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...
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You can join the international HEARsearch community
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...
Sign language teachers in remote Pacific
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...
Review of Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
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...
I thought needing captions meant I was getting old. Not so.
I thought needing captions meant I was getting old. Turns out it is all the rage among the kids. By Arwa Mahdawi writing for The Guardian Apparently, four out of five viewers between 18 and 25 put subtitles (captions) on – but it is not for the reasons you might...
How can we accept hes died from an ear infection in the 21st century?
The NSW Coroners Court has found the death of an Indigenous man in custody, stemming from a middle ear infection, was preventable. Image: Mr Shillingsworth’s family conducted a smoking ceremony outside court. (ABC News: Tim Swanston) WARNING: This story contains...