Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM), sometimes referred to as chronic otitis media (COM), is a chronic inflammation and often polymicrobial infection (involving more than one micro-organism) of the middle ear and mastoid cavity, characterised by ear discharge (otorrhoea) through a perforated tympanic membrane. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• September 2020

The Healing Kids, Healing Families team at Telethon Kids Institute strives to improve child and family mental health and wellbeing, especially after experiencing trauma or adversity. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Brain and Behaviour
• Mental Health and Youth Program

Genomic information is increasingly used to inform medical treatments and manage future disease risks. However, any personal and societal gains must be carefully balanced against the risk to individuals contributing their genomic data. Expanding our understanding of actionable genomic insights requires researchers to access large global datasets to capture the complexity of genomic contribution to diseases. ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2024
• January 2024

A search strategy was developed to identify tools used to evaluate standard and teleaudiology hearing aid rehabilitation services for adults. A seven-domain hearing-health-care service model for validation was defined and used to analyse the applicability and suitability of patient- and service-centred tools. This model and the applicability and suitability criteria were based on the literature, the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) framework, and gold standard professional practice guidelines, which together formed the validation framework used in this study. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• March 2021

This Cochrane review shows that both hearing aids and sound generators may be beneficial for reducing tinnitus severity in some patients ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

This study aimed to explore the role of schools and classroom teachers in supporting the mental health and well-being of deaf and hard of hearing children ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• July 2019

The evidence supports the widespread provision of hearing aids as the first-line clinical management for those seeking help for hearing difficulties ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• July 2018

To look at the interplay between PMN and macrophages in disease progression in humans we asked whether polymorphisms at genes that regulate their infiltration.. ...

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• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• January 2010

Our data provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underpinning the association of HLA-DRB1 alleles with risk versus protection in visceral leishmaniasis in humans ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• April 2018

Here we show that transfected macrophages stably expressing wild-type Nramp1 (Nramp1+) control the net replication of B. thailandensis, but not B. pseudomallei. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• August 2017