THEME: Hearing Loss and Comorbidities 

This issue’s feature articles include Associate Professor Dona Jayakody's exploration of 'Beyond the audiogram: hearing care in the context of healthy ageing' and Dr Mehwish Nisar's 'Diabetes-Related Hearing Loss: a clinical guide for audiologists'. 

Alongside these topics, this issue also contains two eulogies for two titans of audiology in Australia: Dr Laurie Upfold OAM and Dr R. John Bench. Both made highly valued and lasting contributions to the profession that will not be forgotten.

IN FOCUS:

• ‘Nuance Audio: hearing through a new lens’, by Bettina Turnbull AuD, Senior Innovation Audiologist, National Acoustic Laboratories.

• ‘Beyond the audiogram: hearing care in the context of healthy ageing’, by A/Prof Dona Jayakody, WA Centre for Rural Health.

• ‘Hearing, vision and cognition: towards integrated sensory care for older Australians’, by Melinda Toomey PhD, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland.

• 'Diabetes-Related Hearing Loss: a clinical guide for audiologists', by Dr Mehwish Nisar, Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland.

• 'Supporting tricky-to-test children through audiological assessment’, by Sarah Gunn, Paediatric Audiologist, Queensland Children's Hospital.

• ‘Weaving deaf access: access to hearing care for Deaf and hard-of-hearing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth’, by Tess Bright, The University of Melbourne, and Jody Barney, Deaf Indigenous Community Consultancy.

COMMUNITY NEWS:
• ‘Vale Dr R. John Bench’.

• ‘Vale Dr Laurie Upfold OAM’.

• ‘Patient story: Nickiera’, by Carleen Miller, Taungurung, Aboriginal Engagement and Project Coordinator, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

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