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Helping hands for ears: A Fijian story

by Helen Carter

November 10, 2025

Project HEAVEN staff, Nilesh, (from left) and Alanieta, with (second from right) Viniana, and Savu. Audiologists Sandra Lee and Sachinthya Dona are in the middle. Image: Sandra Lee.

Features

A volunteer trip by Australian audiologist mates SANDRA LEE and SACHINTHYA DONA has had a big impact on hearing services in Fiji including upskilling staff, supporting a hospital ear health department launch and adapting the Kendall Toy Test to a...

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Trauma-informed care focuses on safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment, and respect. Image: Malik/peopleimages.com/stock.adobe.com.

Mental health

Trauma-informed care in audiology

November 10, 2025

IAA's inaugural Indy Award winners, (top from left clockwise) Nicole Eglinton, Seray Lim, Laura Drexler, Kat Penno, Phillippa Carter and Sara Patterson. Images: IAA.

Conferences

Inaugural Indy Award winners revealed at Independent Audiologists Australia conference

November 7, 2025

Heidi CEO and co-founder, Dr Thomas Kelly, a former surgical resident from Melbourne. Image: Heidi.

Latest News

Heidi secures $100 million to accelerate building AI ‘care partners’ for clinicians

November 7, 2025

Sixteen of the 17 studies indicated those with diabetes had poorer auditory perception skills compared with those without diabetes. Image: Pixel-Shot.

Research

Review finds diabetes impacts auditory processing abilities

November 7, 2025

Policy & Regulation

Earbus Foundation co-founder Dr Lara Shur an Australian of the Year Awards nominee

by Helen Carter

November 1, 2025

Dr Lara Shur oversees a fleet of mobile ear clinics that deliver free care to thousands of children annually. Image: Dr Lara Shur.

Hearing Careers

A paediatric audiologist who 12 years ago co-founded Earbus Foundation to help save the hearing of Aboriginal and at-risk children has been nominated in the 2026 Australian of the Year Awards. Dr Lara Shur, who now oversees a fleet of...

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Victorian College for the Deaf teacher Robert Harrow, left, with Victorian Education Minister Ben Carroll at the awards ceremony. Image: The Department of Education/Greg Briggs Photography.

Teachers

Victorian College for the Deaf teacher named Victoria’s Outstanding Secondary Teacher

October 29, 2025

ACAud inc. HAASA CEO Dr Sonj Hall said that clinically, audiometrists already performed these assessments independently but under Medicare, only an eligible audiologist could bill these items on medical practitioner referral. Image: ACAud inc. HAASA.

Federal Government

ACAud inc. HAASA wants audiometrist recognition for seven Medicare items

October 26, 2025

The Australian men's Deaf basketball team, the Goannas will compete at the Tokyo Deaflympics in November 2025. Image: Deaf Basketball Australia.

Federal Government

Deaf Sports Australia urges government to help fund deaf athletes for Deaflympics

October 25, 2025

The session during the Audiology Australia Online Conference 2025 will also cover how audiologists can champion growth and social inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and youths. Image: ninelutsk/stock.adobe.com.

Conferences

How audiologists can “break the news” to parents about a child’s hearing loss

October 20, 2025

Company updates and acquisitions

Demant said Oticon Medical was leaving in good shape and under Impilo, will transition to a standalone company. Image: Demant.

Demant to sell Oticon Medical to Impilo for up to $143 million

October 27, 2025

OPSM adds hearing care to ANZ services, and Nuance Audio Glasses go on sale

October 24, 2025

GN Hearing promotions for Paul Jones and Andreas Anderhov

October 8, 2025

Specsavers New Zealand ranked second in inaugural Best Workplaces List

September 29, 2025

Careers

Project HEAVEN staff, Nilesh, (from left) and Alanieta, with (second from right) Viniana, and Savu. Audiologists Sandra Lee and Sachinthya Dona are in the middle. Image: Sandra Lee.

Helping hands for ears: A Fijian story

November 10, 2025

Trauma-informed care in audiology

November 10, 2025

Inaugural Indy Award winners revealed at Independent Audiologists Australia conference

November 7, 2025

Heidi secures $100 million to accelerate building AI ‘care partners’ for clinicians

November 7, 2025

Products

Heidi CEO and co-founder, Dr Thomas Kelly, a former surgical resident from Melbourne. Image: Heidi.

Heidi secures $100 million to accelerate building AI ‘care partners’ for clinicians

November 7, 2025

Review finds adults with hearing loss face barriers during air travel and recommends solutions

November 7, 2025

GN’s Hearing division reports 7% organic revenue growth in third quarter of 2025

November 7, 2025

Backing a winner with ADF Industries

October 30, 2025

Features

A HELAva good time without damaging hearing

by Helen Carter

October 30, 2025

HELA helps venues implement safer listening at music events. Image: SuperGlück/stock.adobe.com.

Hearing protection

A groundbreaking initiative to help venues implement a global standard for safe listening at music events launched this year. HELA (Healthy Ears Limited Annoyance) provides short online certification for those working in the live music and dance industries. Alarmed at...

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Jane Lee, Deafness Forum Australia's national director, hearing health. Image: Jane Lee.

Soapbox

Deafness, hearing loss and mental health

October 30, 2025

The audiometric room featuring a double-glazed window, LED strip lighting, positive dual compression door seal and a high-performance noise reduction panel system with a hidden air-conditioning system. Image: ADF Industries.

Audiometric rooms and soundproof booths

Backing a winner with ADF Industries

October 30, 2025

Widex Allure receiver-in-canal (RIC) R D hearing aids in autumn beige. Image: Widex.

Hearing aids

The allure of better hearing: Widex launches W1 chip in Allure hearing aids

October 28, 2025

Speakers were (L-R top) Dr Fadwa Alnafjan, Dr Bec Bennett, Dr Jeremy Pinyon. (L-R bottom) Dr Emma Laird, Dr Diana Tang, Dr Jackie Ogier. Images: Macquarie University Hearing.

Hearing Researchers

A bright future: Macquarie University Hearing’s inaugural Hearing Research Symposium

October 28, 2025

Events

IAA's inaugural Indy Award winners, (top from left clockwise) Nicole Eglinton, Seray Lim, Laura Drexler, Kat Penno, Phillippa Carter and Sara Patterson. Images: IAA.

Inaugural Indy Award winners revealed at Independent Audiologists Australia conference

November 7, 2025

A bright future: Macquarie University Hearing’s inaugural Hearing Research Symposium

October 28, 2025

How audiologists can “break the news” to parents about a child’s hearing loss

October 20, 2025

Inaugural Doug Perkins Medal winners unveiled at Specsavers Audiology Clinical Conference

October 17, 2025

Treatments

The review recommended hearing assistive technologies should be available in all areas of airport terminals. Image: Xy/stock.adobe.com.

Review finds adults with hearing loss face barriers during air travel and recommends solutions

November 7, 2025

GN’s Hearing division reports 7% organic revenue growth in third quarter of 2025

November 7, 2025

First consensus framework on gene therapy for hereditary hearing loss

October 31, 2025

Tuned receives FDA clearance for software that turns earbuds into hearing aids

October 30, 2025

Diagnostics & Equipment

The audiometric room featuring a double-glazed window, LED strip lighting, positive dual compression door seal and a high-performance noise reduction panel system with a hidden air-conditioning system. Image: ADF Industries.

Backing a winner with ADF Industries

October 30, 2025

ACAud inc. HAASA wants audiometrist recognition for seven Medicare items

October 26, 2025

Nearly one-quarter of GPs provide hearing tests, new report shows

October 12, 2025

Starkey to host webinar on enhancing Edge AI hearing aids with the latest Pro Fit updates

October 3, 2025

Research

Trauma-informed care focuses on safety, trust, choice, collaboration, empowerment, and respect. Image: Malik/peopleimages.com/stock.adobe.com.

Trauma-informed care in audiology

November 10, 2025

Review finds diabetes impacts auditory processing abilities

November 7, 2025

First consensus framework on gene therapy for hereditary hearing loss

October 31, 2025

Deafness, hearing loss and mental health

October 30, 2025

Australia

How audiologists can “break the news” to parents about a child’s hearing loss

by Helen Carter

October 20, 2025

The session during the Audiology Australia Online Conference 2025 will also cover how audiologists can champion growth and social inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing children and youths. Image: ninelutsk/stock.adobe.com.

Conferences

Deaf Children Australia will run an online session this Friday 24 October to assist audiologists in “breaking the news” about a child’s hearing loss to their parents. The one-hour session during the Audiology Australia Online Conference 2025 will also cover...

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International

Speakers are, left column, Dr Angela Alexander (top), Dr Alexandra Sturrock (middle), Dr Makino Kashino (bottom). Middle column, Dr Philippa James (top), Dr Patrick Dwyer (bottom). Right column, Dr Bonnie Lau (top), Dr Tegan Keogh (middle), Dr Yang Zhang (bottom.) Images: IAA.

Conferences

IAA hosts multi-disciplinary autism and listening conference online in May

The animation of the vertigo attack mechanism in Menière’s disease shows a proposed mechanism – that the tiny Valve of Bast opens and stimulates the vestibular system. Image: Vimeo.

Meniere's disease

Menière’s disease patient Stephen Spring and surgeon Bill Gibson develop animation

From left, Dr Jan-Willem Wasmann, VCAA2025 conference co-organiser and founder of the Computational Audiology Network, and keynote speakers Professor Dorothea Kolossa, Assistant Professor Giovanni Di Liberto and Dr Brent Edwards. Image: Computational Audiology Network.

International

Call for abstracts for free 2025 Virtual Conference on Computational Audiology

NAL director Dr Brent Edwards releasing details of the NAL-NL3 at the AAA conference in March 2025. Image: NAL.

Hearing aid fitting systems

Groundbreaking NAL-NL3 fitting formula reveals new ways of fitting hearing aids

Classifieds

Image: Specsavers Audiology.

Be a Pioneer in Swan Hill’s newest Audiology and Optics Venture

November 6, 2025

Join us as an employee in Cairns, Queensland

November 6, 2025

Join us as an employee in Toowoomba, Queensland

November 6, 2025

Join us as an employee across Bankstown, Roselands and Chullora, NSW

November 6, 2025

Education

Professor Nicole O'Reilly, CDU Head of School, Allied Health Sciences, said the Health Hub’s expansion showed the university’s commitment to delivering impact beyond the classroom. Image: Charles Darwin University.

Appointments delivered by Charles Darwin University audiology students nearly triple

August 28, 2025

Enrolments skyrocket in Charles Darwin University’s online audiology degree

August 15, 2025

AHPA calls for Commonwealth Prac Payment for all allied health students

From competent to exceptional in hearing care: What does it take?

Audiology

Specsavers Audiology says it has revolutionised hearing screening with its free 15-minute screenings which are unique to Specsavers Australia and New Zealand and are not offered at its stores overseas. Image: Specsavers.

Specsavers Audiology: A successful model including 4.6 million hearing screenings

October 26, 2025

OPSM adds hearing care to ANZ services, and Nuance Audio Glasses go on sale

October 24, 2025

Inaugural Doug Perkins Medal winners unveiled at Specsavers Audiology Clinical Conference

October 17, 2025

Hearing Australia urges Aussies to make hearing health part of the mental health conversation

October 14, 2025

Audiometry

Some regional practices find it easier to upskill a staff member from the area through the diploma offered by AuCA. Image: Peakstock/adobe.com.au.

Career paths in audiometry: The Australasian College of Audiometry discusses options

September 26, 2025

The Shepherd Centre opens permanent home in Newcastle for kids with hearing loss

September 5, 2025

AG Bell Academy appoints teacher of the deaf, NextSense’s Trudy Smith to board

September 4, 2025

Appointments delivered by Charles Darwin University audiology students nearly triple

August 28, 2025

ENT Surgery

ENT surgery from an operating theatre at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital will be live streamed into the hospital's Martin Family Auditorium. Images: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

Education event to live stream ENT surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

September 11, 2025

The gift of hearing x 2,000; A milestone cochlear implant for Prof Catherine Birman

August 26, 2025

Eustachian tube balloon dilation appropriate as grommet alternative in some kids: AAO-HNS

Cochlear to host Nucleus Nexa webinar for practitioners whose patients wear hearing aids

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