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Welcome to Australia’s online lipreading program.

Welcome to Australia’s online lipreading program.

Feel more connected to conversations and the world around you. Video lessons (with captions for hearing accessibility) help you start, or build on, your ability to lipread. Learn and practice lipreading at your own pace from the comfort of your own home. Feel more confident about your ability to communicate in challenging listening environments by […]

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The elephant in the room — a cure for hearing loss.

The elephant in the room — a cure for hearing loss.

Prof David McAlpine at Macquarie University asks, do we need a cure or is what we have enough to solve the problem? “I’m going to say that the answer is — we need a cure, and the reason is because there is much of hearing loss we can’t prevent — even so-called preventable hearing loss.” […]

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Working together to fix the NDIS: new report.

Working together to fix the NDIS: new report.

The Government’s review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme was published this month. In the Working together to deliver the NDIS report, there are 26 recommendations with 139 actions to improve the scheme over the next five years. The NDIS is jointly funded by the Australian, state and territory governments. The NDIS was established in […]

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Understand and compare hearing aid technology.

Understand and compare hearing aid technology.

Hearing Aid Features Explained is a new resource to help hearing aid users and the general public understand the large, and often overwhelming, landscape of hearing aid technology available in the hearing device market today. The Guide is presented from the perspective of a person’s listening needs. It was created by The National Acoustic Laboratories. […]

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Be honest: Festive socialising with tinnitus.

Be honest: Festive socialising with tinnitus.

When you have tinnitus, socialising in noisy places may be the last thing you want to do. During the festive period, the pressure to join in and have a good time can be overwhelming. Office drinks, family parties and children’s concerts can all bring a level of stress about how you’ll cope with the noise.  […]

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Improving the lives of deaf or hard of hearing children.

Improving the lives of deaf or hard of hearing children.

Dear parent, carer, child, young person, ANCHOR is short for Australian National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry. The registry is a way of collecting information about child hearing. Become a research partner in the first Australian registry to improve the lives of deaf or hard of hearing children. This is an important research project conducted […]

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