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National Acoustic Laboratories recently welcomed their new Director, Dr Brent Edwards. Brent has a distinguished international reputation in the hearing industry, having spent 22 years in Silicon Valley heading research and innovation development at major hearing aid companies and hearing device startups. He has made

Professor David McAlpine, has been awarded funding for an ARC Discovery Project “Listen and learn – statistical learning and the adapting auditory brain” Project Team: Dr Nicholas Badcock; Dr Paul Sowman; Dr Maria Chait; Associate Professor Juanita Todd; Dr Jessica Monaghan; Dr Jaime Undurraga; Dr

We are very pleased to welcome Associate Professor Adrian KC Lee from the University of Washington,  who joins the Macquarie University community as an Honorary Associate Professor. Adrian KC Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences and at the

In late October, Macquarie University’s Director of Hearing Research, Professor David McAlpine, hosted an ARC Laureate Workshop titled Creating a Sense of Auditory Space at the Australian Hearing Hub. The two day event brought together global leaders in binaural hearing – the ability to detect small differences and timing of sounds

Macquarie University and Cochlear have today announced the establishment of the co-funded Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Healthy Ageing at Macquarie University, a role that will strengthen and formalise the strategic collaboration between the organisations. Cochlear is the global leader in implantable hearing solutions and

  The World Health Organisation recently published “Hearing loss due to recreational exposure to loud sounds – A review”, produced to support their ‘Make Listening Safe’ initiative. This initiative is in response to concerns over young people listening to personal audio devices at high volume

Sound Scouts is a hearing screening method capable of detecting hearing problems in children using an interactive game-based app New screening approach needed to halt the scourge: Sound Scouts tests for hearing loss and central auditory processing disorder in children aged between four and 12 years old.