The impact of acquired hearing loss can be devastating, particularly to those who use their ears for a living. As an audiologist specialising in the hearing health of musicians, I’m pleased to say...

I hold Canadian audiologist Marshall Chasin at least partly responsible for my discovery of audiology. Many years ago (while trying to figure out what the ringing in my ears was all about) I devour...

Noise is all around us. What we might not realise, is that some of our favourite sounds, the formula one cars trackside, Bernard blasting through the speakers in the stadium, they can carry with th...

Did you know the adult human has over 206 bones in their body? Of these, the smallest and lightest is the stapes. The stapes is one of three tiny bones that make up the ‘ossicles’ in the middle ear. 

At work and home, when a hearing loss or background noise is present, our brain needs to work harder to separate the two and determine what we should be paying attention to. Straining to concentrat...

A celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, their culture, history and achievement, NAIDOC Week is held annually in July. This year, from Sunday 4th July to Sunday 11th July. It...