A Symposium within the World Tinnitus Congress (WTC)

30 June-2 July 2027, London, UK  

The World Tinnitus Congress (WTC) invites clinicians and service leads from NHS tinnitus services to participate in a dedicated symposium embedded within the main congress programme.

This symposium aims to bring real-world service experience into the heart of the scientific and clinical discussions at WTC. While substantial progress has been made in understanding tinnitus mechanisms and evaluating interventions, less attention is often given to how scientific evidence, clinical guidelines, and professional expertise are translated into everyday practice within publicly funded healthcare systems. This session addresses that gap by focusing on the realities of service delivery, implementation, and system-level challenges.

The symposium will explore how tinnitus services are designed, delivered, and sustained across NHS settings. Contributions are invited that reflect on clinical pathways, workforce models, multidisciplinary collaboration, outcome measurement, innovation within existing structures, and lessons learned from both long-standing and newly developed services. Particular emphasis will be placed on practical insights that may inform service development and care delivery in other healthcare systems.

This session will run as an integral part of the main WTC programme and will directly inform broader congress discussions on service models, implementation, and future directions in tinnitus care. Insights from the symposium will feed into WTC’s system-level reflections on how scientific and clinical advances can be meaningfully embedded in routine care.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Models of NHS tinnitus service delivery
• Clinical pathways, referral systems, and triage approaches
• Integration of audiology, psychology, physiotherapy, sleep clinics and ENT services
• Workforce skills, training, and supervision models
• Outcome measures and service evaluation
• Innovation and service adaptation under real-world constraints

Informal expressions of interest

At this stage, clinicians and service leads who may be interested in contributing are warmly invited to make informal contact with the organising committee vis info@wtc2027.co.uk.  This early stage is intended for exploratory discussion, idea sharing, and shaping of the symposium structure. A completed abstract or fully formed symposium proposal is not required at this point.

A formal abstract and symposium submission system, together with detailed submission guidelines, will open in September 2026.