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…
Research
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 | 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…
The digital era of storytelling in remote communities
A digital platform to enhance connectivity, consistency and access to hearing and mental health services to reduce isolation and distress among Aboriginal children and young people.Ear Science Institute Australia has…
$100,000 boost to fund gene therapy research for hearing loss
Congratulations to Dr Elaine Wong, Lead Scientist at Ear Science Institute Australia and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University and UWA, for being awarded $100,000 under the WA Government’s…
New nano-gel to protect children receiving chemotherapy from hearing loss
Associate Professor Hani Al-Salami will test a new nano-gel they have created to protect children receiving chemotherapy treatment from the common side effect of hearing loss, as part of a…
Ear science affiliation to boost ear and hearing research
A new affiliation agreement with The University of Western Australia to drive innovation in ear and hearing research.As a medical research institute, Ear Science is dedicated to improving the quality…
