Hearing Australia team with the Hon. Bill Shorten MP at the launch event at the Moonee Ponds Hearing Australia centre in Melbourne. Hearing Australia has launched its Action Plan for Improving Ear Health and Hearing Outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. The organisation
International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3 Dec 2022
To celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Audiology Committee of International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders, moderated two talks and a panel discussion. The aim of the talks and panel discussion is to deliberate challenges and facilitators to understand issues pertaining
The Shepherd Centre Announces CEO Transition
The Shepherd Centre has announced that Dr Jim Hungerford will hand over the baton of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after 12 years at the helm. After engaging in a rigorous, externally-run selection process, the Board and management have appointed Dr Aleisha Davis to the role
Professor Greg Leigh AO has been honoured with Hearing Australia’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award
Left to Right: Kim Terrell, Managing Director, Hearing Australia; Professor Greg Leigh AO, Director, NextSense Institute; The Hon. Bill Shorten; and Elizabeth Crouch AM, Chair, Hearing Australia Professor Greg Leigh AO has been honoured with Hearing Australia’s inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of 40-plus years spent furthering
Kay shares her new lease on life after her cochlear implant
Cochlear implant recipient Kay shares her heart-warming story of being able to re-connect with her loved ones, after a lifetime of progressive hearing loss. “Being able to reconnect with my family and friends through being able to hear again has been more than I can
The Shepherd Centre establishes it’s first service in Tasmania
The Shepherd Centre has made significant progress in establishing local and permanent services in Tasmania over the past six months. Thanks to generous community support from Tasmanian Community Foundation, The Shepherd Centre now offers local services in Tasmania. In February 2022, after offering Telehealth
Identifying hearing loss in childhood
The question of how best to identify hearing loss in childhood (beyond newborn hearing screening) was the focus of a recent workshop of the Australasian Newborn Hearing Screening Committee (ANHSC). The online workshop was hosted by the NextSense Institute on behalf of the ANHSC. A
The ‘Power of Speech’ event encourages more government support for hearing loss services
The ‘Power of Speech’ took place on 8 September 2022 at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra. As part of the event, seven children between the ages of 7-8 from First Voice member organisations around Australia and New Zealand, who have received cochlear implants, took to
Introducing HEARsearch
We have exciting news to share! NAL is opening the doors to research participation. We invite anyone to join, yes that’s right, all ages and hearing abilities from anywhere in the world! Register here By joining this group, you will be able to make a
Hearing Australia celebrates 75 years of innovation and service to Australians
Hearing Australia’s journey has been an extraordinary one. Starting with their support to returned war veterans in 1947, the organisation has transformed with changing times to deliver on its promise to provide innovative, world-leading research and expert hearing care to over 1.5 million Australians of
Macquarie University and TALi (Health) Digital sign a five year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
Both parties have entered this MOU to establish a framework for state-of-the art research, and to set out potential areas in which both organisations intend to collaborate to identify and capitalise on mutually beneficial opportunities. Macquarie University Hearing, located at the Australian Hearing Hub, are
Hearing impairment in Adults: Longitudinal Outcomes Study (HALOS) seeking volunteers
Professor Bamini Gopinath, Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Health at Macquarie University, is leading a multidisciplinary team on the Hearing impairment in Adults: Longitudinal Outcomes Study (HALOS). HALOS is an internationally unique study of 900+ adults aged 40 years and over with hearing loss who