Below are a selection of helpful website links about hearing and audiology:

General Audiology Site

AntiMicrobial Therapy in Otolarygology - Head and Neck Surgery
This site gives detailed information on drug treatments in ENT, including a section on ototoxic side-effects.

Audiology Awareness Campaign
A website sponsored by the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists, the Educational Audiology Association, the Military Audiology Association, and the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology

Audiology Information Network
Sister Website to "Audiology Awareness Campaign".Contains a search feature and classified listings

Audiology Net
An index to almost all topics related to Audiology including audiometric tests, features of common pathologies, anatomy and physiology. An EXCELLENT general resource

Audiology Online
An information exchange for the hearing healthcare community. Includes a "chat" facility, and a Web site directory

Cortical ERA Resource Site
An educational & technical resource site for Audiologists to promote the development, availability and clinical use of Cortical electric response audiometry

ENT News
Keep abreast of research and developments in Otolaryngology - online !!

Heridtary Hearing Loss Homepage
Check out the latest research into the genetic bases of hearing loss

Kresge Laboratory
Visit the Kresge Lab. at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centre. Check out the "Promenade Around the Cochlea" in particular ...

Medline
Search the Medline database for FREE !!

Peak Software
Audiology Office account and patient management system, developed by Peak Software

Hear-It AISBL
A website run by the organisation ’Hear-it AISBL’, which consists of IFHOH (International Federation of the Hard Of Hearing), AEA (Association Européenne des Audioprothésistes), EHIMA (European Hearing Industry Manufacturers Association) - Knowles, Microtronic and Gennum.


Professional Organisations

Allied Health Professionals Professional Associations' Forum
The Allied Health Professional Associations' Forum is a group of allied health organisations who meet to collaborate and share ideas for improving the status of allied health in the health system. The New Zealand Audiological Society is a member of AHPAF.

American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
The Website for the American Academy of Audiology

ASHA
The website of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Audiology Foundation of America
Website promoting the Au.D qualification

Audiological Society of Australia
Australian equivalent of NZAS

British Society of Audiology
British equivalent of NZAS

Educational Audiology Association
Website of the Educational Audiology Association - for those with an interest in Paediatric Audiology

New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Website for ENT surgeons in New Zealand


New Zealand Organisations

Anne Greville Consulting
Information on the hearing impaired population of New Zealand

University of Auckland
Information on the Master of Audiology degree programme at Auckland University

Caption Access
Open Captions provide access to movie-going for people who are deaf, Hearing Impaired or have English as a second language by rendering teh audio to text.

Deaf Association of NZ
Nationwide provider of services to Deaf people

LIFE Unlimited Hearing Therapy Services Link to Website
Download Document on LIFE Unlimited Hearing Therapy Services
LIFE Unlimited Hearing Therapy Services is an Associate of Framework Solutions Ltd (FSL), a Private Training Provider, and uses FSL's NZQA accreditation to provide training for the National Diploma in Hearing Therapy (Level 5). This is the only hearing therapy training programme offered in New Zealand.

National Audiology Centre
Website for Auckalnd Health's NAC

The Southern Cochlear Implant Programme

The Northern Cochlear Implant Programme

Websites providing information about New Zealand Cochlear Implant Programmes


National Foundation for the Deaf
Useful information on hearing loss and services.

The Hearing Association of New Zealand

The Tinnitus Association of New Zealand

KnowTinnitus
Information about Tinnitus and Self Tinnitus Treatment

University of Canterbury
Information on the Master of Audiology degree programme at Canterbury University


Paediatric (Infant) Audiology

Birth Disorder Information Directory
This excellent site provides information on hundreds of syndromes and congenital disorders. If you have ever come across an otherwise obscure syndrome and wish to know more, this is the resource for you!

Marion Downs National Centre for Infant Hearing
Website out of the University of Colorado at Boulder - more Newborn Screening stuff!

National Centre for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM)
Website for those running Universal Neonatal Screening programs. Contains advice, resources, and information about running a screening programme. Run by Utah State University.

Download Information on Hearing Life Expo 2007 - the biggest Hearing Expo to be held in New Zealand will be held in Wellington in September.