After an excursion trip to Perth in 2021 where Earbus checked and reported on student's ears, Karalundi College Principal, Dr John Corcoran, reached out for ongoing services, recognising the impact of ear problems on students' education and behavioural outcomes.
Read MoreMy name is Savva Lazidis and I have commenced volunteer work at Earbus Foundation as a Marketing & Communications Intern through the McCusker Centre for Citizenship programme.
Read MoreDid you know Earbus has a specialist Audiology Clinic in the city?
At our Hear Today Clinic in Brewer Street, Perth we promote Expert, Experienced and Ethical services. Those who choose our services as paying clients assist those who need our services but are unable to pay.
Read MoreWe are looking for a Business Manager to join our team. This is a full time position based in our Perth Head Office, overseeing the financial and HR activities of Earbus Foundation. Join our award-winning not-for-profit by applying today.
Read More"The ‘new normal’ of a COVID environment is characterised by uncertainty, unpredictability and frequent disruption. It challenges all of us in ways we have not previously experienced. Needless to say these impacts are often most keenly felt by those whom society leaves behind – Aboriginal children, families and communities are sadly in this cohort more often than not." - CEO and Co-founder Paul Higginbotham
Read MoreEar disease has been routine childhood experience for generations of Aboriginal children - parents are often not shocked by runny noses and pouring ears, having experienced them themselves as children. This “normalisation” of ear disease is a sad legacy that contributes to unacceptably high rates of infection and disease, and lack of timely treatment.
Read MoreWe thank HBF, WA’s largest private health insurance fund, for their generous support of our Metro Earbus Program. We recently received a grant from HBF to support our Clinical Teams of Nurse, Audiologist and GP/Nurse Practitioners making regular visits to screen and treat Aboriginal children attending local schools and day-cares.
Read MoreOver the years I have had experience in different fields of nursing. Most recently completed a project in partnership with Edith Cowan University as Aboriginal Brain Injury Coordinator “Healing Right Way”, that enabled me to experience community health, as well as the acute setting. This consolidated my passion for Aboriginal Primary Health Nursing.
Read MoreSince March 2020 WA has been in a state of isolation from the rest of the country and world with our state borders sealed off. Now, as government officially opens the state border on March 3, the highly contagious Omicron variant is bringing it down from within and presenting new challenges.
Read MoreCommonwealth Minister for Government Services and Senator for Western Australia, Linda Reynolds, visited Lockridge Primary School recently to see Earbus in action.
Minister Reynolds said she was "delighted to visit one of the seven Earbus clinical services and meet the team delivering important ear screening and treatment services to thousands of Aboriginal and at-risk children across WA".
Read MoreOn 10 December our new Kwinana clinic - that will deliver vital ear checks and health care to children in the community - opened at the Institute of Indigenous Wellbeing & Sports Offices.
Earbus Foundation Patron, Professor Harvey Coates AO, marked the opening of the Earbus Kwinana Clinic by leading an ENT and audiology clinic.
Read MoreDonna Faragher MLC, Member for the East Metropolitan region and Shadow Minister for Community Services; Early Childhood Learning; Youth; Seniors and Ageing, was very interested in an opinion piece by our CEO Paul Higginbotham which appeared in The West Australian recently and visited Earbus Foundation headquarters to find out more about our work.
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