A call is going out for people needing funding for research and other projects to help with New Zealand's number one disability - hearing impairment - to apply to the Oticon Foundation now.

The Oticon Foundation in New Zealand has today awarded a research grant of almost $350,000 to the University of Canterbury to investigate the prevention of hearing loss during ear surgery.

Making it easier to find out about hearing loss and what can be done about it is the rationale behind a new resource developed by the Hearing Association and funded by the Oticon Foundation in New Zealand.

Projects to improve the lives of the hearing impaired have received a financial injection, thanks to funding from the Oticon Foundation in New Zealand.