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Tinnitus

Audiology Australia says awareness is the first step to tackling high rates of tinnitus

February 3, 2025

This Tinnitus Awareness Week (3-9 February 2025), Audiology Australia is highlighting the importance of raising awareness of tinnitus as the...

ACAud inc HAASA and Audiology Australia say excluding audiometrists from Ahpra registration if audiologists proceed down this path could negatively impact audiometrists and the public. Image: Monster Zsudio/stock.adobe.com.

Medical Board of Australia/Ahpra

Audiometrists seeking Ahpra registration if audiologists proceed; peak bodies concerned at exclusion

by Helen Carter

January 14, 2025

Australia’s health ministers have agreed in-principle to national Ahpra registration of audiologists but consultation continues, and audiometrists are now seeking...

It's hoped direct referral pathways to ENTs will simplify and expedite patient care but some such as ASOHNS believe the move could risk patient care. Image: volurol/stock.adobe.com.

Audiologists

Reaction to direct audiologist to ENT surgeon referral mooted in scope of practice report

by Helen Carter

December 31, 2024

Some peak hearing industry bodies have welcomed the landmark scope of practice review recommendation that audiologists and speech pathologists in...

AudA Accredited Audiologist Bec Allnutt, left, senior audiologist and manager Hearing Health Services Central Australia at the Department of Health NT Government, with Community Hearing Worker Jennifer Stuart, from NT Health. Allnutt is a descendant of the Dalrymple Tribe of the Plangermaireener Nation in Tasmania. Image: NT Health.

Indigenous ear health

First AudA training to equip audiologists with tools for culturally responsive care

by Helen Carter

December 17, 2024

Audiology Australia (AudA) has developed a new, free online training module to help audiologists and other hearing professionals nationwide improve...

Industry representatives who will present at the HBA seminar include, top L to R, Dr Judy Grobstein (Starkey), Kon Kyranakis (Natus), Sheena Cuthbert (WS Audiology); bottom, L to R, Christopher Brew (GN), Geraldine Todd (Widex), Anders Damkjaer Nielson (HIMSA). Images: Supplied to HBA.

Conferences

Hearing Business Alliance 2025 seminar on transforming small business models

by Helen Carter

December 12, 2024

Hearing Business Alliance (HBA) has released program and speaker details for its three-day seminar in Melbourne in 2025. The theme...

Front L to R: Dr Emma Laird (newly elected), Dr Yetta Abrahams (co-vice president), Lia Traves (co-vice president), Emma Ramsay (treasurer), Dr Barbra Timmer (president). Back L to R: Dr Jessica Vitkovic, Sam Harkus, Catherine Hart, Luke Austin (newly elected). Image: Audiology Australia.

Audiology Australia

Strong leadership and new faces in 2025 Audiology Australia board

by Helen Carter

December 12, 2024

Dr Barbra Timmer will remain as president of Audiology Australia (AudA), the nation’s peak accrediting and advocacy body for audiology...

The Audiology Australia 2025 Conference at Adelaide Convention Centre will feature the theme, 'Unite, innovate and evolve together', Image: jovannig/stock.adobe.com.

National

Early bird registration open for the Audiology Australia 2025 Conference in Adelaide

by Helen Carter

December 11, 2024

Early bird registration is now open for the Audiology Australia 2025 Conference at Adelaide Convention Centre from 1-4 April 2025. Audiologists...

(From left) ACAud inc HAASA CEO Miguel Diaz, Jan Bollard, Andrew Sharrock, Vijay Marimuthu, Cameron Dicieri, Kylie Dicieri, Mark Paton, Margeurite Rushworth, Janette Brazel and Helen King. Image: ACAud inc HAASA.

New appointments

Adelaide audiologist/audiometrist Kylie Dicieri to chair ACAud inc. HAASA Board

by Helen Carter

December 9, 2024

Adelaide audiologist and audiometrist Ms Kylie Dicieri is the new chair of the Australian College of Audiology incorporating HAASA (ACAud...

A basal cell carcinoma on the ear from over exposure to UVA particularly sunlight, resulting in the need for an operation to remove it. Image: plazaccamera/stock.adobe.com.

Features

Skin cancers and conditions on the ears

by Helen Carter

November 10, 2024

Summer is approaching which is a good reminder for hearing practitioners to look out for suspicious lesions and spots in,...

Audiology Australia’s editorial manager and MC for its online conference, Ms Jenny Smith, top left, with speakers from the National Acoustic Laboratories, top right, research audiologist Ms Teagan Young, bottom left, senior research audiologist Dr Bec Bennett and head of audiological science Dr Pádraig Kitterick. Image: Prime Creative Media.

Independent audiology

Audiology Australia Online Conference increases flexibility, CPD options

by Helen Carter

November 4, 2024

Audiology Australia (AudA) will run its Online Conference every two years as part of a program of online events to...

Innovate to fly: Indepth report on Hearing Business Alliance’s 2025 Seminar in Melbourne

Associations

Audiology Australia says awareness is the first step to tackling high rates of tinnitus

Audiometrists seeking Ahpra registration if audiologists proceed; peak bodies concerned at exclusion

Reaction to direct audiologist to ENT surgeon referral mooted in scope of practice report

First AudA training to equip audiologists with tools for culturally responsive care

Hearing Business Alliance 2025 seminar on transforming small business models

Strong leadership and new faces in 2025 Audiology Australia board

Early bird registration open for the Audiology Australia 2025 Conference in Adelaide

Adelaide audiologist/audiometrist Kylie Dicieri to chair ACAud inc. HAASA Board

Skin cancers and conditions on the ears

Audiology Australia Online Conference increases flexibility, CPD options

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