What are hearables?
What they are, who should use them, how they can help you, and where you can get them?Imagine coming home in the evening after work and a small device in…
Research
Changing how we manage children living with tinnitus
Understanding of paediatric tinnitusThis week Susan received the fantastic news from UWA that she has been awarded her doctorate (PhD) and is now officially Dr Susan Tegg-Quinn. Susan’s PhD focused…
Putting scarring in the cochlea under the microscope
Research has shown that cochlear implantation is the best treatment for hearing restoration for those with severe and profound hearing loss.Most cochlear implant recipients report an improvement in speech clarity…
The hidden risks associated with hearing loss
GPs and the scientific community agree that our growing aged population is one of our health system’s biggest challenges.The best outcome is for older Australians to enjoy a lengthy period…
Co-design. Just a buzzword, or can it increase creativity and create new ideas for health technologies?
A group of researchers from Ear Science Institute Australia, a team from Curtin University and students from the Discipline of Computing are going to find out.They have teamed up to…
WA inter-organisation research team supported by Telethon to target the high rates of ear disease in children
Chronic ear disease affects over 330 million primarily children worldwideIn its severest form, chronic suppurative otitis media, the eardrum perforates, and severe complications can result. Including hearing loss, brain infections…
A cochlea in a dish could revolutionise personalised medicine to cure lost hearing & sight
Imagine not being able to hear or see properly. You could feel cut off from hearing people and seeing the world; this is real for a small group of Western…
Ear Science Institute Australia | 2021 Impact Report
At Ear Science, our team knows that hearing is important.For a mother to hear her baby’s first words, For children to hear their friends laughing at a joke, To hear…
Scholarship | The applications of nano formulations and permeation enhancers in scaffold-associated healing in the middle ear
Ear Science Institute Australia ScholarshipSpecialised ear-based scaffold that are implanted within the middle ear, include those implanted directly on the eardrum in order to assess healing. These middle ear implants…
Scholarship | Tissue regeneration using cutting-edge nano engineering to treat hearing impairment targeting inner ear
Ear Science Institute Australia ScholarshipCutting-edge nano engineering has evolved over the last two decades to include drug, cell and gene therapies and protein-targeted deliveries to specific cells, in order to…