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HearWorks, the commercial arm of the HEARing Cooperative Research Centre (which Macquarie is a member of), recently received a $750,000 grant from the NSW Medical Devices Fund. The grant will enable a team based at the Australian Hearing Hub to develop a test – known

NAL researchers were recognised at the recent World Congress of Audiology held in Vancouver. NAL Director A/Prof Harvey Dillon was awarded the prestigious Aram Glorig Award ‘for lifelong dedication to Audiology and in recognition of his achievements for the science and practice of Audiology’. Dr

“Communication is a vital aspect of what it means to be human, and hearing is critical to communication,” explained Professor David McAlpine, Director of Hearing Research at Macquarie University’s Australian Hearing Hub in a SoundMinds Radio interview with producer Michael Schubert.

This video highlights research conducted in the area of Language Acquisition at Macquarie University. Language Acquisition researchers at Macquarie University are primarily associated with the Language Acquisition Lab  and the Child Language Lab  based in the Departments of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, and are closely associated with

The team at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) has come up with a clever idea to keep kids still during tests. Brain scans can be scary, so the MEG simulator is designed to put kids at ease before their

One in six Aussies currently have some form of hearing loss. Are you the one? To celebrate Hearing Awareness Week, the Australian Hearing Hub provided an opportunity for future students of Macquarie University to get their hearing checked, learn about communication technologies and learn about

It’s Hearing Awareness Week, so we asked Associate Professor Catherine McMahon, Head of Audiology at Macquarie, to answer a question we’ve all pondered: What is that ringing in my ears after a loud concert? “The ringing sound is known as tinnitus, an early sign of damage.

Four in ten Australians with hearing loss have it because of noise exposure, making it the leading cause of hearing loss in this country. This week is Hearing Awareness Week: a week intended to educate Australians about the dangers of hearing loss. One of the