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Centre of Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health

Locality: Darwin, Northern Territory

Address: Building 58, Royal Darwin Hospital campus, 0810 Casuarina, Northern Territory 0810 Darwin, NT, Australia

Website: https://www.earandhearinghealth.org.au

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25.01.2022 Sandra Nelson & Hasantha Gunasekera enjoying the World Health Organization (WHO) World Hearing Forum in Geneva! #EarHealthForLife

22.01.2022 Great to see the Hearing for Learning graduates profiled in Menzies' latest newsletter, as well as one of our Investigators Dr Robyn Marsh

21.01.2022 Thank you for your valued support this year! It is with great pleasure that we share with you our 2019 Annual Report.

21.01.2022 This week is Hearing Awareness Week in Australia which coincides with World Hearing Day on March 3rd. Both initiatives aim to promote hearing health and encourage hearing awareness. It's also an important time for the CRE-ICHEAR and our partners to make some noise about the inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children - who have the highest rates of ear disease in the world. Read more in our latest blog...

21.01.2022 The CRE_ICHEAR Round 6 funding round for Project Grants is now open! We will be funding up to $40K per project that focuses on research translation and can be completed before May 2021. Application submission details are available via https://www.earandhearinghealth.org.au//creichear-project-. Deadline to apply is 13th November 2020. Please share! #earhealthforlife #otitismedia

20.01.2022 Round 5 Project Grant Applications are closing soon... Don't miss out! Photo Credit: Lauren Roberts/NT News, 2019

19.01.2022 Professor Amanda Leach delivered the World Hearing Day Menzies Seminar, providing a timely reminder that Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children continue to share a disproportionate burden of ear disease. During an 18 year period (2000 - 2018) only 10% of Aboriginal children living in remote NT communities had normal healthy ears. The World Health Organisation states that 4% is a public health emergency. #WorldHearingDay

19.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC week everyone! #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

18.01.2022 New Systematic Review now available from Kaspar and Leach "Hearing loss among Australian Aboriginal infants and toddlers" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100048 #earhealthforlife #hearingloss #indigenous #aboriginal

17.01.2022 Save the date and make some noise with us for World Hearing Day - 3rd March 2020!

15.01.2022 "These analyses will inform future clinical trial designs that combine vaccines and antibiotics to maximise clinical impact" Check out out latest blog post catching up with one of our PhD students, Jemima Beissbarth, who is creating and analysing a combined dataset consisting of 25 years of otitis media and respiratory bacteria research. https://www.earandhearinghealth.org.au//catch-one-our-phd-

15.01.2022 We are thrilled to announce the Round Five CRE_ICHEAR project grant outcomes. Applications were of a high calibre and we were impressed with the continuing body of work on otitis media across Australia. Congratulations to the successful applicants and good luck for your research. We also would like to thank all applicants who made the effort to apply but who were unsuccessful this round. Our successfully funded Round 5 projects are:... "Feeding back to community in the WATCH and INFLATE trials" Penelope Abbott, Western Sydney University "Dissemination of OM Guidelines and OMapp" Amanda Leach, Menzies School of Health Research "Telehealth ENT for Aboriginal Children" Kelvin Kong, Hunter Medical Research Institute Read more about our three newly funded projects at https://www.earandhearinghealth.org.au/projects/funded

15.01.2022 The early years of primary school are critically important for childhood development. Learning through play, experimentation, classroom practice and social interaction, children begin to make sense of their world and their place within it. A team of researchers led by Menzies School of Health Research have found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory are missing out on the important early years of schooling due to hearing loss. Find out more about this world first study via our blog!

13.01.2022 Look who we bumped into at the World Health Organization (WHO) World Hearing Forum in Geneva... Dr Chris Brennan-Jones! Big thanks to Dr Hasantha Gunasekera & Sandra Nelson for representing the CRE-ICHEAR on this impressive global stage. This week Hasantha and Sandra will be working as part of a global advocacy alliance to promote action for hearing through multi-stakeholder engagement. #EarHealthForLife Photo credits: Chris Brennan-Jones & Hasantha Gunasekera

12.01.2022 International peer-reviewed journal Deafness & Education International have announced their 2020 Special Issue: Otitis media in children with an Indigenous heritage, guest edited by Associate Professor Kelvin Kong. Click the link and share!

12.01.2022 Today is World Hearing Day! How are you marking the occasion?

12.01.2022 The impact of hearing impairment on the learning outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids in the Northern Territory has made the Audiology World News!

11.01.2022 Important findings released today from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in partnership with Dr Scott Avery from Western Sydney University show that under-reporting of hearing impairment is a substantial issue for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 7 years and above across Australia participated in the voluntary hearing test as part of the 201819 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Surv...ey. The independent hearing test found that at least 4 out of 10 people tested had a hearing impairment on the day of testing, but 79% of those found to have an impairment did not report having long-term hearing loss. The survey also found that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults with a moderate to profound hearing impairment experience greater inequality in educational, employment and health outcomes compared to those with no hearing impairment. Read the full feature article here https://www.abs.gov.au//Look/4715.0Feature+Article12018-19 #Indigenous #Aboriginal #FirstNations #firstnationspeople #education #HearingLoss #earhealthforlife

11.01.2022 Thank you Inala Indigenous Health Service and WATCH trial for allowing Sissy Tyson to assist the Hearing for Learning Initiative training in Wurrumiyanga. So great to see this mob working together for Ear Health! #WorldHearingDay2020

11.01.2022 Today is International Day of Sign Languages and this year's theme is Sign Languages Are for Everyone!" The aim of the day is to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. Check out the Auslan Signbank http://www.auslan.org.au/ for various resources, including signs related to medical and health topics. #idsl2020 #SLEveryone #auslan

10.01.2022 A friendly reminder that the deadline for our Round 6 of funding is this Friday! For more details so https://www.earandhearinghealth.org.au/opportunities #earhealthforlife #otitismedia

09.01.2022 Wonderful news that the new PLUM & HATS website is now up and running. These simple checklists help health and early childhood workers ask families the right questions to find out how bub’s listening and yarning skills are growing, leading to earlier identification of hearing loss and earlier help to hear well. http://plumandhats.nal.gov.au This heartwarming story ran in the NACCHO Communique yesterday. The impact of Tjandamurra’s ear and hearing trouble was picked up with the PLUM & HATS checklists. https://nacchocommunique.com//naccho-aboriginal-health-ne/

09.01.2022 We would like to thank the Rotary Club of North Balwyn for their generous donation of $7500 worth of hearing equipment supplies for use by trained indigenous Community Ear Health Facilitators. This will provide a remote Indigenous community with the means to follow up on existing ear health issues and evaluate children as they become part of the community. To read more see our blog post https://www.earandhearinghealth.org.au//rotary-club-north- #hearingloss #indigenous #earhealthforlife

05.01.2022 Are you an aspiring PhD Scholar interested in making a positive difference in the lives of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children? Are you passionate about research with a proven track record of high academic achievement? The Harvey Coates: Middle ear infection vaccine development opportunity could be for you! Expressions of Interest close 15 March. Learn more via our blog:

05.01.2022 Congratulations to another group of Ear Health Facilitator graduates, this time in Kalkarindji. We wish them the best of luck for their futures and are excited about the future improvements in ear and hearing health in their community #earhealthforlife

02.01.2022 Congratulations to the first Ear Health Facilitator graduates for The Hearing for Learning Initiative! The first 7 graduates, all based in the Tiwi Islands, completed a six-week course which provided them with Certificate II modules in Aboriginal Primary Health Care and enhanced skills in detecting ear and hearing problems. Check out our blog post https://www.earandhearinghealth.org.au//celebrating-first- and the article in the National Indigenous Times https://nit.com.au.../menzies-school-of-health-research-puts-/ to read more about this fantastic initiative chaired by ICHEAR PIs Amanda Leach and Kelvin Kong. #hearingforlearning #tiwiislands

01.01.2022 Happy Holidays! We hope you all have a safe and festive break relaxing with family and friends. We look forward to reconnecting in the New Year!