Research at the Institute
Research into new technology and clinically applicable outcomes
for ear and hearing disorders is the principal focus of Ear Science
Institute Australia. Every research project is aimed
at helping our patients and the community. This partnership
between research and active treatment makes the Lions Ear and
Hearing Institute a unique and comprehensive healthcare resource.
The Institute's research group comprises of a highly skilled
team of specialists including:
Otolaryngologists
Bio-Engineers
Computer Scientists
Cell and Tissue Biologists
Audiologists
Undergraduates and Postgraduate Students
The work is carried out in close collaboration with surgeons,
industry, other research institutions, universities, hospitals,
Government agencies, and patients.
Masters and PhD research projects are available for science, engineering,
audiology and medical graduates from Australia and overseas.
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 Focus of Research
Ear Science Institute Australia has gained a sound reputation as
leaders in research and technology into the many debilitating diseases that affect hearing.
Our commitment to the cause has been recognised internationally as our
researchers continue to focus on these three major areas:
Tissue Engineering
Telemedicine
Audiology
Tissue Engineering
New tissues and organs to replace those damaged
through disease or trauma can be grown from patients' own cells.
Current treatment attempts to reconstruct the defects but often
do not restore functions such as hearing. Researchers and
scientists at Ear Science Institute Australia are developing
techniques to engineer the eardrum, sections of the ear canal
and the ossicular chain bones to restore the exact functions of
the ear.
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Telemedicine
The Institute has developed a telemedicine
system to provide ear and hearing specialist care to those in
remote areas. Images, clinical data and test results are sent
through computer networks to be assessed and diagnosed online.
This can potentially decrease the high level of ear disease in
many areas of Australia and in developing countries. This highly
acclaimed development has the potential to change clinical care
models in urban and regional areas.
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Audiology
Giving hearing to those who have never heard,
or returning hearing to those who have lost it, is now possible
with a number of implant devices. These can greatly enhance the
patient's quality of life. The Ear Science Institute Australia's
researchers are involved in the advancement of these devices and
the development of rehabilitation techniques that must accompany
these implants.
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