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Deaf and hard-of-hearing children are often the only child with hearing loss in their school. These formative years are difficult for most of us, but being singled out as being different can be challenging. Our philosophy is simple—early experiences can shape the future. These science

The new ARC Linkage Project ‘Beyond Speech: Roads to Effective Communication’ officially started on 8 August. The project is led by Macquarie University, Child Lab Director, Distinguished Professor Katherine Demuth and Associate Professor Mridula Sharma, along with partners at Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind

Hearing Australia is urging women of all ages to celebrate the sounds they love by taking time out to think about their hearing health during this year’s Women’s Health Week (2-6 September). “Hearing is an important part of life that helps keep people connected to

At the Macquarie University Open Day, Australian Hearing Hub member organisations provided hearing health awareness, hearing screenings, demos and fun! Over 60 people attended the Australian Hearing Hub tours which included the Anechoic Chamber, MQ Health Speech and Hearing Clinic and 3D printing facility. Over 50

The Conference on Implantable Auditory Prostheses (CIAP) was held from the 14-19 of July, 2019, at Lake Tahoe, California. Six researchers from Macquarie University were in attendance including Professor David McAlpine, Dr. Jaime Undurraga, Dr. Lindsey Van Yper, Juan-Pablo Faúndez, Amanda Fullerton, and Ryssa Moffat. These

On Tuesday 5 March, to mark World Hearing Day and Hearing Awareness Week, H:EAR | Hearing Education Application Research, Macquarie University and the Australian Hearing Hub hosted an Indigenous Hearing Health symposium. The event opened with the 2019 Libby Harricks Memorial Oration by Professor Andrew Smith

A huge congratulations to Dr Ping Tang, who has graduated with his PhD and was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s commendation for academic excellence! His supervisors Katherine Demuth, Nan Xu Rattanasone and Ivan Yuen are very proud of his achievement!   Ping will be took up a teaching position

  Help us raise funds to run communication-accessible camps for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Deaf and hard-of-hearing children are often the only child with hearing loss in their school. These formative years are difficult for most of us, but being singled out as being different