News and programs Media coverage Media coverage For all media enquiries, please contact Amelia Cavanagh, Marketing & Fundraising Manager:T: (03) 9667 7537M: 0409 401 125E: acavanagh@bionicsinstitute.org 2020 The auditory breakthrough that could help newborns hear for the first timeABC Radio 20 August 2020 Fitbit on a brain waveHerald Sun 17 February 2020 Australia 2020 summit (Bionic Eye)Channel 9 news 11 January 2020 2019 The future of Medical Bionics (Robert Klupacs, CEO)Rotary Melbourne Podcast 6 December 2019 More workplaces opening their doors to girls in maths and scienceHerald Sun 16 November 2019 Einstein-a-go-go radio program102.7FM 6 October 2019 Gut-brain-axis the target of implantable device for IBDHerald Sun 9 May 2019 Breakthrough Australian device brings hope to Crohn’s disease sufferersThe New Daily 23 March 2019 Giving Parkinson’s the BiRD—a device to diagnose Parkinson’s disease, 11 April 20199 NewsParkinson’s News TodayNew AtlasDaily Mail AustraliaNews Medical Life Sciences To measure hearing, listen to your heart, 2 March 2019Herald Sun 2 March 2019The Health SiteIndia NewsThe Hans IndiaTelengana TodayIndia TVXinhuanet China 2018 Restoring hearing loss in veterans, 8 November 2018Herald Sun 8 November 20187 News9 NewsABC online3AW Breakfast 1:15:30Melbourne Biomedical PrecinctTalking Health with Dr Sally CockburnXinhuanet China Sarah Tracton and BI researcher Tim Brochier on Sarah’s deafness and how the cochlear implant changed her lifeABC Radio 18 July 2018 World-first epilepsy alert system will now be made in VictoriaHerald Sun 25 June 2018 New technology for Parkinson’s disease sufferersRadio 2SER 107.3 Sydney Quality of Life BackShepparton News May 25 2018 Laurel or Yanny explained: why do some people hear a different word?The Guardian May 16 2018 Radio interview with Dr Wes Thevathasan hosted by Richelle HuntRadio 774 Afternoon 150518 Dr Wes Thevathasan Scientists just identified a unique brain signal that could change the way we treat Parkinson’sScience Alert May 8 2018 Surgery fear put to rest: Parkinson’s breakthroughHerald Sun May 5 2018 Fresh hope for people living with Parkinson’s diseaseNine News Melbourne May 5 2018 Breakthrough allows Parkinson’s disease sufferers to sleep through brain surgeryChannel 10 Eyewitness News May 5 2018 Parkinson’s disease sufferers able to sleep through brain surgery after breakthroughABC News May 5 2018 Music to your ears: New preclinical trials offer glimmer of hope for deafness sufferersHerald Sun January 27 2018 2017 Baby brain scans hold hearing cluesHerald Sun September 13 2017 Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes seeThe Conversation August 18 2017 Melbourne-designed implant puts miracle eye cure in sightHerald Sun July 13 2017 “Fitbit” for the brain alerts epilepsy sufferers to incoming seizuresChannel Nine News July 8 2017 “Fitbit for the brain” that tracks epileptic seizures potential game changer, researchers sayABC news online July 8 2017 Melbourne researchers develop “Fitbit for the brain” epileptic seizures forecast implantHerald Sun July 8 2017 Trial to image “hearing brain” of children set to beginBiomedical Research Victoria, February 27 2017