People in the United States can buy hearing aids from October without seeing an audiologist. New rules provide a path for people in the U.S. to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical examination, prescription, or a fitting by a licensed hearing care provider. While the news […]
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The Disability Royal Commission will hold a public hearing in October to examine the experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse people with disability. This will include the unique experiences of Deaf people who identify as culturally and linguistically diverse, as members of the Deaf community. The public hearing will be an opportunity for the Royal […]
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Improving quality of life for people living in residential aged care with dementia by increasing hearing and vision support is the focus of a $1.2 million University of Queensland-led SENSEcog Care Australia study. The project was awarded funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council Medical Research Future Fund. University of QLD researchers will […]
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Announcement: Join HEARsearch and be part of NAL’s mission to improve the lives of people with hearing difficulties. The National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) is expanding the reach of its world-leading research studies by enabling people all over the world to participate and make a difference. We invite you to join the HEARsearch community. We don’t […]
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Australian Catholic University (ACU) and the Archdiocese of Honiara, Solomon Islands, have received a research grant of nearly $500,000 to lead a ground-breaking project to send sign language teachers into remote communities of the Pacific nation. The project is being funded through a research grant from a partnership between the governments of Solomon Islands, Australia, […]
The Disability Transport Standards are currently being reviewed by the Australian Government’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications & the Arts. We prepared a submission to the Review through the lens of our involvement in the Transport for NSW Accessible Transport Advisory Committee (ATAC), of which we are a long-standing member, represented by Ms […]
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