Jaqcueline Andrew - PhD Thesis title: Therapeutic potential of encapsulated neuroprotective cells in the cochlea Supervisors:Rob Shepherd, Bryony Nayagam (nee Coleman), Richard Dowell
Andrew Chang - MD Thesis title: Local delivery of Dexamethasone via round window -- optimisation of current model and its role in the treatment of inflammatory inner ear diseases Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary, Rachael Richardson, David Sly
Cengiz Cimenkaya - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Supervisor: Bryony Nayagam (nee Coleman)
Tim Connolly - MSurg Thesis title: Pharmacological protection of the inner ear Supervisor: Stephen O'Leary
Michael Eager - PhD Thesis title: Neural network modelling of the auditory brainstem Supervisors: David Grayden, Anthony Burkitt, Hamish Meffin, Richard Dowell
Joanne Enticott - PhD Thesis title: Preservation of inner ear sensory function following cochlear implant surgery Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary, Richard Dowell
Amy Hampson- Honours Thesis title: Effect of neurotrophins on the function of degenerating auditory neurons Supervisors: David Sly, Ricki Minter
Syazana Hanifa- AMS Thesis title: Can prenatal thyroid hormone supplementation rescue hearing loss in TMPRSS1 mutant mice? Supervisor: Justin Tan
Leon Heffer - PhD Thesis title: High rate electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary, Rob Shepherd, David Sly, James Fallon
Katherine Henshall - MAud Thesis title: Relationships between central auditory processing defictis and auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia Supervisors: Gary Rance, Collette Mckay, Alex Sergejew
Rod Hollow - MAud Thesis Title: An evaluation of speech perception when introducing adaptive dynamic range optimisation (ADRO) to adults who use both a cochlear implant and a contralateral hearing aid. Supervisors: Richard Dowell, David Grayden
Colleen Holt - PhD Thesis title:Perception and production of prosodic features in young people with cochlear implants and hearing aids Supervisors: Janet Fletcher, Richard Dowell, Shani Dettman
Chelsea Jose - PhD Thesis title: A comparison of bilateral cochlear implants and cochlear implant and hearing aids in adults Supervisors: Karyn Galvin, Richard Dowell
Mansze Lai – PhD Thesis title: Binaural advantages for children with bilateral cochlear implants Supervisors:Richard Dowell, Colette McKay, Karyn Galvin
Thomas Landry - PhD Thesis title: Effects of exogenous neurotrophins in the deaf stimulated cochlea Supervisors: Rob Shepherd, Andrew Wise, Richard Dowell, James Fallon
Jaime Leigh - PhD Thesis title:Impact of age at identification and implantation on speech and language outcomes for children who receive cochlear implants before two years of age Supervisors: Shani Dettman, Richard Dowell
Matthew Ng - AMS Thesis title: Effect of neurotrophin-3 on auditory nerve response to high rate cochlear implant stimulation Supervisors: Leon Heffer, David Sly
David Perry - PhD Thesis title: Plastic reorganisation of the central auditory pathway following cochlear implantation Supervisors: James Fallon, Rob Shepherd, Hugh McDermott
Kerrie Plant - PhD Thesis title: Evaluating clinical outcomes and optimising device fitting for recipients with significant residual hearing Supervisors: Robert Cowan, Hugh McDermott, Richard van Hoesel
Alexandra Rousset - PhD Thesis title: Outcomes for congenitally deafened adults who receive a cochlear implant. Supervisors: Richard Dowell, Gary Rance, David Sly
Vanessa Surowiecki - PhD Thesis title: Learning to hear: The influence of cognition on developing speech feature perception skills in children using a cochlear implant Supervisors: David Grayden , Paul Maruff, Graeme Clark , Richard Dowell
Daniel Taft - PhD Thesis title:Travelling waves for cochlear implants Supervisors: David Grayden, Anthony Burkit
Elisha Thomas - PhD Thesis title:Paradigms to Control Delivery of Pharmaceutical Agents to the Cochlear Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary, Malcolm Davidson, Erol Harvey
Tian Tu - AMS Thesis title: Gene therapy in the cochlea for nerve survival and regeneration after hearing loss Supervisor: Rachael Richardson
Andrew Vandali - PhD Thesis title: Optimisation of Rate-pitch Perception in Cochlear Implant Hearing. Supervisors: Robert Cowan, David Sly
Jessica Vitkovic - PhD Thesis title: Habituation and its relationship to patient outcomes to vestibular physiotherapy in vestibular migraineurs Supervisors: Gary Rance, Mark Paine, Richard Dowell
Jingnan Zhang - AMS Thesis title: Effect of brain derived neurotrophic factor on auditory nerve response to high rate cochlear implant stimulation Supervisors: David Sly, Leon Heffer
Yi Zhao - PhD Thesis title: Validity of Virtual Reality temporal bone simulators in otolaryngology training Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary, Gregor Kennedy, Richard Hall
Recently completed students
Bryony Coleman - PhD Thesis title: Tissue regeneration in the deaf cochlea using stem cells. Supervisors: Rob Shepherd , Michelle De Silva
Pam Dawson - PhD Thesis title: The relationship between speech perception and development in young cochlear implantees and their ability to perceive rapid changes in the electrical signals. Supervisors: Colette McKay , Peter Busby , Graeme Clark
Shani Dettman - PhD Thesis title: The relationship between primary caregiver/preverbal child interactions and subsequent communication development for children using the multichannel cochlear implant Supervisors: Peter Blamey, Margaret Brown
Patricia Hurley - PhD Thesis title: Ultrastructure of the Auditory nerve following a Sensorineural Hearing Loss Supervisors: Rob Shepherd , Tony Paolini
Pedram Imani – Master of Surgery Thesis title: Minimising cochlear infection following cochlear implantation Supervisors: Stephen O’Leary, Graeme Clark
Jack Li - Advanced Medical Science Thesis title: Effects of exogenous application of neurotrophins to healthy populations of auditory nerves. Supervisor: David Sly
Valerie Looi – PhD Thesis title: Music perception of cochlear implant users Supervisors: Hugh McDermott , Colette McKay
Elizabeth Manning - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Supervisor: David Sly
David Nayagam - PhD Thesis title: Neural encoding of complex sounds in the central auditory pathway. Supervisors: Tony Paolini , Anthony Burkitt , Graeme Clark , Janine Clarey
Karina Needham - PhD Thesis title: Neural mechanisms underlying the processing of auditory information through stellate cells of the ventral cochlear nucleus. Supervisors: Tony Paolini , Jeremy Crook
Pauline Nott - PhD Thesis title: Early communication development of chiildren with severe-profound hearing loss. Supervisors: Robert Cowan , Margaret Brown , Gillian Wigglesworth
Farnoosh Noushi - Master of Surgery Thesis title: A neurotrophin-releasing cochlear implant electrode Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary
Louise Paatsch - PhD Thesis title: The relationship between lexical development, speech production skills and speech perception abilities in hearing-impaired children. Supervisors: Julia Sarant, Richard Dowell, Margaret Brown
Andrea Simpson - PhD Thesis title:Consonant perception by hearing-aid users with high-frequency hearing impairment, and its relation to cochlear ‘dead regions’ Supervisors: Hugh McDermott, Richard Dowell
Brett Swanson - PhD Thesis title: The development and evaluation of a cochlear model audio processor for cochlear implants. Supervisors: Hugh McDermott, Collette McKay, Jim Patrick
Leon Winata - Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Supervisor: David Sly
Jason Wong - Advanced Medical Science Thesis title: Combined therapy for hearing protection during cochlear implantation. Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary, Hayden Eastwood
Cila Umat - PhD Thesis title: A study of the interaction of pitch and loudness in electrical stimulation to improve spectral shape perception among cochlear implantees. Supervisors: Colette McKay , Hugh McDermott Thesis title: Combined therapy for hearing protection during cochlear implantation Supervisors: Stephen O'Leary, Hayden Eastwood
Andy Zhang - PhD Thesis title: Investigation of the topology and feasibility of integrating implantable acoustic sensors with the human auditory system. Supervisors: Peter Seligman , Tony Klein, Robert Cowan