PRESTIGIOUS PRIZE FOR PILBARA PROGRAM

Earbus 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. 

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Karen Hickling
EARFLO THE GO IN PILBARA

Earbus 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.

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Karen Hickling
EAR HEALTH BOOST DURING NAIDOC WEEK

In 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.

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Karen Hickling
CHEERS TO TEN YEARS

The 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.

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Karen Hickling
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP HONOURS HARVEY COATES

Prior 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.

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Karen Hickling
LIVED EXPERIENCE SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON OM

Earbus Outreach Program Coordinator for the Goldfields & Pilbara, Kassy Hayden, made the national news this month sharing her lived experience of Otitis media (middle ear disease), telling National Indigenous Times how getting the condition treated makes a big positive impact in children’s lives.

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