Dr Allison Young, an audiologist and researcher at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred hospital, is working on modified swim goggles that she hopes one day will be able to feed data into an artificial intelligence algorithm and help diagnose the dizziness disorders suffered by 40 per cent of Australians at some point in their life.
Across town, at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital, Dr Narinder Singh is working on a digital otoscope – the combination of flashlight and magnifying glass that healthcare workers stick in your ears – that uses AI to quickly and accurately diagnose ear diseases among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, before the diseases lead to hearing loss.
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