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Recipients, left column, Dr Yingjie Hu (top), Dr Colette McKay (middle), Mardi Gammon (bottom.) Centre, Dr Nayellin Reyes-Chicuellar (top), Dr Jeremy Pinyon (bottom.) Right, Dr Mukesh Prasad (top), Dr Sharon Clark (middle), Associate Professor Miriam Welgampola (bottom). Images: Passe & Williams Foundation and the Bionics Institute.

Research

Passe & Williams Foundation awards otology, vestibular and audiology grants

February 6, 2025

The Passe & Williams Foundation has announced 17 awardees, including many doing ear research, who will share in its 2025...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care found people in aged care do not receive regular hearing checks. Image: Pixelshot/stock.adobe.com.

Soapbox

Optimising health, wellbeing and independence in aged care

by Staff Writer

February 2, 2025

BY PROFESSOR PIERS DAWES About 90% of the 213,400 people in Australian residential aged care communities have a hearing impairment,...

About 40,000 Australians are estimated to have Ménière’s disease. Research officer Yolanda Liu is pictured working on the gene mutation discovery at the Kolling Institute. Image: Kolling Institute.

Meniere's disease

Kolling Institute gene mutation find means inherited Ménière’s may be more common

by Helen Carter

January 30, 2025

The inherited or genetic form of Ménière’s disease may be more common than first realised, according to Kolling Institute researchers...

Head of the ENT department at the University Hospital of Liège, Belgium, Professor Philippe Lefèbvre implanted MED-EL's totally implantable cochlear implant (TICI) into a young man with almost complete hearing loss. He was the first person to receive the TICI in Europe, Image: MED-EL.

Cochlear implants

First in-human results for MED-EL’s totally implantable cochlear implant

by Helen Carter

January 27, 2025

A feasibility study which evaluated the safety and performance of MED-EL’s novel totally implantable cochlear implant (TICI) suggests it can...

With the help of cell cultures and inner ear models, the study found AC102 has an anti-inflammatory effect and protects the hair cells and auditory nerves from dying. Pictured is a 3D illustration of inner ear hair cells. PRB ARTS/stock.adobe.com.

Clinical trials

Molecule AC102 could help treat acute sudden hearing loss, researchers say

by Helen Carter

January 26, 2025

Researchers are investigating a novel molecule which they claim offers hope of an effective treatment for acute sudden hearing loss...

Associate Professor David Szmulewicz with MJD Foundation staff (L-R) Kayte Bennett (speech pathologist), Julie Wunungmurra (Aboriginal community worker/senior cultural consultant), Gillian Edmiston (registered nurse), Gen Agostinelli (physiotherapist).
Image: The MJD Foundation.

Balance testing equipment

New tool from the Eye and Ear and Bionics Institute for people with balance disorders

by Helen Carter

January 26, 2025

Research by The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital’s Complex Balance Disorders and Ataxia Service plus the Bionics Institute is...

A young woman with Graves' disease. The study found use of teprotumumab in patients with thyroid conditions,was associated with a nearly 24-fold increased likelihood of any hearing disorder. Image: Andriy Blokhin/stock.adobe.com.

Research

US doctors report hearing impairment cases linked to thyroid eye disease treatment

by Helen Carter

January 17, 2025

American doctors have documented 84 hearing-related adverse events in patients taking teprotumumab (Tepezza) for thyroid eye disease, a treatment which...

The study revealed a 57% increased risk of Parkinson's for every 10-decibel increase in baseline hearing impairment. Image: Peakstock/stock.adobe.com.

Hearing industry insights

UK study suggests link between hearing loss and Parkinson’s disease

by Helen Carter

January 17, 2025

Another study has suggested there may be a link between hearing impairment and an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease....

Farmer Craig Bowes found it increasingly hard to hear people in noisy or crowded spaces and was motivated to act after talking with farmer friends who use a hearing aid at social events such as a party or the pub. Image: Hearing Australia.

Research

Hearing Australia survey suggests one in every two adults has hearing problems

by Helen Carter

January 13, 2025

One in every two Australian adults over age 25 admit to having hearing problems and being concerned about it but...

From left, Dr Ruth Thornton, Professor Raj Shekhawat and Professor Sarah Vreugde are the latest researchers to receive NHMRC grants. Images: Ruth Thornton, Flinders University and Sarah Vreugde.

Hearing industry insights

NHMRC grants fund brain stimulation for tinnitus, and novel otitis media treatments

by Helen Carter

December 30, 2024

The latest NHMRC grants will fund brain stimulation treatment for tinnitus, and novel otitis media therapies including gel medication to...

Hearing aids may help protect older adults from frailty, study suggests

Research

Passe & Williams Foundation awards otology, vestibular and audiology grants

Optimising health, wellbeing and independence in aged care

Kolling Institute gene mutation find means inherited Ménière’s may be more common

First in-human results for MED-EL’s totally implantable cochlear implant

Molecule AC102 could help treat acute sudden hearing loss, researchers say

New tool from the Eye and Ear and Bionics Institute for people with balance disorders

US doctors report hearing impairment cases linked to thyroid eye disease treatment

UK study suggests link between hearing loss and Parkinson’s disease

Hearing Australia survey suggests one in every two adults has hearing problems

NHMRC grants fund brain stimulation for tinnitus, and novel otitis media treatments

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