Identification and Management of Hearing and Balance Disorders
Research Theme Coordinator: Associate Professor Gary Rance
Background
This research theme covers clinical (patient-based) research in the fields of diagnostic audiology, remediation of hearing loss and the assessment/management of balance problems. The research group comprises clinicians from a range of professional specialties including audiology, ENT surgery, neurology, speech pathology, physiotherapy and electrical (hearing aid) engineering.
Projects
- Quality of Life Outcomes for BAHA patients at the University of Melbourne and Eye and Ear Hospital Read more...
- The use of auditory evoked potentials in full term and premature infants Read more...
- Improved signal processing strategies for analysis of auditory steady-state responses Read more...
- Diagnosis and evaluation of children with auditory neuropathy and dys-synchrony Read more...
- Auditory perception in individuals with Friedreich ataxia Read more...
- Investigating dizziness and imbalance caused by Migrainous vertigo Read more...
- Vestibular Rehabilitation in Individuals with Inner-Ear Dysfunction Read more...
- Preserving inner-ear sensory functions - hearing and balance - in adults following cochlear implant surgery Read more...
- Investigating optimum testing parameters for a new clinical vestibular reflex test - ocular Vestibular Myogenic Potentials (oVEMP) Read more...
- Effects on bone-conduction hearing in adults after stapes surgery Read more...
- Novel Reporting of the extratympanic Electrocochleogram for specific use in the diagnosis of Menieres Syndrome Read more...