News - Menzies

MEDIA RELEASE | New research: NT children receive an effective vaccine to reduce hearing loss

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June 13, 2024 - 10:16am

A world-first study led by Menzies School of Health Research has uncovered that Northern Territory (NT) First Nations children aged 12-36 months have access to an effective vaccine that could prevent hearing loss.
MEDIA RELEASE | NHMRC Grants awarded to investigate local and global health challenges

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May 02, 2024 - 13:45pm

Five researchers from Menzies School of Health Research have been awarded National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grants in today’s funding round announcement.
MEDIA RELEASE | Landmark vaccine study identifies innovative use of vaccines for protection of babies worldwide

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June 28, 2022 - 09:35am

A first ever novel, innovative study into the impact of two different vaccines used to combat the many different bacteria causing middle ear infections and hearing impairment in First Nations babies has been published in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Hopes AI program can treat Indigenous hearing loss in remote areas

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November 14, 2021 - 04:00am

Professor Amanda Leach, who runs the ear health research program at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, said the illness was common in remote Indigenous communities across the Northern Territory.
New interactive guidelines for healthy ears

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April 06, 2021 - 09:00am

I-CHEAR director and Menzies School of Health Research senior principal research fellow, Professor Amanda Leach AM said that the updated guidelines are needed to improve delivery and access to quality ear health care across Australia.
New multi-platform interactive guidelines for healthy ears

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March 03, 2021 - 15:48pm

The Otitis Media guidelines have been launched today to assist healthcare workers provide comprehensive and appropriate care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with otitis media and hearing problems.
Ear disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

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March 03, 2021 - 13:37pm

In remote communities across the Northern Territory (NT), only one in 10 Aboriginal children younger than three years have healthy ears, a new report in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) has found.
Otitis media guidelines for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Date

March 02, 2021 - 08:18am

This 2020 update by the Centre of Research Excellence in Ear and Hearing Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.
ABC News | 2021 NT Order of Australia recipients include scientists, space researchers and police

Date

January 26, 2021 - 06:00am

Featuring Menzies Prof Alan Cass AO and Prof Amanda Leach AM.
Graduates ready to help solve chronic Indigenous hearing loss

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November 26, 2020 - 15:32pm

The first class of hearing experts trained in Katherine have graduated ready to start work soon.
CDU academics named among world’s most influential

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November 26, 2020 - 10:41am

Menzies School of Health Research Professor Bart Currie, Professor Anne Chang AM, Professor Ric Price, Associate Professor Steven Tong, Professor Nicholas Anstey, Professor Joshua Davis, Professor Alan Cass, Professor Peter Morris and Professor Amanda Leach
University of Newcastle | Aboriginal ear surgeon honoured with Menzies Medallion

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November 16, 2020 - 12:00pm

Associate Professor Kelvin Kong received the medal on Friday, recognising his leadership in Aboriginal health service delivery, advocacy and research.
Aboriginal ear surgeon honoured with Menzies Medallion

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November 13, 2020 - 14:00pm

Australia’s first Aboriginal surgeon, the highly acclaimed ear, nose and throat surgeon, Associate Professor Kelvin Kong has been awarded the prestigious Menzies Medallion.
The health initiative placing Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands

Date

September 08, 2020 - 09:02am

Menzies has celebrated its first graduates of the Hearing for Learning Initiative, a community-based training program focused on the detection and prevention of ear health issues.
NT News | Graduates a boost for ear health

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September 01, 2020 - 07:30am

A group of Tiwi Islanders are working to improve ear health in their communities after becoming the first graduates of a new ear infection prevention program.
Menzies School of Health Research puts Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands

Date

August 28, 2020 - 14:21pm

A community-based ear health training initiative is empowering on the ground health services in the Tiwi Islands.
First Nations Telegraph | Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands

Date

August 27, 2020 - 08:30am

Newly graduated ear health facilitators will provide local knowledge and expertise when checking the ears and hearing of children in their community.
Katherine recruits wanted to help with chronic ear health problems

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August 26, 2020 - 10:15am

The community-based solution to the life-long problem of hearing loss among almost all Aboriginal children is also being rolled out in Katherine later this year.
Media release | Tiwi ears in Tiwi hands

Date

August 26, 2020 - 09:00am

Newly graduated ear health facilitators will provide local knowledge and expertise when checking the ears and hearing of children in their community.
Acute lower respiratory infections in Indigenous infants in the NT

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May 28, 2020 - 15:23pm

Menzies senior research fellow Dr Michael Binks examined acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospital admissions among Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory from 2006 to 2015, across three periods of different pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) use.
You can't learn if you can't hear - sign up to become a community ear health helper

Date

March 05, 2020 - 10:57am

A new community-based solution to the life-long problem of hearing loss among almost all Aboriginal children is going to be rolled out in Katherine.
Hearing for Learning in the Northern Territory

Date

March 05, 2020 - 10:39am

A new community-based training initiative is focusing on prevention through early detection of ear issues in young children.
You can't learn if you can't hear - sign up to become a community ear health helper

Date

March 05, 2020 - 10:35am

A new community-based solution to the life-long problem of hearing loss among almost all Aboriginal children is going to be rolled out in Katherine.
Hearing for Learning on Bathurst Island

Date

March 03, 2020 - 13:18pm

A new community-based training initiative is focusing on prevention through early detection of ear issues in young children.
Hearing loss impacts school attendance among Australia's aboriginal children

Date

November 30, 2019 - 01:30am

The study was led by Dr. Jiunn-Yih Su with the Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research, and the Charles Darwin University.
High levels of hearing loss are linked with absenteeism

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November 20, 2019 - 09:00am

A team of researchers led by Menzies, CDU, recommend better early detection for treatment to support students with hearing difficulties.
Hearing loss linked to poor school attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

Date

November 01, 2019 - 10:31am

The first study investigating hearing impairment on school attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has been released.
Media Release | Hearing loss linked to poor school attendance in the Northern Territory

Date

October 31, 2019 - 01:00am

A study investigating the independent impact of hearing impairment (HI) on school attendance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has been released today.
Hearing loss linked to poor school attendance in the Northern Territory

Date

October 31, 2019 - 00:00am

Study investigating the impact of hearing impairment on school attendance for children published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
It’s possible to take a break from science and make a comeback

Date

October 24, 2019 - 11:00am

Overcoming gender bias and structural barriers is a hard task, on top of the research itself. Someone who has achieved both is Prof Amanda Leach.
Severe specialist shortage leaves Aboriginal children at risk of hearing loss

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October 16, 2019 - 09:00am

Menzies School of Health Research professor Amanda Leach has been working in hearing health in the NT and said Aboriginal communities were becoming frustrated with service delivery.
Mix 104.9 | 2020 Telstra Business Women’s Awards

Date

September 23, 2019 - 11:39am

2019 Telstra Northern Territory Business Woman of the Year, Professor Amanda Leach - a Principal Research Fellow at leading medical research institute the Menzies School of Health Research – urged other women to set ambitious goals.
'I cried from happiness': Indigenous toddler hears her first words

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September 06, 2019 - 16:30pm

The government has provided funding to the Menzies School of Health Research's Hearing for Learning Initiative, a five-year $7.9m program in which health project officers help Aboriginal children with hearing problems.
Government funded health programs for NT's deaf children

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September 05, 2019 - 09:31am

The government has provided funding to the Menzies School of Health Research's Hearing for Learning Initiative, a five-year $7.9m program in which health project officers help Aboriginal children with hearing problems, NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles said.
Media Release | Improved ear and hearing planned for children in Maningrida

Date

July 30, 2019 - 11:46am

The Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation has welcomed Maningrida‘s participation in the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) Hearing for Learning Initiative.
Indigenous issues top to-do list as super-rich urged to dig deep

Date

May 16, 2019 - 08:52am

Supports for a five-year project at the Menzies School of Health Research to address hearing problems among indigenous people in the Northern Territory.
NT News | Big Night for Territorians

Date

May 15, 2019 - 02:00am

Report on Professor Amanda Leach and other NT finalists in the 2019 Telstra Businesswomen's Awards .
Indigenous health in limelight at Telstra Business Women’s Awards

Date

April 09, 2019 - 11:00am

Professor Amanda Leach is a Principal Senior Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research, the institute leading the way in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical research.
NT News | Prof Amanda Leach 2019 Telstra NT Business Woman of the Year

Date

March 27, 2019 - 08:55am

Professor Amanda Leach, named the 2019 Telstra Northern Territory Business Women of the Year and the For Purpose and Social Enterprise Award.
Menzies researchers’ finalists in the 2019 Telstra Business Women’s Awards

Date

February 26, 2019 - 10:00am

Two researchers from Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) have been named finalists in the 2019 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
NT News | Our children's hearing crisis

Date

December 29, 2018 - 02:00am

To address chronic hearing problems in the NT's most vulnerable children a $7.9 million community-led program will be rolled out.
New program to tackle ear infection crisis

Date

November 01, 2018 - 07:00am

The five-year Hearing for Learning program is based on research by scientists at the Menzies School of Health Research and will employ and train community residents to help spot and treat ear disease and hearing problems.
The Australian | Silence is golden but not when it’s permanent

Date

September 14, 2018 - 00:15am

Meanwhile, in the Northern Territory, dozens of project officers in 20 communities will complement the work of visiting ear specialists under a $7.9m partnership between the commonwealth, the Northern Territory government and the Balnaves Foundation, supported by the Menzies School of Health Research.
Lend me your ear: New program targets hearing problems in NT children

Date

September 07, 2018 - 10:00am

RACGP report on the Hearing for Learning Initiative.
Hearing loss a serious issue

Date

August 24, 2018 - 15:27pm

Announced in August, Hearing for Learning is a five year program of the NT Government, founded on research by scientists at the Darwin-based Menzies School of Health Research.
Daily Mail | How 90 PER CENT of Aboriginal children are born with ear disease and most will end up half-deaf with brain development problems

Date

August 17, 2018 - 10:17am

A shocking 90 per cent of Aboriginal children in remote Northern Territory communities under three years old are born with an ear disease that can lead to significant development problems.
ABC | 'Glue ear' project to fight hearing loss and improve outcomes for Aboriginal children

Date

August 15, 2018 - 16:41pm

Up to nine in every 10 Aboriginal children in some remote Northern Territory communities have a hearing impairment, but a new project aims to tackle that by training locals and reducing fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) specialists.
Ear Health Funding

Date

August 14, 2018 - 19:00pm

Coverage of the Hearing for Learning Initiative Launch with the Northern Territory Government and the Balnaves Foundation on ABC TV News.
Investing in Territory Kids and Generational Change – Hearing for Learning

Date

August 14, 2018 - 16:00pm

A public private partnership between the Northern Territory Government, Australian Government and the Balnaves Foundation is addressing chronic hearing problems in Territory children.
NT News 14 August 2018 OMOZ 2018 coverage and editorial

Date

August 14, 2018 - 02:00am

5th Australian Otitis media Conference underway in Darwin.
Indigenous ear health the "missing piece of the disadvantage puzzle"

Date

January 24, 2018 - 09:00am

RN Life Matters - In many Indigenous communities, middle ear infections are rife, leading to hearing problems and a life of disadvantage.
Australian Doctor - otitis media clinical trial

Date

June 23, 2017 - 09:25am

Otitis Media - a clinical trial where Indigenous infants will receive an extra dose of pneumococcal vaccine to try and cut down the rates of incidence.
New Vaccine could help reduce Chronic ear disease.

Date

June 09, 2017 - 09:10am

Menzies School of Health researchers are hoping to reduce rates of a chronic ear disease called Otis Media, in remote indigenous communities. (Image source: creative commons)
Extra vaccines may reduce 'unacceptable rates' of chronic ear disease in Indigenous children

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June 08, 2017 - 12:58pm

The Menzies School of Health Research is conducting a clinical trial in remote communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and hope the results will change the public health approach and give more help to families.
New treatment trialled in battle against ear disease

Date

May 28, 2017 - 10:00am

In a world first, Northern Territory researchers are trialling a new treatment to heal an ear disease plaguing Indigenous communities and causing lifelong disadvantage.
Menzies secures 2016 NHMRC funding for groundbreaking projects

Date

December 03, 2016 - 07:00am

Innovation and transformation are at the heart of the Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) projects which have secured funding in the highly competitive NHMRC grant round.
Bulging ear drums and hearing loss: Aboriginal kids have the highest otitis media rates in the world

Date

September 16, 2016 - 06:15am

This article is the final in our three-part series on blinding, deafening and sometimes deadly conditions in Indigenous Australian children that have little to no impact on their non-Indigenous counterparts.
Support call over children's ear health

Date

September 07, 2016 - 10:00am

LEADING ear health experts at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) are calling for more investment in the prevention and treatment of ear disease and hearing loss among Indigenous children.
What is the relationship between lifelong hearing loss and Indigenous incarceration? A powerful story to mark Hearing Awareness Week

Date

August 23, 2016 - 13:00pm

What profound impact could be had on high rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration by ensuring better hearing for children and adults? It’s an important question raised in this moving post below, to mark Hearing Awareness Week, from Sam Harkus, Principal Audiologist, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Services.
Call to prevent hearing loss and improve school readiness in young children

Date

August 23, 2016 - 11:50am

In recognition of Hearing Awareness Week (August 21-27), leading ear health experts at Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) are calling for more investment in the prevention and treatment of ear disease and hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
Menzies ear and hearing health program wins $2.5 million in ‘research excellence’ funding

Date

October 17, 2014 - 10:00am

A leading ear and hearing health collaborative research program led by Menzies was today declared a ‘Centre of Research Excellence (CRE)’ and awarded funding of $2.5 million over five years.
ABC Darwin: Menzies launches giant ear

Date

March 21, 2013 - 12:00pm

Aboriginal health worker Joe Daby has seen the worst when it comes to ear health in Territory communities.
Health to shine at Close The Gap Day Charity Breakfast

Date

January 30, 2013 - 12:00pm

An opportunity to hear from leading Indigenous health experts about inventive new ways they are closing the gap is set to draw some of the Territory’s most influential and iconic identities for a formal charity breakfast.
Territory researchers win national awards

Date

December 01, 2011 - 12:00pm

Two researchers from Menzies School of Health Research were recognised for their contribution to the science community at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Gala Dinner held at Parliament House in Canberra last night.
Ear disease affecting Territory children

Date

November 04, 2011 - 12:00pm

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