New focus for hearing and balance disorders
Media Advisory - University of Auckland
Event on Tuesday 7th February
Research into the treatment and prevention of hearing and balance disorders is the focus of a new virtual centre, to be
launched at the University of Auckland on Tuesday.
The new Eisdell Moore Centre will bring together researchers and clinicians at the University of Auckland in association
with similar groups at the Universities of Otago and Canterbury.
Many New Zealanders are affected by hearing and balance disorders and the numbers are expected to increase substantially
as the population ages.
The Centre will host multidisciplinary research aimed at developing prevention, treatment and interventions for these
conditions and their consequences.
It is named after the late Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore, an eminent New Zealand Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon and founder of
the Deafness Research Foundation.
By working with community groups such as the National Foundation for the Deaf and the New Zealand Dizziness, Balance and
Vertigo Society, the Centre will also support community education on hearing and balance disorders to aid prevention and
treatment of these conditions.
The Eisdell Moore Centre will be based in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland and
will receive core funding of $1.75M over five years from the Deafness Research Foundation.
The Centre will link researchers with clinicians, in private practice and DHBs, and community groups to form a research
and community education initiative charged with improving the health of people with hearing loss and balance disorders
in New Zealand and the Pacific.
ENDS