Hearing Research Fellow

Victorian Lions Foundation Programs - Bionics Institute Hearing Research Fellow

For over 25 years the Victorian Lions Foundation has supported a Lions International Hearing Research Fellow at the Bionics Institute. The Fellowship provides an opportunity to a mid-level researcher to work specifically in an area of importance in bionic hearing, or deafness for a period of approximately two years.

The Fellowship has always been outcome focused with research examples including, training older children with a bionic ear to communicate and accelerate their learning, investigating speech perception in noisy environments to improve the quality of hearing and a current study into improving the sound quality of music for those with a bionic ear.

The current Lions Hearing Research Fellow is improving outcomes for hearing impaired people by determining ways to predict their speech perception outcomes using hearing devices.

You can find out more at www.bionicsinstitute.org.