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...
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...
A reedy pipe and a high-pitched trill duet against the backdrop of a low-pitched insect drone. Their symphony is the sound of a forest, and is monitored by scientists to gauge biodiversity. The recording from the forest in Ecuador is part of new research looking at...
The benefits of student sports include getting exercise, learning teamwork, developing discipline, and building friendships. But one of the drawbacks is that, especially in contact sports, young people are at risk for hearing loss. Unfortunately, this is not something...
The Deafness Forum board formed a working group in March 2023 to conduct a review with the purpose of modernising the constitution in line with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission model, and to bring clarity to sections that were unclear or...
Calls for National Regulation of Audiologists: Townsville hospital audiology failures prompt millions in compensation. As reported in this article by Andrew Messenger for The Guardian, The Queensland government will pay more than $2.2m to families of 97 child patients...