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Adjunct Associate Professor Elaine Wong and Professor Sharath Sriram pose for a photograph at An Evening with Prof. Sharath Sriram.

An Evening with Professor Sharath Sriram

3 September 2025

Adjunct Associate Professor Elaine Wong, Head of Hearing Therapeutics at Ear Science Institute Australia, recently attended An Evening with Prof Sharath Sriram, organised by WA Life Sciences Innovation Hub. Held…

Dr. David Sly and Prof. Sharath Sriram posing for a picture outside the Discovery to Device Facility.

News, Research

Strengthening Our Connection with Professor Sharath Sriram in MedTech Innovation

14 August 2025

This August, we were honoured to welcome Prof. Sharath Sriram, the newly appointed Chief Scientist of Western Australia and a leading authority on the development and translation of cutting-edge medical…

News, Treatment

Our 500th Cochlear Implant Milestone

25 February 2015

In late 2015, Ear Science Institute Australia restored hearing to its 500th cochlear implant recipient. Sixty six-year-old grandfather Alex McKay received the implant through the Ear Science Clinic (formerly the Hearing Implant Centre),…

Community, News

EnginEars turns up volume on children with hearing loss

15 October 2014

Community Services Minister Tony Simpson today launched EnginEars – the state’s most ambitious hearing implant program for kids. Helping newborn babies, children, and teenagers with severe hearing loss, the EnginEars…

Patient Story

Polly’s Story: Bone conduction implant recipient

11 September 2014

I am thrilled that, for the first time, I have a near-perfect hearing. I had very low expectations for the effectiveness of bone-anchored hearing aids when I was first referred…

Patient Story, Treatment

Don’t put off getting a hearing test

19 May 2014

One of our five senses, hearing allows us to interact with the world and others, but if our hearing weakens, it can start to impact our relationships with loved ones…

Community, News

Our Healthy Ears team are making a difference in rural communities

25 February 2014

Did you know 9 in 10 Aboriginal children in remote areas have otitis media, a serious middle ear infection that can cause hearing loss? That’s the highest rate in the…

Community, News

Prof DeWet Swanepoel: Valerie Alder Research Prize 2014

25 February 2014

Children under 6 are more likely to have one of the most common childhood illnesses. 3/12/2014 Professor De Wet Swanepoel has won the coveted Valerie Alder Research Prize from the…

Community, News

Elmo is just what Peta needed

25 February 2014

Elmo is a tiny Terrier Cross who started his life in some turmoil; as a puppy, he was surrendered to a shelter. Sadly, in Australia, more than half of dogs…

Research

Hearing loss in low and middle income countries: Ear Science at the Sound Hearing Conference

1 February 2014

In Australia, if you have an issue with your hearing, getting help is usually straightforward. But in low and middle-income countries, it’s harder to get help, and the likelihood that…

News, Treatment

WA adolescent receives world-first magnetic cochlear implant device

31 October 2013

A 17-year-old Perth schoolboy has become the world’s first adolescent recipient of a new magnetically attached hearing implant at the Ear Science Institute Australia. Winthrop Professor and Ear Science Director,…

News, Research

Dementia-hearing loss link gathers momentum

29 August 2013

The multi-pronged research drive to define the role of restoring hearing loss to prevent or delay the onset of dementia has been further bolstered by a $2.4 million Lotterywest facilities…

News

Extending the boundaries – 2013

25 February 2013

Extending the boundaries – 2013 30 October 2013 Rural residents across Western Australia have participated in a series of expert educational seminars provided by the Ear Science Institute Australia, as part…

Patient Story

Jane’s story: Cochlear implant recipient

11 December 2011

Taking the plunge: Jane Goodfellow conquers fear to hear again Jane Goodfellow was used to living with only one hearing ear, having been born with large vestibular aqueduct syndrome. However,…

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