As part of the 2008 Australian Innovation Festival the HEARing CRC partnered with Audiology Australia to host ‘Innovations in Audiology’, a celebration of Australia’s hearing science, technology and service provision.

Special features of the day included:

•  the Denis Byrne Memorial Lecture (featuring Australia’s hearing aid technology expert A/Prof Harvey Dillon)
• round table discussions on Hearing Aid Technology and Universal Newborn Screening
• exhibitions of hearing aid, cochlear implant and audiology technology
• displays by hearing healthcare service and consumer agencies
• scientific papers on hearing aids, paediatric audiology, outcomes and rehabilitation, and tinnitus; and
• the official launch of HEARnet.