Audiologists

From left, Michaela Cassidy, Specsavers ANZ's Head of Customer Operations, and Maree Patikas, Audiology Partner, Roseland, Bankstown and Chullora. Image: Reader's Digest.

Audiology networks

Specsavers receives KPMG and Reader’s Digest customer service awards

November 21, 2024

Specsavers has been recognised for delivering exceptional customer service in two awards received this month from KPMG and Reader’s Digest....

To be considered for the list, companies must be identified as outstanding global employers with recognition on at least five Best Workplaces lists from across the world during 2023 or early 2024. Image: Specsavers.

Audiology networks

Specsavers named one of the World’s Best Workplaces in 2024

by Helen Carter

November 15, 2024

Specsavers has been ranked 16th in Fortune magazine's World’s 25 Best Workplaces in 2024 list. Fortune magazine and Great Place...

Movie star Channing Tatum, left, will play Matt Hay, right, in the movie Soundtrack of Silence. Queensland audiologist Dr Angela Alexander has helped treat Hay and co-written a documentary Between Two Ears based on his story to premiere next week. Images: Oscar Gonzalez Fuentes/Shutterstock, Angela Alexander and Matt Hay.

Vestibular schawomma

Queensland audiologist Dr Angela Alexander’s link to Channing Tatum hearing loss movie

by Helen Carter

November 11, 2024

Hollywood actor Channing Tatum will reportedly star in and produce a movie based on a true story about a young...

From left, Ms Gabi Hollows, founding director of The Fred Hollows Foundation presents the Humanitarian Award to audiologist Ms Vi Bui. Image: The Fred Hollows Foundation.

Audiologists

Brisbane audiologist Vi Bu is the 2024 Fred Hollows Humanitarian of the Year

by Helen Carter

November 11, 2024

Queensland audiologist Ms Vi Bui was today named the Fred Hollows Humanitarian of the Year for her charity work providing...

Auslan interpretation services can be claimed under the NDIS. Image: Andril Zastrozhnov/stock.adobe.com.

Business

Changes to the NDIS: What hearing practitioners need to know

by Staff Writer

November 5, 2024

KATY HEWITT, team leader from Allied Admin Partners, helps allied health practitioners and NDIS providers streamline their administrative tasks so they...

Qualified overseas practitioners can fill gaps in regional and remote areas. Image: Nilsversemann/stock.adobe.com.

Soapbox

The need for overseas audiology professionals

by Staff Writer

November 4, 2024

BY NICK TAYLOR There is a need for more overseas audiology professionals in Australia. Qualified international practitioners can help fill...

Melbourne audiologist Yazdaneh Galt and her filmmaker daughter Noora Niasari infront of a poster of their Oscar-nominated movie, Shayda. Image: Yazdaneh Galt.

Audiologists

A triumph of the human spirit

by Helen Carter

October 28, 2024

The powerful story of Melbourne audiologist YAZDANEH AMIRYAZDANI GALT has made it onto the silver screen and was nominated for Best...

The world's biggest hearing health event is coming to Sydney in 2030. Image: Audiology Australia.

International

Audiology Australia wins bid to host World Congress of Audiology in Sydney in 2030

by Helen Carter

October 25, 2024

Audiology Australia has pulled off a major coup with a successful bid to host the world’s biggest audiology and hearing...

More than one in 10 Aussies have workplace-related hearing damage but only one in four think about wearing hearing protection. More employers need to act and enforce laws to mitigate noise exposure. Image: danang/stock.adobe.com.

Noise-induced hearing loss

Hearing Australia finds 11% of Aussies have workplace-related hearing loss

by Helen Carter

October 16, 2024

New research from Hearing Australia shows that 11% of Australians have workplace-related noise-induced hearing loss and 25% know someone who is...

From left, Independent Audiologists Australia executive officer Ms Julie Watts with two of the speakers, Sunshine Coast audiologist Dr Dunay Schmulian and Brisbane lawyer and ethicist Professor Melinda Edwards at the IAA conference Audiology for Life! Image: Prime Creative Media.

Conferences

Audiology for Life! seminar a hit for Independent Audiologists Australia

by Helen Carter

October 15, 2024

Fifty audiologists from around Australia and New Zealand attended Independent Audiologist Australia’s first in-person event post-COVID in Melbourne. The Audiology...

The Fred Hollows Foundations seeks nominations for unsung heroes

Audiologists

Specsavers receives KPMG and Reader’s Digest customer service awards

Specsavers named one of the World’s Best Workplaces in 2024

Queensland audiologist Dr Angela Alexander’s link to Channing Tatum hearing loss movie

Brisbane audiologist Vi Bu is the 2024 Fred Hollows Humanitarian of the Year

Changes to the NDIS: What hearing practitioners need to know

The need for overseas audiology professionals

A triumph of the human spirit

Audiology Australia wins bid to host World Congress of Audiology in Sydney in 2030

Hearing Australia finds 11% of Aussies have workplace-related hearing loss

Audiology for Life! seminar a hit for Independent Audiologists Australia

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