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Nearly all Indigenous Australian children have some form of otitis media, a middle ear infection that often leads to hearing loss.
Studying the way insects hear and make their own sounds is inspiring new hearing technology.
Informal early support through intervention programs helps parents understand their child’s newly diagnosed disability. But what will happen when, under the NDIS, these services no longer exist?
Audiology services are government registered for many – such as for children up to the age of 26 and veterans. But many fall through the cracks and rely on the self-regulation of the industry.
It’s not only Brian Johnson who’s at risk of deafness – are you around music a lot?
Adding a camera that can work out where sound is coming from could make hearing aids smarter.
A new study shows hearing loss is associated with depression in American adults, particularly women and those under the age…
It’s happened to all of us – you walk past someone and you can hear every beat, riff and wail coming from their headphones. If you’ve ever wondered whether this could be damaging their hearing, the answer…
More than one in ten middle-aged people has difficulty following speech in noisy environments, according to an analysis of 165,000 people in the UK Biobank, a project following the health of half a million…
Australian researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which a rare genetic mutation causes premature deafness in people in their early twenties, paving the way for early detection for this type of hearing…
You may have read last week that, in a bid to curb graffiti, Sydney’s State Rail may trial Mosquito devices - technology that emits a high-pitched noise that’s audible only to people aged in their early…
The cochlea (the auditory portion of the inner ear) deals with extreme sounds by prompting hearing loss. A University of…
Bioengineers and physicians have used 3D printing and injectable gels made of living cells to create an artificial ear practically…
I have a favourite café that I have patronised regularly for many years. It’s often crowded and noisy and, until this year, I coped with that by taking my coffee early – before the café ambience became…
Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke nearly doubles the risk of hearing loss in teenagers, according to US university researchers…
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Professor in Audiology in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria
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Ewing Professor of Audiology, University of Manchester
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Lecturer, Hearing Science, University of Manchester
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Head of Ear and Hearing Health, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics, University of Pittsburgh
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Senior Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
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Professorial Research Fellow, Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Audiology and Clinical Audiologist, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Professor of Otology and Neurotology, University of Virginia
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Professor of Audiology, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
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Ph.D. student in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard University
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Lecturer in Computer Science and Informatics, University of East London
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BrightSpark Foundation Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia