Open Captions Australia
29 December 2019 New website promoting movies in Australia with Open Captions. There are also many other accessibility features available in cinemas and theatres [...]
Music Appreciation with Cochlear Implants
6 December 2019 Music and speech are two different things. It is great to see significant research funding for improving the perception of music [...]
Multicultural Australia and Dementia Care
23 October 2019 An article written by Nick Baker from SBS News detailing recent findings concerning research into dementia care in Australia, highlighting a [...]
A Public Health Emergency in the Northern Territory
An article highlighting the state of hearing loss and ear disease affecting 12 % of people in aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. The [...]
Delivery of primary care for older people
15 July 2019 An interesting article in the Medical Journal of Australia highlighting important aspects in the care for older people. Savvy Audiology would [...]
BefriendAS Trial
Researching whether extra social support can influence symptoms of depression, anxiety or loneliness in people living in residential aged care. BefriendAS Research BefriendAS Trial [...]
Useful document on Aged Care in Australia
21 June 2019 To learn more about the aged care system in Australia, click on the link. This guide from the Parliamentary Library contains [...]
A feelgood story from the UK
17 June 2019 A touching story highlighting the bond between human and hound! Proof that deafness is no barrier to fulfilling your dreams. As pointed [...]
Residential aged care in Docker River
17 June 2019 Professor Leon Flicker is a professor of geriatric medicine from the University of Western Australia. He discusses Indigenous people and their [...]