
Brent Edwards
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Brent Edwards
@bwedwards
Director of the National Acoustic Laboratories, implementing innovation and design thinking principles to help people with hearing loss.





So glad I did not focused my attention only on peer-reviewed publication during my PhD candidature! “What #impact will your research have on the lives of people?” Creating #value in the lives of others with research findings and #innovation. #RISummit with @bwedwards #NAL


A year and a half into the pandemic, mask-wearing remains an essential part of everyone’s lives. NAL rapidly iterated on solutions last year to help our clients better hear those wearing masks. #designthinking #hearinghealth #audpeeps Full video: lnkd.in/gAWyDVt

Terrific opportunity to lead a research department of behavioural scientists at NAL. Change the world of hearing health care through the application of behavioural economics and other initiatives to improve the lives of those with hearing loss. seek.com.au/job/51902492


NAL has two senior research positions that we are looking to fill, with more exciting openings to come in the next few weeks.

Congratulations to NAL annual award winners Taegan Young (Rising Star), Joaquin Valderrama (Research Excellence), and the paediatric research team (Team of the Year)!



Report released on the state of hearing health in Australia with advice for running a national public awareness campaign on hearing health. Commissioned by the Australian Government Dept of Health, who subsequently announced funding for such a campaign. hearingreview.com/inside-hearing…


The Hearing Health Sector Alliance welcomes a $21.2 boost for hearing health in October's Federal Budget to implement the key initiatives in the Roadmap to Hearing Health. thehearinghealthsectoralliance.org.au/sector-welcome… #hearinghealthsectoralliance


FYI: our mask recommendations are a result of 2 months of lab speech tests, sound quality tests, computer modeling, and beta tests. We tested different masks, face shields, and combos. Paper being submitted for peer review.

Twitter: Those with #hearingloss are struggling to understand the speech of people wearing masks. @NALresearch is providing research-based guidance to clinicians on how to adjust hearing aids to improve speech understanding in this situation: nal.gov.au/nal-mask-adjus…
