Sensory impairment: causes, impacts and interventions

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity 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.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 01-01-2008

Funding Scheme: Capacity

Funding Amount: $2,233,350.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optical technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Epidemiology | Genetics | Hearing | Sensory impairment | Vision