Isabelle Boisvert

Associate Professor Isabelle Boisvert is an academic in Audiology at the University of Sydney, leading the Hearing, Speech and Communication Major and the audiology team at the on-campus SPEECH clinic. She also holds an Honorary Senior Research Fellow position at Macquarie University.

Education: PhD (Macquarie University, 2013), MPA, MAudSa, MAud(c), FHEA. Her research focuses on improving healthcare services for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, emphasizing clinical decision-making, hearing technologies, and listening effort assessment. She has published in Nature Medicine and leads multidisciplinary projects funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and UK regulatory science initiatives.

Research Interests
- Evaluating hearing technologies and clinical services
- Holistic communication adaptations
- Regulatory science in hearing care
- Patient-reported outcomes in cochlear implantation

Awards
- Excellence Award (2022), Sax Institute
- Editor’s Choice Award (2021), Ear and Hearing
- Franklin Women Mentorship Program (2021)

Grants & Projects
- CAN$612k CIHR grant (2024–2029) on deafness expertise and sensory experiences
- £17k UK regulatory science fellowship (2022)
- Supervises PhD projects on emergency preparedness for hearing-impaired populations.

Professional Affiliations
- Audiology Australia
- Speech-Language & Audiology Canada