Robert Eikelboom

Professor

Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Surgery

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2911-5381

Phone+61 8 6380 4900
Emailrob.eikelboom@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M509), 35 Stirling Highway, Suite 1, Level 2, 1 Salvado Road, Subiaco
6009 Perth
Australia

1511 Citations
21 h-Index

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Personal profile

Biography

Adj Prof Rob Eikelboom trained as an electronic engineer, and has been involved in medical research for over 30 years. Since 2001 he has focused on ear and hearing research, especially in telehealth and epidemiology.
He holds the position Research Development and Grants Manager at the Ear Science Institute Australia, and also as an Extra-ordinary Professor at the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
He has authored over 140 peer-reviewed papers and 5 book chapters.

Roles and responsibilities

BE (Electronics), Western Australian Institute of Technology
BApplSc (Biomedical Engineering), Curtin University
PhD (Medical image analysis), The University of Western Australia

Funding overview

- Med-el, Austria (industry funding)
- Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation
- Lions Hearing Foundation
- Raine Foundation
- SHRAC, WA Department of Health
- MHRIF, WA Department of Health
- Commonwealth Department of Health, Hearing Loss Prevention Programme
- Commonwealth Department of Health, RHSET
- Ear Science Institute Australia
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
- Clive and Vera Racaciotti

Research

telehealth and telemedicine
epidemiology
public health
service delivery

Languages

English and Dutch

External positions

Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria

1 Oct 2012 → …

Keywords

Health
Bioinformatics
Not for Profit
Medicine and Pharma
Telemedicine
Telehealth
Computer-aided diagnosis
Hearing loss prevention education
Epidemiology of hearing loss and ear disease
Audiological research

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Research Output 1999 2019

1511 Citations
21 h-Index
95 Article
14 Conference paper
8 Review article
3 Chapter
12 More

A Qualitative Exploration of the Role and Needs of Classroom Teachers in Supporting the Mental Health and Well-Being of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children

Furness, E., Li, I. W., Patterson, L., Brennan-Jones, C. G., Eikelboom, R. H., Cross, D. & Fisher, C., Jul 2019, In : Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. 50, 3, p. 399-415 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Hearing

Mental Health

well-being

mental health

classroom

1 Citation (Scopus)

Extended high-frequency smartphone audiometry: Validity and reliability

Bornman, M., Swanepoel, D. W., De Jager, L. B. & Eikelboom, R. H., 1 Mar 2019, In : Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 30, 3, p. 217-226 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Audiometry

Reproducibility of Results

Ear

Smartphone

High-Frequency Hearing Loss