Category: News & Articles
By Dr Guy Cameron World Hearing Day is held on 3 March by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Each year it raises awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promotes ear and hearing care across the world. Written by Dr ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... some communities having 90% of young children affected. This causes hearing loss leading to massive disadvantage in early learning and development ... impact upon their ability to hear and learn. Importantly missing on hearing the voices (and stories) of their family members at this vitally ...
Category: Research
Hearing and balance problems arise due to ageing, environmental ... assaults, medications, disease, and genetic disorders. Hearing loss has major social and ‘quality of life’ impact, and ...
Category: General
... Professor Breakspear and his team are researching the link between hearing loss and cognitive function in later life. We are implanting cochlear implants into patients experiencing age-related hearing loss and then measuring how that impacts their cognitive ...
Category: General
... Professor Breakspear and his team are researching the link between hearing loss and cognitive function in later life. We are implanting cochlear implants into patients experiencing age-related hearing loss and then measuring how that impacts their cognitive ...
Category: News & Articles
... ASMR ) Medal. A pioneer who has dedicated his career to reducing hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and improving ... many as 70 per cent of children in remote communities. It can lead to hearing impairment and/or loss, and failure to treat it can have ...
Category: Research
... the development of targeted, improved treatment options. Balance and Hearing Disorders Balance is a complex sense, comprising multiple ... brain stem. In Australia, 3.6 million people live with some level of hearing loss. Deafness and hearing loss can occur as a result of ageing, ...
Category: News & Articles
... for the Menzies-led Centre for Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. He ... presented to someone who has made such a contribution to improving hearing outcomes for Indigenous children. “I am very pleased to see ... associated with the high prevalence of otitis media (OM) and hearing loss in Australian Indigenous children. “In particular, Kelvin has ...
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... about the problem with ear disease, we think it’s simply about hearing loss,” Dr Kong explains. “But it’s actually about the life course ... standards for ear disease, but third world responses to Indigenous hearing,” Dr Kong adds. “That’s the exciting thing about this ...
Category: News & Articles
... three had some form of otitis media. This chronic condition can cause hearing loss and communication difficulties which ultimately leads to poorer ...