Audiology Australia Launches National Competency Standards for the Audiology Profession Two years in the making, the peak professional body for Australian audiologists, Audiology Australia has just released its National Competency Standards for Audiologists (NCS)....
A network of medical experts has produced Australia’s first national guidelines to streamline the management of children with hearing loss. More than 12,000 Australian children have a significant hearing impairment and on average one child is identified with hearing...
News in the world of research: Scientists recently discovered genes causing age-related hearing loss. What are the implications for those of us with hearing loss? What other hearing loss research is already out there? Genes Causing Age-Related Hearing Loss As Discover...
Dementia continues to affect millions of people worldwide and is one of the most significant health issues of the 21st century. The question on everyone’s mind is…can we prevent dementia? To better understand and manage dementia patient care, the...
An important part of protecting your hearing is to make sure you don’t expose yourself to damaging loud noise, or to limit your exposure to loud noise where you can. In the workplace There are rules regarding exposure to loud sounds in the workplace. Noise Regulations...
Loud sound does not have to be physically painful to cause hearing damage. If you are in a situation where you need to raise your voice to be understood, then the noise is probably too loud. If you need to shout at a person only one metre away to be heard, then...
