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Oticon Medical's first active transcutaneous bone anchored hearing system – the Sentio System – has launched in Australia. Image: Oticon Medical.

Bone anchored hearing implants

Oticon Medical webinar to explore funding options for bone anchored hearing solutions

November 27, 2025

An upcoming Oticon Medical webinar will explore the different funding pathways available for non-surgical and surgical bone anchored hearing solutions...

ENT surgery from an operating theatre at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital will be live streamed into the hospital's Martin Family Auditorium. Images: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

Events

Education event to live stream ENT surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

by Helen Carter

September 11, 2025

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne will host a live ENT surgical education event showcasing advanced techniques in otologic and implantable...

Cochlear implants

The gift of hearing x 2,000; A milestone cochlear implant for Prof Catherine Birman

by Helen Carter

August 26, 2025

Sydney ENT surgeon Clinical Professor CATHERINE BIRMAN OAM achieved an incredible milestone in 2025, performing her 2,000th cochlear implant operation,...

ENT surgeon Dr Martin Nue Møller performing Eustachian tube balloon dilation on a child with chronic otitis media. Image: Martin Nue Møller.

Paediatrics

Eustachian tube balloon dilation appropriate as grommet alternative in some kids: AAO-HNS

by Helen Carter

August 9, 2025

The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) has released a position statement on paediatric Eustachian tube balloon dilation...

Attending a recent launch event for the Nucleus Nexa System are (from left) audiologist Ms Falguni Gami, clinical affairs manager at Cochlear Australia and New Zealand, and Mrs Esti Nel, principal research audiologist at Cochlear. Image: Cochlear.

Cochlear implants

Cochlear to host Nucleus Nexa webinar for practitioners whose patients wear hearing aids

by Helen Carter

August 1, 2025

Cochlear will host a webinar for audiologists, audiometrists, and healthcare professionals whose patients have hearing loss and wear hearing aids....

Neural progenitor cells forming synaptic connections. The therapy makes auditory progenitors (the early forms of mature sensory cells in the cochlea) from stem cells. When delivered to the cochlea, they can become functional auditory neurons, re-establishing nerve connections in the cochlea. Image: Arthaphan/stock.adobe.com.

Cell therapy

Rinri Therapeutics to start first stem cell trial in humans aiming to reverse hearing loss

by Helen Carter

July 3, 2025

Rinri Therapeutics has received approval to go ahead with its world first trial in humans of cell therapies that aim...

Tasmanian Health Minister, the Hon Jacquie Petrusma MP, showing her cochlear implant processor in the Tasmanian parliament. Image: Jacquie Petrusma.

Cochlear implants

Jacquie Petrusma; blazing a trail as our first politician with a cochlear implant

by Helen Carter

June 21, 2025

New Tasmanian Health Minister JACQUIE PETRUSMA MP is believed to be the first Australian politician with a cochlear implant. A...

Scientist Dr Erin Brazel from The University of Adelaide is a past recipient of a Passe & Williams junior fellowship for her work on otitis media vaccines. Image: The University of Adelaide.

Research

Passe & Williams Foundation opens new round of grants, announces new fellowship

by Helen Carter

June 19, 2025

The Passe & Williams Foundation has announced that its next annual award round for funding of Otolaryngology Head and Neck...

Only 10-11% of adults who could benefit from a CI have them in Australia. The guidelines aim to improve this adoption rate by providing a structured approach to care, making it easier for adults to access and benefit from cochlear implants. Image: tunedin/stock.adobe.com.

Cochlear implants

ANZ Hearing Health Collaborative develops guidelines for cochlear implantation in adults

by Helen Carter

April 26, 2025

Draft national guidelines have been developed for cochlear implantation (CI) in adults to address gaps in care, enhance access and...

The soft auditory brainstem implant (ABI) developed at EPFL is designed to gently conform to brain tissue, enhancing signal precision and patient comfort. Image:
©2025 EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0.

Surgery and other implants

Swiss researchers develop soft brainstem implant to deliver high resolution hearing

by Helen Carter

April 22, 2025

Swiss researchers have developed a flexible auditory brainstem implant (ABI) which they claim perfectly fits the curved surface of the...

Eye and Ear, GV Health partner for regional Victoria’s first cochlear implant surgery

Surgery and other implants

Oticon Medical webinar to explore funding options for bone anchored hearing solutions

Education event to live stream ENT surgery at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

The gift of hearing x 2,000; A milestone cochlear implant for Prof Catherine Birman

Eustachian tube balloon dilation appropriate as grommet alternative in some kids: AAO-HNS

Cochlear to host Nucleus Nexa webinar for practitioners whose patients wear hearing aids

Rinri Therapeutics to start first stem cell trial in humans aiming to reverse hearing loss

Jacquie Petrusma; blazing a trail as our first politician with a cochlear implant

Passe & Williams Foundation opens new round of grants, announces new fellowship

ANZ Hearing Health Collaborative develops guidelines for cochlear implantation in adults

Swiss researchers develop soft brainstem implant to deliver high resolution hearing

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