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Media coverage

For all media enquiries, please contact Amelia Cavanagh, Marketing & Fundraising Manager:
T:  (03) 9667 7537
M: 0409 401 125
E:  acavanagh@bionicsinstitute.org

2020

  • 3AW breakfast radio: tinnitus.mp3
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  • Australian researchers make hearing breakthrough
    Channel 9 news 19 November 2020 
  • Help could be on the way for Australians who suffer constant ringing in their ears
    Channel 7 news 19 November 2020
  • Scientists are using a mind-reading cap to detect an invisible condition
    Inverse 19 November 2020 
  • Artificial intelligence that can diagnose tinnitus from brain scans may improve treatment
    New Scientist 18 November 2020
  • The auditory breakthrough that could help newborns hear for the first time
    ABC Radio 20 August 2020
  • Fitbit on a brain wave
    Herald 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 science
    Herald Sun 16 November 2019
  • Einstein-a-go-go radio program
    102.7FM 6 October 2019
  • Gut-brain-axis the target of implantable device for IBD
    Herald Sun 9 May 2019
  • Breakthrough Australian device brings hope to Crohn’s disease sufferers
    The New Daily 23 March 2019
  • Giving Parkinson’s the BiRD—a device to diagnose Parkinson’s disease, 11 April 2019
    9 News
    Parkinson’s News Today
    New Atlas
    Daily Mail Australia
    News Medical Life Sciences
  • To measure hearing, listen to your heart, 2 March 2019
    Herald Sun 2 March 2019
    The Health Site
    India News
    The Hans India
    Telengana Today
    India TV
    Xinhuanet China

2018

  • Restoring hearing loss in veterans, 8 November 2018
    Herald Sun 8 November 2018
    7 News
    9 News
    ABC online
    3AW Breakfast 1:15:30
    Melbourne Biomedical Precinct
    Talking Health with Dr Sally Cockburn
    Xinhuanet China
  • Sarah Tracton and BI researcher Tim Brochier on Sarah’s deafness and how the cochlear implant changed her life
    ABC Radio 18 July 2018
  • World-first epilepsy alert system will now be made in Victoria
    Herald Sun 25 June 2018
  • New technology for Parkinson’s disease sufferers
    Radio 2SER 107.3 Sydney
  • Quality of Life Back
    Shepparton 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 Hunt
    Radio 774 Afternoon 150518 Dr Wes Thevathasan
  • Scientists just identified a unique brain signal that could change the way we treat Parkinson’s
    Science Alert May 8 2018
  • Surgery fear put to rest: Parkinson’s breakthrough
    Herald Sun May 5 2018
  • Fresh hope for people living with Parkinson’s disease
    Nine News Melbourne May 5 2018
  • Breakthrough allows Parkinson’s disease sufferers to sleep through brain surgery
    Channel 10 Eyewitness News May 5 2018
  • Parkinson’s disease sufferers able to sleep through brain surgery after breakthrough
    ABC News May 5 2018
  • Music to your ears: New preclinical trials offer glimmer of hope for deafness sufferers
    Herald Sun January 27 2018

2017

  • Baby brain scans hold hearing clues
    Herald Sun September 13 2017
  • Artificial vision: what people with bionic eyes see
    The Conversation August 18 2017
  • Melbourne-designed implant puts miracle eye cure in sight
    Herald Sun July 13 2017
  • “Fitbit” for the brain alerts epilepsy sufferers to incoming seizures
    Channel Nine News July 8 2017
  • “Fitbit for the brain” that tracks epileptic seizures potential game changer, researchers say
    ABC news online July 8 2017
  • Melbourne researchers develop “Fitbit for the brain” epileptic seizures forecast implant
    Herald Sun July 8 2017
  • Trial to image “hearing brain” of children set to begin
    Biomedical Research Victoria, February 27 2017

Published: 17th December, 2019

Updated: 24th November, 2020

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