We have been selected to benefit from the Ethical Jobs Matched Donation campaign that runs from 10 - 17 June. Essentially, any donation made via the dedicated link during this period will be matched by Ethical Jobs (up to $5K).
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EAR BUS CLINIC EXPANDING! A program offering free ear-checks to Indigenous children across the state is expanding. It's already helped reduce the rate of ear infections and hearing loss, and has seen major improvements in learning and school attendance.
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Earbus would like to welcome our latest team member, Leonie Wilkes! She joins the Northbridge HQ team and comes on-board as our Data Officer.
Learn more about Leonie and her interests: “I’m a proud Wadjuk and Binjareb woman, growing up surrounded by family and friends; this opened me up to be social and talkative.”
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Australian Executors Trust is supporting Earbus Foundation of WA with an IT infrastructure grant over the next three years. As our organisation grows our infrastructure needs to keep pace in a fast developing tech environment. Our thanks to AET for this generous and valuable support.
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At the end of May and through early June we will be migrating all staff and generic email addresses to MS Outlook. Email addresses will have .au appended so, for example, our office email will be admin@earbus.org.au. Watch out for our new addresses, coming soon!
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We sincerely thank AngloGold Ashanti for their continuing support of Earbus - they are our longest-standing corporate sponsor underpinning our work in the Goldfields region since 2014. Now Anglo Gold is helping fund our local Ear Health Screener in Kalgoorlie which allows us to offer continuing care between clinical visits.
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Adelina Duncan joins the Earbus team at our Northbridge HQ as the new Graduate Audiologist. Learn more about her history and what unique qualities she brings to Earbus Foundation!
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Earbus Foundation has partnered with St Patrick’s Community Support Centre in Fremantle to offer free, quarterly hearing clinics to homeless people who may have hearing loss. Earbus Foundation won the Fremantle Impact100 Award at the end of 2019 and it was through this that the relationship with St Pat’s first formed.
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Professor Harvey Coates AO (Earbus Patron) presented the 2021 Libby Harricks Memorial Oration via webcast this month on Indigenous Ear and Hearing Health — Tackling the Silent Epidemic. Harvey’s lifelong interest in otitis media in Aboriginal children has included clinical outreach in remote Australia and the South Pacific, and working with WHO and national/international Committees. It was a great event in Perth hosted by Deafness Council WA and Telethon Kids Institute.
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Hello, my name is Amelia but I prefer to go by Milly. I was lucky enough to grow up in Fremantle/Walyalup and I still call this area home. Although my close relatives currently live throughout Australia, our heritage ties back to Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England. I have visited all of these countries during my travels and enjoyed their cultures and customs.
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We thank Collier Charitable Fund for generous financial support of exciting new technology – an ultrasound middle ear analyser. The US-developed TOMi Scope is an imaging tool for visualising the human eardrum and fluid or air within the middle ear space. This hopefully provides enhanced diagnostic capacity and accuracy. Thanks Collier!
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Earbus is seeking applications for office based administration volunteers to support the organisation's efforts.
Our clinical teams visit 121 locations in regional WA, treating thousands of Aboriginal and at-risk children. Our mission is to eradicate the impacts of hearing loss caused by Otitis Media so that every young person can reach their full potential through listening and learning.
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