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Changing mindsets
World Hearing Day 2024
Let’s make ear and hearing care a reality for all!
Australian Hearing Hub members organisations join the World Health Organisation's (WHO) global effort to improve ear and hearing care for all!
For the latest updates on what's happening at AHH, connect with us on LinkedIn.
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| Breaking the Silence: Voices of Resilience and Advocacy |
The Shepherd Centre conducted interviews with individuals living with deafness or hearing loss, exploring common misconceptions and ways to overcome them.
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| Challenging misconceptions for World Hearing Day |
More than 150 people attended a Macquarie University Hearing event on 4 March to celebrate World Hearing Day. The day opened with an ‘ask us anything’ panel discussion with people who have lived experience of hearing loss.
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| Why we should all care about unaddressed hearing loss |
NextSense Chief Executive Chris Rehn shares his thoughts on the importance of addressing hearing loss and the impacts of not doing so.
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| Surprising risk factors in adult hearing loss: data review |
A Macquarie University Hearing research team, led by Professor Bamini Gopinath, collated and reviewed data from 72 epidemiological studies that compared various risk factors linked to the incidence of hearing loss.
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| Hearing Australia and Cochlear sign a three-year agreement |
Hearing Australia is proud to partner with Cochlear to help transform the lives of children and adults with hearing loss. Last month, the organisations further strengthened their relationship with the signing of a new three-year agreement.
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| Hearing the Nation Tour |
In celebration of World Hearing Day, Hearing Australia is hitting the road again this month to help more people across the country access hearing help through the Hearing the Nation Tour
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| NAL team awarded two grants |
NAL’s Viji Easwar, Head of Paediatric Hearing Loss, and Xiaoyin Shang, Head of Strategy and Innovation, have recently been awarded grants. Viji has been awarded the NHMRC Investigator Grant and Xiaoyin has been awarded a grant from the National Industry PhD Program.
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| $7.3 million in NHMRC grants for Macquarie health projects |
Eight projects led by Macquarie University researchers received a total of more than $7.3 million. One of the projects, led by Professor Bamini Gopinath, Macquarie University Hearing, receives $660,737 over three years for ‘HearHealth: A co-designed online support service empowering consumers with hearing loss’.
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| 5000 PLUMs |
NAL is analysing over 5000 Parent-evaluated Listening & Understanding Measure (PLUM) results for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. This will help to determine how good the PLUM is at predicting a child’s long term ear health.
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| STORM: Systematically, Together, Overcoming Racism Model |
Systemic racism significantly affects the health and well-being of priority populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Therefore system and structural levers must be identified along with institutions and organisations who can lead transformational social and political change.
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| Pioneer Award for hearing researcher |
Macquarie University hearing researcher, Professor Andrej Kral, has been recognised for his groundbreaking work to improve our understanding of brain adaptation to neuroprosthetic stimulation.
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Audiology Masterclass Series 2024
Session 1: The cost of concealing: New learnings about stigma experiences of adults with hearing loss and their families
Dates: 28 March
Time: 12-1pm AEDT
Cost: $50 /Free for AHH Members not seeking accreditation
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Audiology Masterclass Series 2024
Session 2: What options do I have? Developing a prototype web-based decision aid for adults with hearing loss (Professor Louise Hickson)
Dates: 5 April
Time: 12-1pm AEDT
Cost: $50 / Free for AHH Members not seeking accreditation
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Audiology Masterclass Series 2024
Session 3: Hearing Pathway: a baby’s journey (Dr Carolyn Cottier, Florencia Montes, Lisa Bristowe, Belinda Reeve)
Date: 1 May
Time: 12-1pm AEST
Cost: $50 /Free for AHH Members not seeking accreditation
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A day at the Australian Hearing Hub for IToD
Date: Friday 5 July 2024
Time: 900 – 3:00
Location: In person at the AHH and remote access
Access to the Beyond Speech Conference being held on 4 July (Online) will be automatically allocated to all ticket holders.
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Audiology Masterclass Series 2024
Session 4: Vestibular function and balance performance in children with sensorineural hearing loss (Dr Donella Chisari)
Dates: 23 October 2024
Time: 12-1pm AEDT
Cost: $50 / Free for AHH Members not seeking accreditation
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Hear for You Mentor Training 2024
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QLD ran their first session on Sunday 25th March. The training will be completed by 23rd March
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NSW will run their first session on Saturday 2nd March at the Australian Hearing Hub. The training will be completed by 6th April
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or mentor for Hear For You, please get in touch with John Lui at john.lui@shepherdcentre.org.au |
Participate in research
We need people of all ages to take part in research projects and help contribute to better diagnosis and treatment. Take a look at some of the projects we are currently working on and if you're interested please make contact.
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Understanding Hearing Aid/Cochlear Implant Performance in Realistic Environments
We are currently recruiting people aged between 40-80yrs who wear two cochlear implants (Nucelus 5, 6, 7 or 8), or a cochlear implant and a hearing aid together (bimodal). The study takes place in-person at the Australian Hearing Hub at Macquarie University over 2-3 appointments between 1.5hrs-3hrs, and participants will receive $30/hour for participating. Participation includes hearing and speech testing, measurement of hearing devices, and wearing a loaner hearing aid for a fortnight if one is worn. For further eligibility requirements and study details, please send us an email - we'd love to hear from you!
Contact:lisa.maggs@mq.edu.au
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For children who find reading difficult
Children (aged 6-12) who experience reading difficulties are invited to help us create a robot reading buddy. These sessions will include an interview that will involve drawing us a robot and being asked questions. They will also get to meet 3 of our very own robots! You child will be asked to complete short reading assessments and the interview will be audio recorded. You will also be asked to complete a questionnaire about your child’s behaviour and wellbeing. The sessions will take about 90 minutes and your child will be given $30 for their time. For more information, please contact Hannah
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An initiative of Macquarie University, the Australian Hearing Hub brings the country’s best hearing and allied health organisations together.
The Australian Hearing Hub is an initiative of the Australian Government being conducted as part of the Education Investment Fund.
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