Australian Hearing Hub Building - Macquarie University - Sydney
By the end of 2012 Macquarie University will be home to a unique, world-class facility, purpose-built to facilitate collaborative research into hearing and related speech and language disorders. Supported by a grant from the Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Investment Fund, and building on the long-term collaborations established by the Commonwealth’s HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, the Australian Hearing Hub, was conceived as a partnership among research, education, clinical health practice and innovation.
This state-of-the-art facility, known as the Australian Hearing Hub, will bring together researchers and professionals from University teams including nanofabrication, language and cognitive sciences, audiology, speech pathology and psychology with colleagues in government and non-government agencies and industry in Australia and overseas The Hub will be a nexus for collaboration and sharing of knowledge that will benefit people with hearing impairment and their families around the world.The Australian Hearing Hub will form part of a world-first hearing research, education, intervention and innovation precinct which will link over 2000 local professionals involved in the hearing industry across academia, government, rehabilitation and research with their international counterparts.
Members of the public will receive services and engage in research at the new facilitiy. Close links with the Macquarie University Hospital and the Macquarie University Clinics will provide the opportunity for continuity of care for clients and advances in translational research.
Source: Australian Hearing Hub Conference source
Australian Hearing Hub Building - Macquarie University - Sydney
By the end of 2012 Macquarie University will be home to a unique, world-class facility, purpose-built to facilitate collaborative research into hearing and related speech and language disorders. Supported by a grant from the Commonwealth Government’s Higher Education Investment Fund, and building on the long-term collaborations established by the Commonwealth’s HEARing Cooperative Research Centre, the Australian Hearing Hub, was conceived as a partnership among research, education, clinical health practice and innovation.
This state-of-the-art facility, known as the Australian Hearing Hub, will bring together researchers and professionals from University teams including nanofabrication, language and cognitive sciences, audiology, speech pathology and psychology with colleagues in government and non-government agencies and industry in Australia and overseas The Hub will be a nexus for collaboration and sharing of knowledge that will benefit people with hearing impairment and their families around the world.The Australian Hearing Hub will form part of a world-first hearing research, education, intervention and innovation precinct which will link over 2000 local professionals involved in the hearing industry across academia, government, rehabilitation and research with their international counterparts.
Members of the public will receive services and engage in research at the new facilitiy. Close links with the Macquarie University Hospital and the Macquarie University Clinics will provide the opportunity for continuity of care for clients and advances in translational research.
Source: Australian Hearing Hub Conference source