Dr David Sly is the Chief Operating Officer of Research at the Ear Science Institute Australia. He is an auditory neuroscientist and innovator experienced in leading large teams of engineers and scientists in developing medical and auditoryrelated technology.
Dr Sly has led research in hearing loss and protection, sound localisation, augmented hearing technology, nerve degeneration and cochlear implants for both University and Industry.
Before Ear Science, he led teaching in Clinical Technologies and Neuroscience at Swinburne University of Technology for six years. Previously he was Deputy Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at The University of Melbourne, working with surgeons, scientists, audiologists and engineers in developing technologies and drug-based treatments for hearing loss.
Area of research
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Cochlear Implants & Auditory Technology
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Hearing Diagnostics
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Hearing Therapeutics
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Inner Ear Biology & Disease
Top publications
Wood AW, Ciorciari J, Sly D. Physiology, Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering, Volume I: Human Biophysical Physiology, 2nd Edition. CRC Press (Series in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering), 2026. 368 pp. ISBN: 9781040403044. DOI: 10.1201/9781003099604
Sly D, Campbell L, Uschakov A, Saief T, Lam M, O’Leary S. Applying neurotrophins to the round window rescues auditory function and reduces inner hair cell synaptopathy after noise-induced hearing loss. Otol Neurotol. Vol. 37, no. 9 (Oct 2016), pp. 1223-1
Sly DJ, Hampson AJ, Minter RM, Millard RE, Li J, Heffer L, Winata L, O’Leary SJ. 2012. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor modulates auditory function in the hearing cochlea. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology ; 13(1), 1-16.
Sly DJ, Heffer LF, White MW, Shepherd RK, Birch MJ, Minter R., Nelson NE, Wise AW & O’Leary SJ. 2007. Deafness alters auditory nerve fiber responses to cochlear implant stimulation. European Journal of Neuroscience, 26, 510-522.
Campbell L, Kaicer A, Sly D, Iseli C, Wei B, Briggs R, O’Leary S. Intraoperative Real-time Cochlear Response Telemetry Predicts Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2016 Apr;37(4):332-8.