The Otorhinolaryngology unit (part of the Division of Clinical Neurosciences) comprises clinical and academic expertise in ENT and in audiology and speech and language therapy. It hosts the Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit established in 2008 and re-funded in 2012 by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) as one of 20 Biomedical Research Units (BRUs) to improve the pathway of translating basic research findings into clinical benefit. The Hearing BRU has established itself as a flagship research unit addressing major clinical issues in the ENT and audiological management of hearing loss and tinnitus. Key partners are The University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the MRC Institute of Hearing Research. Nottingham has a long established critical mass of staff working in fundamental hearing research, translational hearing research, ENT and Audiology, with the UK's largest programme in cochlear implantation. There are strong collaborative links across this partnership. The BRU also has excellent relations with industry and with other NIHR organisations and in the past year has attracted over 1m in external funding.