Completed: November 2022

Designing and demonstrating the feasibility of three novel tests based on auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) – signals recorded from the brain that are associated with the activity of the neurons in response to sounds.

Completed: November 2022

Exploring the views and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander caregivers regarding supporting hearing health and language development, the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander caregivers support the language of their children and exploring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander caregivers’ views towards audiological and speech pathology services.

Completed: November 2022

Improving the functionality and usability of a smartphone app, called NEMA (NAL Ecological Momentary Assessment) used in many NAL research studies to better understand the feelings, experiences, and hearing difficulties of people in different real-life situations.

Completed: November 2022

Designing and demonstrating the feasibility of three novel tests based on auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) – signals recorded from the brain that are associated with the activity of the neurons in response to sounds.

Completed: September 2022

Assessing the role of the My Hearing Explained tool in facilitating discussions between people with hearing loss (PHL) and their chosen communication partners (CP) regarding the hearing loss of the PHL and its consequences, with the goal to improve the CP’s understanding of the PHL’s hearing difficulties.  

Man on video call

Completed: August 2022

How well can people with hearing loss understand speech on different videoconferencing technologies and how well do different hearing technologies improve that experience?

Completed: May 2022

To devise a clinical method for assessing discrimination of speech sounds in infants and young children; to relate early auditory detection and discrimination abilities to functional listening and language development.

Completed: April 2022

Investigate to what extent AirPods Pro improve the hearing experience of people with normal audiograms but speech-in-noise hearing difficulties, and whether the target population would continue using this technology in similar situations in the future

Completed: December 2021

Using a variety of methods to develop a new way of deciding who is most likely to benefit from hearing aids.

Completed: December 2021

The project will undertake a systematic review of relevant research to summarise the available evidence and identify gaps in the evidence on programs to detect hearing loss beyond UNHS.

Completed: October 2021

Determine enablers and barriers to the adoption of the PLUM and HATS tools, co-design strategies and provide training for caregivers.

Completed: June 2021

Investigating the effectiveness of early intervention on developmental outcomes of children with congenital unilateral hearing loss.

Completed: March 2021

Investigating the feasibility of conducting a randomised controlled trial of hearing device fitting to compare the outcomes of children who are provided with early fitting of hearing devices to those who are not provided with hearing devices.

Phase 3 completed: November 2020

A population-based longitudinal study that prospectively evaluates the development of children with hearing loss.