Tens of thousands of Australian lives changed, over three million to go

Toni on 15 June, 2016

National science prize for Melbourne hearing aid revolutionary Elaine Saunders

Four million Australians, young and old, need a hearing blamey_saunders_logoaid. Without one they’re at risk of losing their friends, their partner, their job and their sanity. But price, stigma and the loss of control when we see an audiologist are amongst the factors that stop most people from acting.

Elaine Saunders has changed that for tens of thousands of Australians.  Read More about Tens of thousands of Australian lives changed, over three million to go

(ATSE media release) Innovation and a thick skin wins out for top science award

Toni on 15 June, 2016

Embargo 6pm Wednesday 15 June

Hearing aids are not all the same, despite claims to the contrary, and price is no longer a good indicator of quality.

This is a message from Dr Elaine Saunders, who is today set to receive Australia’s top honour for our leading visionaries, a prestigious ATSE Clunies Ross Award in the Entrepreneur of the Year Category. The award recognises her successful disruption of hearing service provision in Australia. Dr Saunders has made premium hearing aids more accessible by challenging business and pricing models.

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From the bionic ear to the ‘audiologist in your pocket

Operations on 8 April, 2015

The Aussie hearing system you can set up yourself or for your gran: online and on your phone

From the bionic ear to the ‘audiologist in your pocket’ – high performance, low cost hearing for the four million of us who don’t want to admit our hearing loss

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An Australian company has completed a trifecta of tools to help Australians take care of their own hearing without the stress and expense of audiology visits. It’s the product of decades of government-backed research. Read More about From the bionic ear to the ‘audiologist in your pocket

A better hearing test: invented in Melbourne, using words not beeps

Operations on 26 November, 2013

Free and available online now for the four million Australians with hearing loss

It’s taken 70 years to invent a better hearing test. That’s how long we’ve been using the classic ‘beep’ audiology test, first developed to assess returned soldiers from WW2.

A team of Melbourne researchers has now created a new test that uses real words, not tones. You can do the test yourself at home or work and obtain an immediate, easily understood interpretation of the results. If you need a hearing aid they can send you one within days that is the equal of the best hearing aid, but for a fraction of the cost.

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An old home for unique Australian-designed hearing aid technology

Science in Public on 23 November, 2011

Blamey and Saunders Hearing Pty Ltd

Empowering a generation to take control of their hearing

The Australian hearing aid company Blamey & Saunders Hearing’s new clinic and offices will be opened this evening at 6 pm at historic 364 Albert Street, East Melbourne, by Michelle Gallaher, CEO of the BioMelbourne Network.

The new hearing aid has evolved from sound technologies developed for Graeme Clark’s bionic ear. It empowers users to take control of their own hearing. They can buy online and fine tune the hearing aid themselves or with the help of an audiologist. The choice is theirs and the price—starting at under $1,000—is a fraction of the cost of equivalent hearing aids.

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