Wayne Wilson

My research impact is reflected in the following achievements:

Influence on policy development and public practice: My research has been cited in national white papers and clinical guidelines on auditory processing (how the the brain processes sound) in the USA, Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany and Europe; regularly listed in the “most read” and “all-round favourites” in scientific journals, and widely reported by the general media. Many of my individual research publications have been cited as ‘all-round favourites in the diagnostic audiology literature’, ranked in the top three most cited papers on specific topics in Thompson Reuters’ Web of Knowledge, and described in journal editorials as being “of considerable significance for both researchers and clinicians”. One third of my >300 papers presented at scientific conferences around the world were invited presentations. My research achievements have seen me Chair multiple national and international task forces and working groups particularly in the areas of auditory processing and auditory processing disorder. Procedures recommended by my research for the assessment and management of auditory processing disorders are widely used by clinicians around the world. Since 2013, I have led an Auditory Processing Disorder Special Interest Group that has grown to include over 100 fellow scientists and research clinicians from around the world.

Patents: Two published patents (Bradley, A.P., & Wilson, W.J. (2008). Method of Acquiring a Physiological Response. WO2008/006164. and Bradley, A.P., O’Brien, I., & Wilson, W.J. (2008). Active hearing protection device for orchestral and other musicians), and one provisional patent (Bradley, A.P., & Wilson, W.J. (2008). Improvements for cochlear implants, to the Australian Government’s IP Australia).

Involvement in spin-off companies: I was a founding member and Chief Audiological Scientist for two award winning commercial groups - Ausonex Pty Ltd (2006-2013; a medical device company specialising in the design and development of hearing test instrumentation) and Fidelio (2008-2015; a hearing protection device group specialising in the design and development of active hearing protection devices for orchestral musicians) - created to commecialise core technologies developed by myself and fellow researchers at the University of Queensland.

Media comment: I am regularly inteviewed for national radio and national and international papers and magazines on a wide range of topics to do with hearing and audiology.