Sensory Impairment: Causes, Impacts And Interventions
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,233,350.00
Summary
The team will bring focused expertise to building Australian research capacity in the relatively underdeveloped priority area of sensory impairment. The focused, practical program of sensory impairment population health research includes the themes of epidemiology of sensory impairment (particularly vision and hearing); vascular, genetic, nutritional inter-relationships with sensory impairment and associated diseases, and impacts of sensory impairment on independent living.