Delighted to have contributed to the Royal College of Physicians report 'Smoking, Health and Social Justice', which is available today. The RCP is calling on the government to reduce smoking inequalities and realise the ‘smoke-free dividend’ www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c...

Coach trial -1st appointment thetalkingdeaf.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/c...

This month marks my 10th year working in academia. As if to celebrate the occasion, I've just hit my 1000th citation. If that's not cause to celebrate, I don't know what is 🥳

New paper! It was a pleasure to supervise this fantastic project from Angela Radford! Exploring sign language, social connectedness, and life satisfaction of deaf adults url: academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl...

New paper klaxon! Population exposure to alcohol content and branding in seasons 2 and 4 of ‘The Kardashians’ url: academic.oup.com/alcalc/artic...

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Tried #Auracast for the first time seeing Peter Kay on Friday, fantastic bit of kit! Worked perfectly 👍🦻

Teaching for the semester: completed!

Its CBeebies Panto day!!! I am way more excited than the kids. Do any other parents secretly love the annual panto?

Looking forward to presenting this next week!

Just been whamageddon’d….I lasted a day 😂

Cochlear Implant Process - Part 1 thetalkingdeaf.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/c...

Reflections on 'The Kingdon Review' thetalkingdeaf.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/r...

Just cited ‘Ladbible’ in an ethics application and I feel academically unclean. Cheer me up by telling me the most unhinged reference you have ever used. #academia

Despite what Trump says, there is no link between paracetamol (tylenol) and autism.

Saw some lovely pups from @hearingdogs.org.uk at Asda on the way back from work. They got all of my change. Ive also spent the afternoon trying to persuade my wife we should look into this further 🐕‍🦺🤣

Guess who forgot to unpair my bluetooth hearing aids before the alarm…may have just lost a few more decibels with that one, ouch! I’m still ringing 😂

Officially referred for a cochlear implant assessment today 😬 this feels like a big step, could be a good thing

Sometimes, I think I’m old and past it…but then I remember that I can speed-run the gamecube classic @residentevil.capcomusa.com Resident Evil HD remake in 1:50, glitch less (234th globally, apparently). Beat that young folks!

New publication! ‘Exposure to #alcohol content in the media is a factor in experimenting with alcohol and continued use. This review extends this view to consider #SocialNorms and #SocialIdentity as a potential pathway through which alcohol marketing exerts its effect’ www.mdpi.com/3391466

#Glastonbury had #The1975, which has drawn mixed reviews for Matty Healys ‘outlandish’ behaviour. Resharing this I wrote about him using and seemingly promoting #cigarette #tobacco brands through the use of branded packs, 6 years after the ban during an indoor gig… blogs.bmj.com/tc/2023/03/0...

10 years after my hearing loss was first noted, finally had a diagnosis of progressive genetic deafness Latest appt’s due to panic about the level of loss, and led to consider a cochlear implant. Has anyone gone from aids to a cochlear implant? What was this like? #Deaf #Deafness #CochlearImplant

Happy switch 2 day for all who celebrate! SW-2267-4054-0917

Really exciting to present our work on the effects of exposure to #alcohol marketing at @midshealthpsych.bsky.social annual conference

Finished teaching for the trimester, its #eurovision week, and its time for our annual re-watch ready for the madness on Saturday!🎶

www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18... New Open Access Publication🚨here we explored barriers and enablers for engaging in #PhysicalActivity in #Deaf adults.

Happy 3rd year anniversary of Trisha mistitling me as a ‘professor’. It’s become my daily affirmation - if Trisha believes in me then so do I! 😂 The best part about this is that the title I’d stated beforehand (Dr), has even been used as well! 😔

First audiogram in 2 years and a bit of a shock yesterday. Feeling pretty down and out about this but there’s a plan in place and moulds have been taken. Has anyone changed from domes to moulds? What was this like?

Alcohol Review 2025 @alcoholreview.bsky.social was fantastic today with two excellent live talks from @grantennis.bsky.social & Alice Wiseman. You can catch up on the talk's and spotlight sessions here: alcohol-review.com/alcohol-revi...

Join Alcohol Review 2025 this Thursday, 10am-noon, UK time Programme alcohol-review.com Join us: alcohol-review.com/join-us/

AR2025: Two more sessions are set for launch on Thursday, one looking at how to reduce alcohol's cancer burden in Europe and another exploring the intimidation of researchers of harmful industries. @cancerleagues.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social Join us: alcohol-review.com/join-us/

open.spotify.com/episode/6R7H... New episode of Money Power Health Alcohol industry edition Commercially driven norms

Was good fun putting this together and a really interesting look at the UK regulations on alcohol brand promotion and how The Kardashians may be using their programme to promote 818 tequilla

Happy World Hearing Day! This day is supposed to be about raising awareness for hearing loss and hearing care but I thought I’d do something different and celebrate the tech that enables me to do my work. Without this, I would not be able to work in education. #WorldHearingDay

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My face this morning when my first audiology appointment in 2 years turned out to be a ‘lets check your tubes and domes’ appointment, refusing to do a hearing test even though I know there’s been a drop

Corporate sleaze - gambling companies are copying the tobacco playbook. www.bmj.com/content/388/... @bmj.com

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Labels warning about alcohol-attributable cancer risks should be mandated urgently - The Lancet Public Health

I read this and genuinely thought Tom Jones was playing Download… I need coffee @ticketmaster.com @downloadfest.bsky.social

Ashley Dalton: “We know that vaping can be a useful tool to quit smoking but it’s crucial we have clear evidence on the long-term health harms, especially for young people.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

*Gathering view on this for a grant application* If you were to explore exposure to harmful content in the media, what types of media would you look at? How do you think people consuming the media/media users could or should be involved?

“Now is the time to strengthen our systems for addressing COIs, separating harmful industry funding from science, and acknowledging that public health research should seek to serve the public good, not the profit motives of vested interests.” Our latest editorial ⬇️ academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

The UK has recorded another record high of alcohol specific deaths for 2023 according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures published this morning Read our full comment 🔽 alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/news/news/af... #AlcoholDeaths #AlcoholEmergency

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will put a stop to this but tobacco companies were told in 2018 that their in store adverts were not legal so why are we seeing them in our supermarkets?

RNID have launched a helpful toolkit to support people to use their #hearingaids. Will help those new to this and people they communicate with. Please share widely with those who could benefit... (Also features me on 1 of their clips on ‘living well with your hearing’) #HoH #deaf

I've written an article on the psychology behind tobacco advertising for Psychology Review (subscription only), aimed at A level psychology students. magazines.hachettelearning.com/magazine/psy...

Its Feb 2nd, which is both my birthday and groundhog day…day long cake-eating timeloop anyone?