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Ear Science Institute Australia and Monash University formalise affiliation building a bridge between west and east strengthening research and education collaboration

15 April 2026

Adjunct Professor David Sly, COO Research Ear Science Institute Australia, Adjunct Associate Professor Sandra Bellekom, Chief Executive Officer of Ear Science Institute Australia and Professor James Whisstock Deputy Dean Research…

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Celebrating Telethon: Support for Hearing Research and Hope

20 October 2025

This past weekend, we were proud to stand alongside the Western Australian community at RAC Arena for Telethon 2025, with Harley, the Healthy Hearing Kid. Ear Science Institute Australia is…

Community

Lions Hearing Aid Bank

18 May 2016

According to the World Health Organisation over 466 million people globally are affected by a ‘disabling hearing loss’ – meaning everyday sounds, like light traffic and general conversational speech, cannot…

Gift of Hearing, News

Looking ahead to clear waters

25 January 2016

Our Gift of Hearing Appeal swim team is continuing to train hard for the upcoming swim from Cottesloe to Rottnest. We caught up with the team on the weekend to…

Community, Gift of Hearing, News, Research

Access to Better Ear Care In WA’s Remote Communities Wins Award

25 July 2015

Ear Science Institute Australia’s researcher Chris Brennan-Jones has won the Premier’s Exxonmobil Student Scientist of the Year Award for his work to improve access to critical ear health assessments in…

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

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…

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…

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,…

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