Translational research

Supporting adults with hearing loss

Collaborating with key stakeholders to deliver supports that enable adults with hearing loss to optimally participate in their communities and maintain their independence and quality of life.

This program is underpinned by the principles of co-design where we combine lived experience and professional expertise to development interventions that are acceptable, feasible and scalable.

Learn more about the projects we are undertaking in this area and the research teams involved.

Walk, Talk and Listen

Funded by: Macquarie University

We aim to develop and evaluate the Walk, Talk and Listen intervention to reduce feelings of loneliness and social isolation among older adults with hearing loss.

Delivered virtually over Zoom by an accredited exercise physiologist, the Walk, Talk and Listen intervention involves small group sessions incorporating:

• socialisation
• physical activity
• auditory rehabilitation.

Movement, Interaction and Nutrition for Greater Lifestyles in the Elderly (MINGLE)

Funded by: Macular Disease Foundation Australia

We aim to develop and evaluate the MINGLE intervention to reduce feelings of loneliness and social isolation among older adults with vision loss due to macular disease.

Delivered virtually over Zoom by an accredited exercise physiologist, the MINGLE intervention involves small group sessions incorporating:

• socialisation
• physical activity
• nutrition and health education.