Dr Magdalena Sereda
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
I am an Assistant Professor and the Deputy Lead at the NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre Hearing theme. I lead a programme of research focusing on non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus, including transcranial electrical stimulation and ultrasound vagal nerve stimulation. My current projects include: 1) Effects of multiple treatment sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for tinnitus; 2) Personalisation of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for the treatment of tinnitus; 3) Effectiveness of blinding and safety of the ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation for tinnitus.
I graduated from Warsaw University in Biology and obtained a PhD in Neuropsychology from the Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish academy of Sciences, Warsaw. As a Guest Researcher at Humboldt University, Berlin I was researching animal models of tinnitus. In 2007, I started working as a Career Development Fellow at the MRC Institute of Hearing Research in Nottingham to look at objective characterisation of tinnitus using magnetoencephalography.
Over the years my research has concentrated on several aspects of the functioning of the auditory system, including cochlear implant technology and tinnitus. I have over 20 years’ experience working with people with different hearing disorders including tinnitus sufferers, cochlear implant users and deaf adolescents
N3Centre Research Interests
Clinical translation/application of neurotechnology
Current projects
Project title: Effects of multiple treatment sessions of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for tinnitus: a randomised-controlled pilot study
Funding: £80K, Silvia Whitby Tinnitus Research Fund, Legacy Fund, 2024-2028.
Role: Principal Investigator
Project title: Non-invasive brain stimulation for tinnitus,
Funding: £24K, University of Nottingham Precision Imaging Consumables Internal Rapid Response Fund, 2023-2027
Role: Principal Investigator
Key Publications
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Hoare DJ, Shorter GW, Shekhawat GS, El Refaie A, Labree B, Sereda M. Neuromodulation Treatments Targeting Pathological Synchrony for Tinnitus in Adults: A Systematic Review. Brain Sci. 2024 Jul 26;14(8):748. doi: 10.3390/brainsci14080748.
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Labree B, Hoare DJ, Fackrell K, Hall DA, Gascoyne LE, Sereda M. Establishing a Core Domain Set for early-phase clinical trials of electrical stimulation interventions for tinnitus in adults: protocol for an online Delphi study. Trials. 2022 Dec 21;23(1):1039. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-07020-2.
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Spencer S, Mielczarek M, Olszewski J, Sereda M, Joossen I, Vermeersch H, Gilles A, Michiels S. Effectiveness of bimodal auditory and electrical stimulation in patients with tinnitus: A feasibility study. Front Neurosci. 2022 Aug 24;16:971633. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2022.971633.
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Labree B, Hoare DJ, Gascoyne LE, Scutt P, Del Giovane C, Sereda M. Determining the Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Tinnitus, Depression, and Anxiety: A Systematic Review. Brain Sci. 2022 Apr 8;12(4):484. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12040484.
Access the paper
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Hall DA, Pierzycki RH, Thomas H, Greenberg D, Sereda M, Hoare DJ. Systematic Evaluation of the T30 Neurostimulator Treatment for Tinnitus: A Double-Blind Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial with Open-Label Extension. Brain Sci. 2022 Feb 26;12(3):317. doi: 10.3390/brainsci12030317.