Preventing hearing loss is one of our key goals.
Preventive health action is the key to achieving a healthier Australia by 2030. Australians in good health are better able to lead fulfilling and productive lives. Avoidable hearing loss and a reluctance to seek professional help when hearing is fading represent an...
How to stop headphones damaging your hearing
With our lives increasingly spent plugged into our phones and computers, you possibly find your ears are frequently sporting headphones. As it stands, one in six Australians suffers from hearing loss, and the number is expected to rise to one in four by 2050, says...
Factors in captioning and patterns of caption use
Captions is the text version of speech and other sounds in traditional audio-visual media such as films, television, DVDs and online videos. Captions are provided to enhance audio content and benefit people: with hearing difficulties with learning difficulties with...
Intersectionality in the Deaf community: video
In this episode of Our Deaf Ways, First Nations Australian Sue Frank and Petra Svab discuss how their attitudes have been shaped by their experiences, and the layered barriers they have faced. Watch the video by Deaf Australia on Youtube The recently-released...
Gael Hannan writes about Parenting with hearing loss
Being a mother has been the most wonderful relationship in my life but, in many ways, the most challenging. As I waited for my son to be born, I felt that my role as a mother was to give him three things: love, safety, and the communication skills to help him make the...
Cocktail Party Effect is not exclusive to human hearing
Many people have trouble following conversations in a noisy space. Carnegie Mellon University’s Barbara Shinn-Cunningham has spent her career conducting research to better understand this problem and how it affects people at cocktail parties, coffee shops and grocery...