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Closing the gap in Aboriginal hearing health

Aboriginal audiometrists graduation – November 2022 The number of Aboriginal audiometrists in Australia has increased by 750 per cent thanks to a hearing initiative led by Macquarie University. Professor of Linguistics Catherine McMahon and her team from the Hear Centre at Macquarie University have been
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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