Factsheets These factsheets have been developed by the Bionics Institute experts for use by members of the public to gain an understanding of the research that we are involved in. The Institute is committed to providing credible, evidence-based information regarding the work we do in device development and treatment options for the management of disease. General General information Study with us Planned giving Research Areas Hearing Impairment Infant hearing: Personalised management of hearing impairment for infants What is auditory neuropathy? Restoring hearing: A unique drug delivery system to repair hearing loss Optogenetics: Improving the precision of bionic devices Improving cochlear implants: Understanding why some adults with a cochlear implant do not understand speech well Safe and effective cochlear implants: Establishing the maximum safe stimulation limits for cochlear implants Tinnitus: Searching for an objective measure of tinnitus Programming cochlear implants: Automatic programming for cochlear implants Understanding the hearing brain: Aiming to understand how the brain combines electric and acoustic stimulation Understanding listening effort: Measuring the effort required to understand what you hear Neurological Conditions Epilepsy: Developing a medical device that can measure brain activity over long periods of time Stroke: Restoring function after stroke with a subscalp implant Movement Disorders Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation Device (ASTUTE system) Improve positioning of electrodes for Deep Brain Stimulation (ADEPT device) Understanding a biomarker for Deep Brain Stimulation (ERNA) Improved diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (BiRD device) Inflammatory Diseases Crohn's disease: Developing a novel device to detect gut inflammation Diabetes: Potential new treatment options for type 2 diabetes Arthritis: Developing a device to treat arthritis Electric Medicine What is Electric Medicine? Urinary incontinence: Modulating sensory and motor pathways to the bladder Bionic eye: Improving the next generation bionic eye Implant to delay blindness: Developing a commercial therapeutic stimulator that protects against degenerative retinal diseases Participate in Our Research Participate in our research - BabiLab Participate in our research - Cochlear implant & tinnitus Participate in our research - Standard hearing Participate in our research - Tinnitus Our Contract Research Services Pre-clinical hearing research Histology and immunohistochemistry Engineering and development