"We love the fact that we can help deliver a free mobile Ear Clinic to our own mob in their community without causing any unnecessary stress." Kassy and Chontae Hayden are two proud Ballardong (Noongar) and Badimaya (Yamatji) sisters from Perth. They work for Earbus Foundation and share a lived experience of middle disease.
Read More10 years ago, a trio of friends came together around a kitchen table in Wanneroo with a big idea: To help some of the most vulnerable kids in our state – an area the size of Western Europe – by developing a one-stop-shop approach to Aboriginal ear disease for the children least likely to have a service.
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Read MoreThanks to support from Alcoa Foundation, Earbus can continue delivering vital ear health services for Aboriginal and at-risk children in Kwinana, Peel and the Upper South West regions for at least another three years.
The commitment builds on generous funding Alcoa Australia has provided to Earbus in this part of WA since 2018. To date, Alcoa’s support has enabled Earbus to conduct ear assessments for about 1,350 children across 33 schools, day care centres and early learning centres, with rates of hearing loss dropping from 11.6 per cent to 4.7 per cent in that time.
Read MoreEarbus Foundation is delighted to be a State Finalist in the 2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.
Telstra Best of Business Awards celebrate small and medium-sized businesses and people building Australia's economic, social and cultural prosperity. Earbus Foundation was nominated in the Championing Health category for organisations focused on innovative solutions and improving health outcomes for every Australian.
Read MoreEarbus Foundation is delighted to have won 'Most Outstanding Large Organisation' at the Pilbara For Purpose Awards.
Earbus has three programs in the Pilbara, servicing communities around Newman, Tom Price, Paraburdoo and Port Hedland. CEO & co-founder Dr Lara Shur said it was important to bring support to remote areas who would normally have to travel significant distances for ear health services.
Read MoreEarbus Foundation research partner, EarFlo, have developed an innovative device to assist in the treatment of glue ear and middle ear disease. With the support of the Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance, we will now expand the successful clinical trial to the Pilbara region. Aboriginal children will now have access to this non-invasive treatment which has the potential to change the way we treat middle ear disease in children.
Read MoreIn celebrating NAIDOC week, Alcoa announced its global charity, the Alcoa Foundation, will provide Earbus Foundation of WA with three year's of funding to continue to deliver our program across the communities near where it operates in the Kwinana, Peel and Upper South West regions.
Read MoreThe Earbus team is grateful for the kindness of three fabulous Chefs who each donated their time and expertise to help us celebrate our ten year milestone at CALEB's Restaurant & Bar. Chefs Stephen Clarke, Caleb Azuka and Phil LaBrooy each created a course utilising produce from local West Australian suppliers matched with premium WA wines, beers from Spinifex Brewing Co., and Yaru Water, all of which was also generously donated.
Read MorePrior to the pandemic, Earbus Foundation announced a partnership with Griffith University in Queensland to create the Harvey Coates Research Fellowship. Honouring our Clinical Patron, Professor Harvey Coates AO, Earbus is proudly supporting the funding of a PhD student to conduct Otitis media research at the university's Institute for Glycomics on the Gold Coast.
Read MoreEarbus Foundation of WA is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Lara Shur as the new Chief Executive Officer.
Read MoreFrom humble beginnings around a kitchen table in Wanneroo in April 2013, Earbus Foundation of WA has grown to become one of - if not the - leading ear health service providers in Australia in terms of reach and client throughput.
Read MoreRecent media spotlight on Banksia Hill and juveniles detained by the WA justice system begs the question of how many of these young offenders can hear?
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