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

March 8, 2026

The Australian launch of Starkey’s new Omega AI, which the company said is a world first hearing aid with DNN-powered...

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

Hearing industry insights

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

by Helen Carter

March 6, 2026

GN Hearing ANZ’s Accelerate Partnership Program supports independent audiology clinics by providing comprehensive business solutions beyond product sales. HPA gains...

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

by Helen Carter

March 6, 2026

Australian surgeons are reporting success after implanting Oticon Medical’s first active transcutaneous bone anchored hearing solution, the Sentio System. HPA...

Deaf First Nations LGBTQIA+ artist Daniel McDonald with his artwork which he said symbolised GN’s role as a centre of hearing technology, enabling Australians to listen, communicate and connect. Image: GN.

Manufacturers

GN Hearing Australia commits to reconciliation with RAP launch

by Helen Carter

March 6, 2026

GN Hearing Australia has launched its Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), bringing employees and partners together for an event that...

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.

Assistive listening devices

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

by Helen Carter

March 5, 2026

The University of Queensland is the first university in Australia to implement Auracast streaming technology that will improve accessibility for...

The new research released by the Hearing Care Industry Association shows that when Australians living with hearing loss are proactive and get a hearing aid, their quality of life improves significantly. Image: Peakstock/Shutterstock.

Opinion

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

by Staff Writer

March 1, 2026

Opinion editorial by Donna Edman, Hearing Care Industry Association CEO When it comes to proactive care and prevention, hearing is...

The Starkey Australia team with managing director Dawn Rollings (centre, striped shirt) who says the best leaders know how to inspire teams to deliver excellence while also fostering an environment of empathy and support. Image: Starkey.

Soapbox

Balancing business success and compassionate care in modern healthcare leadership

by Staff Writer

February 27, 2026

Leadership matters now more than ever, says healthcare tech leader and audiologist DAWN ROLLINGS, as she discusses balancing business success...

(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...

Genevieve with her young inventor daughter Asha Daisy Hodgson who won the trip to Austria. Image: MED-EL.

Cochlear implants

Asha’s off to Austria to meet those who created her mum’s cochlear implant

by Helen Carter

February 20, 2026

Eight-year-old Asha Daisy Hodgson has won a trip to Austria with her mum Genevieve to meet the MED-EL scientists and...

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....

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

Manufacturers

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

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

GN Hearing Australia commits to reconciliation with RAP launch

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

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

Balancing business success and compassionate care in modern healthcare leadership

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

Asha’s off to Austria to meet those who created her mum’s cochlear implant

Professor Graeme Clark and other cochlear implant pioneers awarded QEPrize

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