The largest hearing and deafness research centre in Europe
At the Ear Institute, we offer a vibrant, multidisciplinary environment for teaching and research in hearing, balance, and ENT care. We bring together some of the most influential academics and clinicians, working in the field.
In partnership with the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital, we form Europe’s largest single grouping of audio-vestibular researchers and clinical scientists, positioning us at the forefront of innovation and discovery in hearing health.
Study
Specialising in audiology and ENT, our courses are delivered by some of the most influential researchers and clinicians in the field of hearing and deafness.
Our research
We offer a genuinely collaborative research environment in fields as diverse as human genetics, biophysics, computational neuroscience, cell biology and human cognition.
About us
Our vision is to be the world’s leading centre for investigations into mechanisms of hearing and all forms of hearing loss and ENT-related disorders, their causes and their treatment.
Public Engagement
Public involvement in research is different from taking part in a study; it is about research that is shaped by members of the public. Find out more about opportunities to get involved.
evidENT
We are home to a multidisciplinary research team, evidENT, which is dedicated to developing the best research and researchers in ENT hearing and balance.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We are committed to improving equality and diversity across all our activities, making the UCL Ear Institute a highly inclusive place to work and study.
Research spotlight
Capturing the emotions inspired by music
The UCL Ear Institute has collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra to captures the emotions inspired by music.
Find out moreCourse spotlight
Audiological Science with Clinical Practice MSc
This accredited professional two-year course includes a clinical placement. It is designed to train students from other disciplines as audiologists.
Discover our featured research
Long Covid patients who lost sense of smell can be helped with surgery
A surgical operation normally carried out to correct a blocked nasal passage may help patients who lost their sense of smell after contracting a Covid-19 infection.
Unique project between the UCL Ear Institute and the Royal Opera House explores voice loss
A unique opera experience that explores voice loss and identity has been produced by scientists at the UCL Ear Institute in collaboration with the Royal Opera House.
Training the brain to live with tinnitus
Dr Lucy Handscomb (UCL Ear Institute) talks about how a new app, MindEar, may help people living with tinnitus to change their relationship with the condition and avoid negative thinking.
News
Significant gaps in NHS care for patients who are deaf or have hearing loss, study finds
Dr Bhavisha Parmar, Associate Professor in Audiological Sciences from UCL Ear Institute says: Better communication for deaf patients benefits everyone.
04 Jun 2025
Professor Nish Mehta to join UCL Ear Institute as Chair of Otology and Auditory Implants
Professor Nish Mehta has been appointed as the Chair of Otology and Auditory Implants at the UCL Ear Institute and Honorary Consultant ENT Surgeon at UCLH, starting 2 July 2025.
07 Apr 2025
Dr Rachel Williams joins the BSA Council as a trustee
British Science Association Council welcomes new trustees.
02 Apr 2025
