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ENT surgery waiting times have dropped including for grommet surgery but they are still the longest of any speciality, the AIHW said. Images: Marius Venter and Hejua/stock.adobe.com.

Surgery and other implants

ENT public patients waiting longest for elective surgery, says AIHW

February 25, 2026

Public patients waiting for ear, nose and throat (ENT) elective surgery in 2024-25 faced the longest delays of any surgical...

Integrating automated analysis into surgical tools may limit insertion trauma, Cr Christo Bester said. Image: anatoliy_gleb/stock.adobe.com.

Electrococheleography

From innovation to implementation: Preserving residual hearing in cochlear implants

by Staff Writer

February 23, 2026

For International Cochlear Implant Day on 25 February 2026, DR CHRISTO BESTER reviews two decades of electrocochleography-guided cochlear implantation, revealing...

(From left) Chief investigator, ENT surgeon Professor Stephen O’Leary from The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and cochlear implant fellow Dr Phoebe Ramos demonstrating Hear Alert to cochlear implant recipient Sean Kelleher from Bendigo. Image: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

Cochlear implants

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

by Helen Carter

February 20, 2026

The Australian Government is helping to fund a local invention pioneered by ENT surgeons and scientists that aims to be...

The successful grant recipients, top (L-R), Professor Stephen O'Leary, Dr Christo Bester, Dr Claire Frauenfelder; second row (L-R) Associate Professor Timothy Wells, Associate Professor Bryony Nayagam, Dr Nathan Creber. Bottom (L-R) Dr Jeremy Pinyon, Mr Pablo Cruz-Granados and Associate Professor Bernard Whitfield. Images: Passe & Williams Foundation/Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital/Ear Science Institute Australia/Jeremy Pinyon.

Ear conditions

Passe & Williams Foundation funds world first inner ear cell atlas and other research

by Helen Carter

February 12, 2026

The first complete “cell atlas” of the human inner ear is being developed at The University of Melbourne and supported...

Earbus co-founder, nurse audiometrist Dee Parker checking a child's ears. Image: Earbus.

Otitis media (middle ear infection)

Otitis media: Breaking down the barriers

by Helen Carter

February 10, 2026

For otitis media in Australia, there’s an abundance of research and prevention activities, education, and management and treatment options. While...

National Capital Private Hospital in Canberra will be sold to Ramsay Health. Image: Healthscope.

Workforce

New not for profit organisation to operate 31 Healthscope hospitals

by Helen Carter

February 9, 2026

A new not-for-profit organisation will be created to operate 31 Healthscope hospitals, and another five will be sold to existing...

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

by Helen Carter

February 4, 2026

Australian cochlear implant pioneer and surgeon/scientist, Professor Graeme Clark AC, has shared in the 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering....