Current research projects
The
following is a list of our current research projects, grouped into four broad
areas. To view the details of these projects, click at
the arrow 
following the project name.
Hearing loss assessment
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Assessment of hearing in young children - a computer aided assessment program
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Computer-based audiological test suite
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Development of hearing test materials and protocols
Prevention of hearing loss
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Effects of safety climate, self-efficacy and perceptions about noise on the outcomes of training for workplace noise reduction
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Longitudinal studies: low and moderate noise-exposed individuals
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Minimizing acoustic shock in speech communication systems
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Barriers to occupational noise exposure reduction
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An examination of the distribution of attenuation results of hearing protectors obtained when using the “inexperienced subject fit” test method
Hearing rehabilitation devices
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The trainable hearing aid
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Acoustically transparent hearing aid
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Noise-sensitive adaptive amplification
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Linked binaural noise reduction
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Polymer sandwich microphone
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1800 MHz GSM interference to hearing aids
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800 MHz CDMA interference to hearing aids
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Soundfield classroom FM upgrade
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Hearing aid battery evaluation - Phase 1
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Reduction of wind noise in hearing aids
Hearing rehabilitation procedures
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Predicting outcomes in early identified babies with Auditory Neuropathy: The use of electrophysiological testing at the age of 6-12 months to predict speech discrimination outcomes at 3 years of age
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Hearing aid fitting with cochlear implants
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Electrophysiological evaluation of hearing aids in infants
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Functional assessment of children's performance with amplification
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Hearing aid prescription for children
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Factors affecting speech intelligibility of hearing-impaired people
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The NAL-NL2 prescription procedure
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Outcomes for children with hearing aids
Participants in research projects
People with good hearing as well as people with a hearing problem are often invited to participate in our research projects. It is through their meaningful participation that our research can be undertaken successfully.
All our research projects which involve human subjects need to be approved by the Australian Hearing Human Research Ethics Committee. Any participant having any concerns about the ethical aspects of his/her participation may contact the Committee through its Secretary (Mei So - Tel. 02-9412 6862) or email mei.so@nal.gov.au. Confidentiality will be observed, and any complaint will be investigated and the complainant will be informed of the outcome.
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