The Cooperative Research Centre for Cochlear Implant and Hearing Aid Innovation (CRC HEAR) is dedicated to developing new hearing prostheses and procedures to improve communication for hearing-impaired adults and children.

CRC HEAR research and innovation enables its commercial partners to develop new technology products that will help to restore near-normal hearing of speech, music and other sounds to hearing-impaired adults, and allow hearing-impaired infants to develop natural speech and language.