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2026

Conference Publication

Culturally responsive care: practical actions for health professionals

Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Furze, Cailyn, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Hickson, Louise, Timmer, Barbra, Armitage, Christopher J., Dib, Mayada and Dawes, Piers (2026). Culturally responsive care: practical actions for health professionals. A Culture of Care: Multicultural Health Symposium 2026, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 16-17 March 2026.

Culturally responsive care: practical actions for health professionals

2026

Journal Article

Protocol for a pre‐post field trial of a home hearing and vision care program for older Australians with diverse cognitive abilities and hearing and/or vision impairment

Toomey, Melinda, Gurteen, Helen, Bennett, Bec, Cenin, Dayna, El‐Saifi, Najwan, Ferguson, Melanie, Gu, Yuanyuan, Heine, Chyrisse, Keay, Lisa, Kumaran, Sheela, Lenzen, Sabrina, Leroi, Iracema, Lowthian, Judy A., Meyer, Carly, Mitchell, Leander, Newall, John, Pachana, Nancy A., Piano, Marianne, Raichand, Smriti, Scanlan, Emma, Sohrabi, Hamid R. and Dawes, Piers (2026). Protocol for a pre‐post field trial of a home hearing and vision care program for older Australians with diverse cognitive abilities and hearing and/or vision impairment. Health Science Reports, 9 (3) e71931, e71931. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.71931

Protocol for a pre‐post field trial of a home hearing and vision care program for older Australians with diverse cognitive abilities and hearing and/or vision impairment

2026

Journal Article

An Inductive Qualitative Analysis of Hearing Health Care Professionals' Perspectives on Delivery of Culturally Responsive Care in Australia

Furze, Cailyn, Newall, John, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Dawes, Piers, Ching, Teresa Y. C., Sharma, Mridula and Scarinci, Nerina (2026). An Inductive Qualitative Analysis of Hearing Health Care Professionals' Perspectives on Delivery of Culturally Responsive Care in Australia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 69 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1044/2025_jslhr-25-00388

An Inductive Qualitative Analysis of Hearing Health Care Professionals' Perspectives on Delivery of Culturally Responsive Care in Australia

2026

Journal Article

Hearing impairment and cognitive decline: Alternative explanations to causality

Merten, Natascha, Dawes, Piers, Munro, Kevin J. and Brenowitz, Willa D. (2026). Hearing impairment and cognitive decline: Alternative explanations to causality. Journal of Alzheimers Disease, 110 (1_suppl) PMID 9814863, S25-S29. doi: 10.1177/13872877251410502

Hearing impairment and cognitive decline: Alternative explanations to causality

2026

Journal Article

Barriers and enablers to hearing service provision in aged care settings in Australia: perspectives from hearing clinicians

El-Saifi, Najwan, Campbell, Megan E. J., George, Neha, Keay, Lisa, Kumaran, Sheela, Meyer, Carly, Miller Amberber, Amanda, Newall, John and Dawes, Piers (2026). Barriers and enablers to hearing service provision in aged care settings in Australia: perspectives from hearing clinicians. International Journal of Audiology, 65 (5), 563-574. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2554236

Barriers and enablers to hearing service provision in aged care settings in Australia: perspectives from hearing clinicians

2026

Other Outputs

Feasibility of the Spaeth Richman Contrast Sensitivity (SPARCS) Test in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Receiving Home Care Services

Toomey, Melinda, Dawes, Piers, Keay, Lisa, Gurteen, Helen, Wilson, Lana and Franco, Bronwyn (2026). Feasibility of the Spaeth Richman Contrast Sensitivity (SPARCS) Test in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Receiving Home Care Services. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9ed2ea1

Feasibility of the Spaeth Richman Contrast Sensitivity (SPARCS) Test in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment Receiving Home Care Services

2026

Journal Article

“Aged care is more than wiping bums and giving medication” – a qualitative study of the sensory support care needs of older Australians with hearing and/or vision impairment

Toomey, Melinda, Gurteen, Helen, Franco, Bronwyn, Wilson, Lana, Coleman, Marianne, El-Saifi, Najwan, Gu, Yuanyuan, Heine, Chyrisse, Keay, Lisa, Kumaran, Sheela, Lenzen, Sabrina, Leroi, Iracema, Meyer, Carly J., Mitchell, Leander, Pachana, Nancy A., Scanlan, Emma and Dawes, Piers (2026). “Aged care is more than wiping bums and giving medication” – a qualitative study of the sensory support care needs of older Australians with hearing and/or vision impairment. Disability and Rehabilitation, 48 (4), 986-995. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2523971

“Aged care is more than wiping bums and giving medication” – a qualitative study of the sensory support care needs of older Australians with hearing and/or vision impairment

2026

Journal Article

Factors influencing staff support for sensory device use for people in long-term care settings

El-Saifi, Najwan, Meyer, Carly J., Rose, Naomi, Bail, Kasia, Browning, Colette, Cenin, Dayna R., Ferguson, Melanie, Heine, Chyrisse, Keay, Lisa, Kumaran, Sheela, Newall, John, Scanlan, Emma, Sohrabi, Hamid R., Toomey, Melinda, Westbrook, Johanna and Dawes, Piers (2026). Factors influencing staff support for sensory device use for people in long-term care settings. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 45 (8), 1530-1545. doi: 10.1177/07334648251377485

Factors influencing staff support for sensory device use for people in long-term care settings

2026

Journal Article

The impact of cognition on hearTest administration in older adults receiving home care

Gurteen, Helen, Toomey, Melinda, Wilson, Lana, Franco, Bronwyn, Gu, Yuanyuan, Heine, Chyrisse, Lenzen, Sabrina and Dawes, Piers (2026). The impact of cognition on hearTest administration in older adults receiving home care. International Journal of Audiology, 65 (5), 625-631. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2573033

The impact of cognition on hearTest administration in older adults receiving home care

2026

Journal Article

Economic Evaluations of Hearing Interventions in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Evidence and Methods

Raichand, Smriti, Jiang, Shan, Weng, Junling, Ahumada-Canale, Antonio, Lenzen, Sabrina, Dawes, Piers, Parkinson, Bonny, Chen, Yingyao and Gu, Yuanyuan (2026). Economic Evaluations of Hearing Interventions in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Evidence and Methods. Advances in Therapy. doi: 10.1007/s12325-026-03788-w

Economic Evaluations of Hearing Interventions in Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Evidence and Methods

2025

Journal Article

Co‐designing a sensory support intervention for older adults with hearing and vision impairment living in Australian home care settings

Gurteen, Helen, Toomey, Melinda, Franco, Bronwyn, El‐Saifi, Najwan, Heine, Chyrisse, Leroi, Iracema, Meyer, Carly J., Kumaran, Sheela and Dawes, Piers (2025). Co‐designing a sensory support intervention for older adults with hearing and vision impairment living in Australian home care settings. Health Expectations, 28 (6) e70481, e70481. doi: 10.1111/hex.70481

Co‐designing a sensory support intervention for older adults with hearing and vision impairment living in Australian home care settings

2025

Journal Article

Identifying targets for interventions to improve communication between primary and secondary care: a qualitative study of referrals to adult NHS hearing aid services

Khan, Sobia, Loughran, Michael T., Armitage, Christopher J., Leverton, Ted, Mehta, Nishchay, Oliver, Francesca, O'driscoll, Martin, Nassar, Greg, Sutton, Chris J., Lewis, Kathryn, Dawes, Piers, Bower, Peter and Munro, Kevin J. (2025). Identifying targets for interventions to improve communication between primary and secondary care: a qualitative study of referrals to adult NHS hearing aid services. Archives of Public Health, 83 (1) 284. doi: 10.1186/s13690-025-01756-4

Identifying targets for interventions to improve communication between primary and secondary care: a qualitative study of referrals to adult NHS hearing aid services

2025

Conference Publication

Working with spoken language interpreters: strengthening clinician-interpreter collaboration for equitable hearing care 

Nisar, Mehwish, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Orlando, Marc, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Harris-Roxas, Ben, Hickson, Louise and Dawes, Piers (2025). Working with spoken language interpreters: strengthening clinician-interpreter collaboration for equitable hearing care . National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference 2025, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 11-12 November 2025.

Working with spoken language interpreters: strengthening clinician-interpreter collaboration for equitable hearing care 

2025

Conference Publication

Developing international practice recommendations for identification and management of hearing and vision impairment in older adults in long-term care

Dawes, Piers (2025). Developing international practice recommendations for identification and management of hearing and vision impairment in older adults in long-term care. 2025 IPA Congress, Kanazawa, Japan, 25-27 September 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.

Developing international practice recommendations for identification and management of hearing and vision impairment in older adults in long-term care

2025

Conference Publication

SENSECog home care: evaluation of an intervention to support hearing and vision needs of people in home and assisted living settings

Dawes, Piers, Toomey, Melinda, Cenin, Dayna, Ferguson, Melanie, Franco, Bronwyn, Gu, Yuanyuan, Gurteen, Helen, Heine, Chyrisse, Keay, Lisa, Kumaran, Sheela, Lenzen, Sabrina, Leroi, Iracema, Lidscombe, Carrie, Lowthian, Judy, Meyer, Carly, Mitchell, Leander, Newall, John, Pachana, Nancy A., Piano, Marianne, Raichand, Smriti, Scanlan, Emma, Sohrabi, Hamid and Wilson, Lana (2025). SENSECog home care: evaluation of an intervention to support hearing and vision needs of people in home and assisted living settings. International Psychogeriatric Association's 2025 International Congress, Kanazawa, Japan, 25-27 September of 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100164

SENSECog home care: evaluation of an intervention to support hearing and vision needs of people in home and assisted living settings

2025

Conference Publication

SENSECog residential aged care Australia: evaluation of an intervention to support hearing and vision needs of people with dementia in residential aged care

Dawes, Piers, El-Saifi, Najwan, Sohrabi, Hamid, Rose, Naomi, Meyer, Carly, Bail, Kasia, Browning, Colette, Cenin, Dayna, England, Tim, Ferguson, Melanie, Gu, Yuanyuan, Harrison, Reema, Heine, Chyrisse, Keay, Lisa, Kumaran, Sheela, Leroi, Iracema, Liew, Gerald, Martins, Ralph, Newall, John, Raichand, Smrtiti, Scalan, Emma, Toomey, Melinda and Westbrook, Johanna (2025). SENSECog residential aged care Australia: evaluation of an intervention to support hearing and vision needs of people with dementia in residential aged care. International Psychogeriatric Association's 2025 International Congress, Kanazawa, Japan, 25-27 September 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100164

SENSECog residential aged care Australia: evaluation of an intervention to support hearing and vision needs of people with dementia in residential aged care

2025

Journal Article

Hearing loss in children from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia

de Silva, Dumini, Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Khan, Asaduzzaman and Newall, John (2025). Hearing loss in children from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Ear and Hearing, 46 (6) 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001695, 1603-1612. doi: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001695

Hearing loss in children from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia

2025

Journal Article

Evaluation of a digital health decision intervention to support management decision-making for adults with hearing loss: protocol for the HearChoice randomised controlled trial

Ferguson, Melanie A., Sherman, Kerry A., Bothe, Ellen, Timmer, Barbra H.B., Dawes, Piers, Myers, Bronwyn, Norman, Richard, Mejia, Jorge, Bennett, Rebecca J., Mottershaw, Abigail L., zu Brickwedde, Elena Meyer, Convery, Elizabeth and Gyani, Alex (2025). Evaluation of a digital health decision intervention to support management decision-making for adults with hearing loss: protocol for the HearChoice randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 15 (10) e106751, 1-11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106751

Evaluation of a digital health decision intervention to support management decision-making for adults with hearing loss: protocol for the HearChoice randomised controlled trial

2025

Journal Article

Diabetes and hearing loss: A call to action for early detection and prevention

Nisar, Mehwish and Dawes, Piers (2025). Diabetes and hearing loss: A call to action for early detection and prevention. Australian Journal of General Practice, 54 (10), 747-749. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-11-24-7474

Diabetes and hearing loss: A call to action for early detection and prevention

2025

Other Outputs

HearTest dataset 2025

Dawes, Piers and Gurteen, Helen (2025). HearTest dataset 2025. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/a3e6359

HearTest dataset 2025