International Archives - Hearing Practitioner Australia

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

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

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

by Helen Carter

January 12, 2026

The online Post-Professional Doctor of Audiology Program from America’s A.T. Still University is gaining momentum with audiologists from Australia and...

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

Deaf Connect backs Team Australia at the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics

by Helen Carter

November 18, 2025

The Australian Deaflympic team has touched down at the 2025 Tokyo Deaflympics, funded through a $40,000 Deaf Connect sponsorship. Distributed...

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

by Helen Carter

May 4, 2025

Independent Audiologists Australia will host an online conference on autism and listening with experts from across disciplines sharing groundbreaking research...

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

by Helen Carter

April 7, 2025

Menière’s disease patient Mr Stephen Spring and his former doctor, ENT surgeon Professor Bill Gibson, have developed a patient/practitioner education...

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

by Helen Carter

March 31, 2025

Organisers of the 2025 Virtual Conference on Computational Audiology (VCCA2025) are calling for submissions on research, innovative projects, software, tools...

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

by Helen Carter

March 28, 2025

The National Acoustic Laboratories’ long-awaited NAL-NL3 hearing aid fitting prescription formula was revealed today at the American Academy of Audiology...