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Dr Michele Ginocchietti appointed head of EssilorLuxottica ANZ

by Helen Carter

Head of EssilorLuxottica ANZ, Dr Michele Ginocchietti said audiology was a core pillar of the business. Image: EssilorLuxottica.

Company updates & acquisitions

EssilorLuxottica has appointed Dr Michele Ginocchietti PhD as head of EssilorLuxottica ANZ after serving 12 years with the group across global and regional roles. Dr Ginocchietti, who has a PhD in industrial engineering and a degree in computer science and...

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Myf Warhurst, broadcaster, journalist and storyteller, was host of the Women in Industry Awards in 2025. Image: Prime Creative Media.

Hearing Careers

Women in Industry Awards to recognise women in health & medicine, and leadership

Deaf Connect chief services officer Brent Phillips, translations manager Debbie Kennewell, Auslan90 presenter Caroline Conlon, Deaf Connect CEO Brett Casey and translations coordinator Harry Danby at Parliament House. Image: Deaf Connect.

Sign language

Deaf Connect says 30,000 Deaf Aussies at risk of losing Auslan90 news platform

Hearing aids

Australian webinar launch of Starkey’s Omega AI world first hearing aid with DNN-powered directionality

The claimaint (not pictured) said he wore hearing protection daily on the workshop floor. Image: Ilona/stock.adobe.com.

Hearing protection

Defeating the ‘last noisy employer’ rule: A noise-induced hearing loss court case

Policy & Regulation

Deaf Connect says 30,000 Deaf Aussies at risk of losing Auslan90 news platform

by Helen Carter

Deaf Connect chief services officer Brent Phillips, translations manager Debbie Kennewell, Auslan90 presenter Caroline Conlon, Deaf Connect CEO Brett Casey and translations coordinator Harry Danby at Parliament House. Image: Deaf Connect.

Sign language

Deaf Australians may soon lose access to the nation’s only news bulletin delivered in Auslan (Australian Sign Language), according to Deaf Connect. The organisation is calling on the Federal Government to continue funding the Auslan90 news service, which, without investment,...

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The claimaint (not pictured) said he wore hearing protection daily on the workshop floor. Image: Ilona/stock.adobe.com.

Hearing protection

Defeating the ‘last noisy employer’ rule: A noise-induced hearing loss court case

Accor Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park will host audiologists from across the country keen to upskill in practical skills and knowledge at The Sound Exchange '26. Images:Gerry.H/Shutterstock and Audiology Australia.

Hearing Careers

The Sound Exchange ’26: Audiology in action

World Hearing Day 2026 highlights how important it is for all children to receive access to early support for their hearing health. Image: World Health Organization.

Paediatrics

World Hearing Day 2026: Supporting hearing care for all children

February 26, 2026

The webinars and online hub provide practical resources and support in areas including mental health and wellbeing, managing stress and avoiding burnout. Image: Srdjan/stock.adobe.com.

Mental health

New Audiology Australia offering to help improve member wellbeing

February 25, 2026

Company updates and acquisitions

Head of EssilorLuxottica ANZ, Dr Michele Ginocchietti said audiology was a core pillar of the business. Image: EssilorLuxottica.

Dr Michele Ginocchietti appointed head of EssilorLuxottica ANZ

GN Hearing Australia commits to reconciliation with RAP launch

OPSM welcomes audiology

February 27, 2026

Specsavers launches ‘A little bit obsessed about hearing care’ campaign

February 4, 2026

Careers

Head of EssilorLuxottica ANZ, Dr Michele Ginocchietti said audiology was a core pillar of the business. Image: EssilorLuxottica.

Dr Michele Ginocchietti appointed head of EssilorLuxottica ANZ

Women in Industry Awards to recognise women in health & medicine, and leadership

Australian webinar launch of Starkey’s Omega AI world first hearing aid with DNN-powered directionality

Accelerating growth with GN’s Accelerate Partnership Program for hearing clinics

Products

Australian webinar launch of Starkey’s Omega AI world first hearing aid with DNN-powered directionality

An innovative option: Oticon Medical’s Sentio System transcutaneous hearing implant

UQ is first Australian university to have Auracast in all lecture theatres

Free GN photo library improves visibility of hearing loss and hearing aids in media

Features

Accelerating growth with GN’s Accelerate Partnership Program for hearing clinics

by Helen Carter

The program provides tools to strengthen audiology businesses, enabling practitioners more time to focus on hearing care. Image: GN.

Hearing industry insights

GN Hearing ANZ’s Accelerate Partnership Program supports independent audiology clinics by providing comprehensive business solutions beyond product sales. HPA gains an insight into the program. Running an independent audiology clinic is no small feat, particularly when hearing practitioners’ primary focus...

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Oticon Medical’s first active transcutaneous bone anchored hearing solution, the Sentio System, is flexible and easy to install, Oticon Medical says. Images: Oticon Medical.

Bone anchored hearing implants

An innovative option: Oticon Medical’s Sentio System transcutaneous hearing implant

Kieren Cullinan, audiology partner at Specsavers, Belconnen, Canberra, says Specsavers aligns with his values. Image: Specsavers.

Hearing Careers

Specsavers Audiology: Keeping the cup full

Hobart is the picturesque setting for the ENT surgeons and nurses conference. Images: ASOHNS and Steven Lovegrove/stock.adobe.com.

Features

Collaborating for impact: ENT surgeons and nurses conferences

Accor Stadium at Sydney Olympic Park will host audiologists from across the country keen to upskill in practical skills and knowledge at The Sound Exchange '26. Images:Gerry.H/Shutterstock and Audiology Australia.

Hearing Careers

The Sound Exchange ’26: Audiology in action

Events

Hobart is the picturesque setting for the ENT surgeons and nurses conference. Images: ASOHNS and Steven Lovegrove/stock.adobe.com.

Collaborating for impact: ENT surgeons and nurses conferences

The Sound Exchange ’26: Audiology in action

World Hearing Day 2026: Supporting hearing care for all children

February 26, 2026

Audiometry nurses upskill at annual conference

February 18, 2026

Treatments

Australian webinar launch of Starkey’s Omega AI world first hearing aid with DNN-powered directionality

An innovative option: Oticon Medical’s Sentio System transcutaneous hearing implant

UQ is first Australian university to have Auracast in all lecture theatres

Free GN photo library improves visibility of hearing loss and hearing aids in media

Diagnostics & Equipment

Each lecture theatre has been fitted with a QR code which provides more information on how to access the technology. Image: The University of Queensland.

UQ is first Australian university to have Auracast in all lecture theatres

ACAud inc. HAASA urges government-backed hearing health screening program for schools

From innovation to implementation: Preserving residual hearing in cochlear implants

February 23, 2026

Hear Alert aims to be the first product to safeguard and monitor cochlear health

February 20, 2026

Research

Findings supported implementing safer sound practices in fitness environments and underscored the need for increased awareness and education on hearing protection. Image: Mariya Sorvacheva/stock.adobe.com.

Turning down music in fitness classes helps save hearing without impacting workout intensity

HCIA study confirms only half of Aussies with hearing loss have hearing aids, and they wait four to six years before acting

Urgent call to reduce lag between awareness and action on hearing loss

New Audiology Australia offering to help improve member wellbeing

February 25, 2026

Australia

World Hearing Day 2026: Supporting hearing care for all children

by Helen Carter

February 26, 2026

World Hearing Day 2026 highlights how important it is for all children to receive access to early support for their hearing health. Image: World Health Organization.

Paediatrics

For World Hearing Day on 3 March 2026, Audiology Australia (AudA) is encouraging parents, carers, educators and communities to further their understanding of the critical role that hearing plays in every stage of a child’s life. AudA’s new president, paediatric...

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International

Cochlear implant pioneers, from left, Professor Graeme Clark AC from Australia, Dr Ingeborg Hochmair and Professor Erwin Hochmair from Austria at the QEPrize announcement in London. Image: Jason Alden/QEPrize.

Cochlear implants

Professor Graeme Clark and other cochlear implant pioneers awarded QEPrize

February 4, 2026

ATSU Australian alumni, current students and staff at an Independent Audiologists Australia conference in Queensland, (L-R) Dr Heidi Modrovich, Dr Signe Steers, Melanie Gibson (ATSU), Rachel Gibson, Nicole Eglinton and Colleen Campbell. Image: Independent Audiologists Australia.

University and training

More Australians are becoming a Doctor of Audiology through A.T. Still University

January 12, 2026

Part of Australia's Deaflympics team before departing for Tokyo. Image: Deaf Sports Australia.

Latest News

Deaf Connect backs Team Australia at the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics

November 18, 2025

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

Classifieds

Image. EssilorLuxottica.

Sales representative, Nuance Audio, Victoria

Sales representative, Nuance Audio, NSW

Join us as an employee across Bunbury and Eaton, WA

Join us as an employee in Mount Gambier, SA

Education

From left, Monash University Prof Katie Stevenson, A/Prof Louisa Willoughby and Prof Sharon Pickering. Image: Shaping Australia Awards/Monash University.

Shaping Australia Award for advancing Deaf and Deafblind communication access

UQ is first Australian university to have Auracast in all lecture theatres

The University of Western Australia strengthens audiology ties with Vietnam

Hear Alert aims to be the first product to safeguard and monitor cochlear health

February 20, 2026

Audiology

Kieren Cullinan, audiology partner at Specsavers, Belconnen, Canberra, says Specsavers aligns with his values. Image: Specsavers.

Specsavers Audiology: Keeping the cup full

GPs recommending a hearing test is a big motivator to act, Hearing Australia survey finds

February 28, 2026

OPSM welcomes audiology

February 27, 2026

Fifty years of changing lives: Expression Audiology and the H.E.A.R Service

February 9, 2026

Audiometry

Deaf Connect chief services officer Brent Phillips, translations manager Debbie Kennewell, Auslan90 presenter Caroline Conlon, Deaf Connect CEO Brett Casey and translations coordinator Harry Danby at Parliament House. Image: Deaf Connect.

Deaf Connect says 30,000 Deaf Aussies at risk of losing Auslan90 news platform

Hearing loss higher in rural areas: How audiometrists can make an impact

December 18, 2025

Children shine at 2025 Power of Speech event at Parliament House

November 25, 2025

Occupational hearing screening; what is it and why is it essential?

November 20, 2025

ENT Surgery

Oticon Medical’s first active transcutaneous bone anchored hearing solution, the Sentio System, is flexible and easy to install, Oticon Medical says. Images: Oticon Medical.

An innovative option: Oticon Medical’s Sentio System transcutaneous hearing implant

ENT public patients waiting longest for elective surgery, says AIHW

February 25, 2026

Hear Alert aims to be the first product to safeguard and monitor cochlear health

February 20, 2026

Oticon Medical webinar to explore outcomes from Sentio and Ponto systems

February 19, 2026

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