Current Research Projects

Rehabilitation Procedures


Selecting, prescribing, fitting, and evaluating hearing aids are arguably the most important elements of hearing rehabilitation. NAL research has long been aimed at devising efficient and effective methods for performing these tasks in a clinical environment.

As a world leader in this research area, NAL maintains a strong program of projects. Several of these projects combine the strengths of NAL research expertise and the clinical expertise within Australian Hearing.


Current projects concerned with rehabilitation procedures include:

  • Outcomes for Children with Hearing Impairment
    Aims to find the relationship between multiple potential predictor variables and multiple outcomes (speech perception and production, language, social, educational) for hearing impaired children. Read More >
  • Prescription Procedures for Hybrid Device
    Aims to develop and validate a prescriptive procedure for devices that combine acoustic and electric stimulation.
  • Effect of frequency compression on outcomes of school-aged children
    Frequency compression maps high-frequency sounds to an adjacent lower frequency region where hearing loss is less severe. This study aims to determine the effect of frequency compression on speech production, speech perception, real-life performance and quality of life for school-aged children with different degrees of hearing loss.