also interested in methods to test human balance and ways to evaluate the benefits of hearing aids and cochlear implants.

Steve is a registered Clinical Scientist. In addition to teaching and research activities, he manages the Hearing and Balance Centre Clinic, is a council member of the International Evoked Response Audiometry Study Group and is a member of the British Society of Audiology Special Interest Group in Electrophysiology. He was a joint recipient of the vice chancellors teaching award as part of the team which helped to create the BSc in Audiology at Southampton.