Manohar Bance

Professor Manohar Bance is a clinician-scientist at the University of Cambridge, holding the academic rank of Professor within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in the School of Clinical Medicine. His work is anchored at the intersection of otology, audiology, and biomedical engineering, with a translational focus on restoring and monitoring hearing and balance function.

Research Interests

• Understanding and improving cochlear-implant stimulation of the auditory system
• Developing next-generation wearable technologies for real-world assessment of hearing and balance
• Creating site-of-lesion and vestibular diagnostics for use in clinic and at home
• Integrating engineering and audiology to translate bench discoveries into patient benefit

His investigations span computational modeling of neural activation patterns, systematic evaluations of surgical complications such as electrode migration and meningitis risk, and large-scale clinical trials exploring steroid regimens for sudden sensorineural hearing loss. The research program is highly collaborative, engaging Cambridge colleagues in engineering and audiology, and outputs consistently appear in leading journals spanning otolaryngology, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

Recent Publication Trends

Between 2022 and 2024, Professor Bance has co-authored more than fifteen peer-reviewed articles. These works collectively map four major domains: (1) clinical trials and systematic reviews that inform evidence-based otologic practice, (2) engineering advances in cochlear-implant electrode design and intraoperative monitoring, (3) epidemiological analyses of healthcare disparities in cochlear implantation, and (4) translational models—from tissue-engineered cochlear fibrosis constructs to end-to-end neural network models of speech perception—bridging bench and bedside.

Scientific Awards & Recognition

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Collaboration & Funding Landscape

Professor Bance’s research is underpinned by extensive collaborations with Cambridge investigators including Professor Bob Carlyon, Dr Deborah Vickers, and Professor George Malliaras, integrating expertise in auditory neuroscience, materials engineering, and signal processing. He is actively involved in multi-centre UK networks such as INTEGRATE (the UK ENT Trainee Research Network), which facilitates large-scale audits and clinical trials.

Laboratory & Teams

While explicit laboratory names are not provided, his projects entail cross-disciplinary teams combining otologic surgeons, audiologists, biomedical engineers, and data scientists, working toward innovations in implantable devices and wearable diagnostics.