Hearing research institutions

(Top) An audiology graduate has many career paths they can follow. (Below) UWA audiology alumni, the audiology teaching team, audiologists and scientists at the 25th anniversary celebrations of the UWA's Master of Clinical Audiology. Images: Rawpixel/stock.adobe.com and UWA.

University and training

Choosing the right path in audiology

July 7, 2025

The clinic might still be the mainstay for hearing practitioners, but many other avenues also lead to rewarding careers in...

Macquarie University's Professor Bamini Gopinath. Image: Macquarie University.

Workforce

Macquarie University study identifies variability in hearing healthcare

by Helen Carter

June 5, 2025

An Australian study in wearers of hearing aids and cochlear implants has identified variability in hearing healthcare from GPs and...

Research

Grant to develop silk-based material for chronic suppurative otitis media

by Helen Carter

May 31, 2025

Ear Science Institute Australia researcher Dr Pramod Dorishetty has received funding to develop a natural, silk-based wound packing material to...

The Macquarie University study found regular intake of fish seemed to reduce the risk of age-related hearing loss but it is the only study globally so far to have found this. Image: D/stock.adobe.com.

Report

Nutrition and hearing health

by Staff Writer

May 29, 2025

Sydney audiologist DR CELENE MCNEILL and Macquarie University Hearing postdoctoral Research Fellow and dietitian DR DIANA TANG discuss the potential...

From left, Kamal Sen, Alexander Boyd and Virginia Best who tested the algorithm’s ability to help hearing aid users separate sounds in noisy places. Image: Jackie Ricciardi, BU.

Hearing aids

Boston Uni researchers develop new hearing aid algorithm to improve word recognition

by Helen Carter

May 11, 2025

US researchers claim their new hearing aid algorithm could improve word recognition accuracy in noisy situations by up to 40%....

The NAL-NL3 was a huge team effort with every National Acoustic Laboratories employee involved including audiologists, signal processing engineers, and engineers with expertise in hearing aid design and manufacture, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Image: NAL.

Products

The new NAL-NL3 hearing aid fitting formula: An evolution and a revolution

by Helen Carter

May 5, 2025

Those behind the first new hearing aid fitting formula in 15 years, the National Acoustic Laboratories' NAL-NL3, discuss everything audiologists...

Dr Juliette Sterkens speaking at the presentation on Auracast and telecoils at the Australian Hearing Hub. Images: Macquarie University Hearing and Juliette Sterkens.

Assistive listening devices

Auracast must overcome adoption barriers, Juliette Sterkens tells Australian Hearing Hub presentation

by Helen Carter

April 11, 2025

American audiologist Dr Juliette Sterkens says Auracast must overcome adoption barriers and be integrated into most hearing aids for widespread...

Some HHSA members at its meeting on 12-13 March in Melbourne at Amplifon headquarters where discussion included election priorities. HHSA chair Jane MacDonald is sixth from left and deputy chair Leanne Emerson third from right. Image: Prime Creative Media.

Hearing Health Sector Alliance

HHSA urges Govt to extend HSP to low-income people and create new aged care screening item

by Helen Carter

March 31, 2025

The Hearing Health Sector Alliance (HHSA) has named four priority actions for the 2025 Australian federal election including extending the...

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...

Research has shown that people with hearing loss are at more risk of a fall. Image: Andrey Popov/stock.adobe.com.

JAMA review finds hearing loss raises risk of falls

by Staff Writer

March 24, 2025

An analysis of 27 previous studies involving more than five million people, including Australians, has found that people with hearing...

New falls guidelines urge hearing assessment on aged care admission and annually

Hearing research institutions

Choosing the right path in audiology

Macquarie University study identifies variability in hearing healthcare

Grant to develop silk-based material for chronic suppurative otitis media

Nutrition and hearing health

Boston Uni researchers develop new hearing aid algorithm to improve word recognition

The new NAL-NL3 hearing aid fitting formula: An evolution and a revolution

Auracast must overcome adoption barriers, Juliette Sterkens tells Australian Hearing Hub presentation

HHSA urges Govt to extend HSP to low-income people and create new aged care screening item

Groundbreaking NAL-NL3 fitting formula reveals new ways of fitting hearing aids

JAMA review finds hearing loss raises risk of falls

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