Like wheelchair ramps for people with hearing difficulty.
Assistive Listening Systems are like wheelchair ramps for people with hearing difficulty. They provide users with a silent, wireless connection to a facility's sound system either through earphones or the telecoils in hearing aids and cochlear or bone implant...
NAL: Applying AI in Hearing Healthcare.
Hearing healthcare stands at the threshold of significant change, driven by rapidly evolving capabilities of Artificial Intelligence. In traditional models of hearing healthcare, a standardised approach is commonly employed. Generic hearing aids or cochlear implants...
Hypnotised by hype? Hearing aids and dementia.
Hearing loss is an important component of healthy ageing. Yet, the current hype is focused on the association between hearing loss and cognition, in particular, risk of dementia. One could be forgiven for thinking it is only worth addressing hearing loss because of...
Lowest Income groups excluded from Government program.
Hearing loss affects communication and social engagement and limits educational and employment opportunities. Effective treatment for hearing loss is available in the form of communication training (for example, lipreading and auditory training), hearing aids and...
Master Lipreading to Unlock Silent Conversations.
You can access a free preview of our Read Our Lips Australia online lipreading course to see what it is all about. Read Our Lips Australia is a self-paced online learning platform that is dedicated to supporting those with hearing loss and their families, by improving...
Will Audiology become a Registered Profession?
State and Territory Health Ministers have agreed to consider options for regulating the audiology profession in the future, including regulation under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. Audiology is currently a self-regulating profession. Occupational...