Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht
Research Fellow
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Affiliate of University of Queensland Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR)
Centre for Hearing Research
+61 7 344 34958

Researcher biography
Dr Mansoureh Nickbakht is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Centre for Hearing Research (CHEAR). She is a qualitative researcher and her research mainly focuses on improving hearing services. Currently, she is working on a NHMRC-funded project to improve access to the hearing services program for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Australia.
Journal Articles
Furze, Cailyn, Newall, John, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Dawes, Piers, Ching, Teresa Y. C., Sharma, Mridula and Scarinci, Nerina (2026). An Inductive Qualitative Analysis of Hearing Health Care Professionals' Perspectives on Delivery of Culturally Responsive Care in Australia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 69 (3), 1-18. doi: 10.1044/2025_jslhr-25-00388
de Silva, Dumini, Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Khan, Asaduzzaman and Newall, John (2025). Hearing loss in children from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Ear and Hearing, 46 (6) 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001695, 1603-1612. doi: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001695
Salehi, Nasim, Marshall, Georgia Rose, Maziarfar, Mohammad Hossein, Zubrinich, Alice, Madani, Nazanin, Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Moustafa, Ahmed A. (2025). A double‐edged sword perspective on young Australians' use of social media: a structured narrative review. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (4) e70093, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70093
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Furze, Cailyn, Nisar, Mehwish, Waite, Monique, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Hickson, Louise, Armitage, Christopher J., Ching, Teresa Y. C. and Dawes, Piers (2025). Factors influencing the use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia. Ear and Hearing, 47 (2), 363-377. doi: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001734
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Furze, Cailyn, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Hickson, Louise, Timmer, Barbra, Armitage, Christopher J. and Dawes, Piers (2025). What does culturally responsive hearing care look like? The views of service users, clinicians, and researchers. Ear and Hearing, 46 (6) 10.1097/AUD.0000000000001686, 1479-1489. doi: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001686
Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina, Ekberg, Katie, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Timmer, Barbra, Waite, Monique and Hickson, Louise (2025). Understanding affiliate stigma among significant others of adults with hearing loss: a cross-sectional survey in Australia, the UK, and the US. International Journal of Audiology, 65 (s1), S58-S64. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2505979
Ekberg, Katie, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Waite, Monique, Timmer, Barbra, Scarinci, Nerina and Hickson, Louise (2025). Who do you tell about your hearing loss? A stigma-induced identity-threat model for adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), 1-6. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2489569
Babaeer, Lena Y., Stylianou, Michalis, Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Gomersall, Sjaan R. (2025). A qualitative investigation of university student's perceptions of health behaviours and associations with educational outcomes through the lens of the WHO framework on health behaviours and educational outcomes. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36 (2) e70003, 1-22. doi: 10.1002/hpja.70003
Furze, Cailyn, Newall, John, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Dawes, Piers, Ching, Teresa Y.C. and Sharma, Mridula (2025). A systematic review of barriers and facilitators for ethnically diverse communities in accessing adult and paediatric hearing services. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (12), 1-11. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2025.2477755
Meyer, Carly, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Ekberg, Katie, Timmer, Barbra, Scarinci, Nerina, Waite, Monique and Hickson, Louise (2025). The decision to tell or not to tell is associated with experiences of stigma and hearing aid use among adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2446480
Scarinci, Nerina, Waite, Monique, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Ekberg, Katie, Timmer, Barbra, Meyer, Carly and Hickson, Louise (2025). How do adults with hearing loss, family members, and hearing care professionals respond to the stigma of hearing loss and hearing aids?. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), s20-s27. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2406885
Timmer, Barbra H. B., Ekberg, Katie, Meyer, Carly, Waite, Monique, Scarinci, Nerina, Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Hickson, Louise (2025). Using Ecological Momentary Analysis to explore stigma experiences in the real world for adults with acquired hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), s28-s38. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2418970
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Beswick, Rachael and Scarinci, Nerina (2025). Development of a family-centred intervention for families and children with hearing loss transitioning into early intervention: application of the Behaviour Change Wheel. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (5), 525-534. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2402823
Salehi, Nasim, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Branch-Smith, Cindy, Bashi, Nazli, Salehi, Elham, Sargeant, Sally, Hurley, Diarmuid and Fatehi, Farhad (2025). Empowering Social Competence: A Scoping Review of Digital Social Skills Training Interventions. Health & Social Care in the Community, 2025 (1) 5964176. doi: 10.1155/hsc/5964176
Ekberg, Katie, Timmer, Barbra, Meyer, Carly, Waite, Monique, Scarinci, Nerina, Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Hickson, Louise (2024). A laughing matter? Managing hearing difficulties in real life everyday social interactions with adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2389189
Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Furze, Cailyn, Nisar, Mehwish, Timmer, Barbra, Ching, Teresa Y. C., Harris-Roxas, Benjamin, Scanlan, Emma, Van Buynder, Patricia, Waite, Monique, Orlando, Marc, Kruger, Jan-Louis, Ekberg, Katie, Dib, Mayada, Ginis, Jan, Barr, Margo, Armitage, Christopher J. and Hickson, Louise (2024). Developing strategies to improve accessibility of hearing health services for people from diverse ethnic communities in Australia: Research Protocol. Figshare. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.26499952.v1
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Ekberg, Katie, Waite, Monique, Scarinci, Nerina, Timmer, Barbra, Meyer, Carly and Hickson, Louise (2024). The experience of stigma related to hearing loss and hearing aids: perspectives of adults with hearing loss, their families, and hearing care professionals. International Journal of Audiology, 64 (sup1), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2353862
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Ebrahimi-Madiseh, Azadeh, Saulsman, Lisa and Bennett, Rebecca J. (2024). What influences referral for mental health support in audiology clinics? A qualitative exploratory approach of barriers and facilitators. Advances in Mental Health, 22 (1), 67-81. doi: 10.1080/18387357.2023.2221356
Al Babtain, Jumanah, Packer, Rebecca L., Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Scarinci, Nerina A. (2024). Early detection and intervention services for children with hearing loss in Western and South Asian developing countries: a scoping review. Speech, Language and Hearing, 27 (1), 20-31. doi: 10.1080/2050571X.2023.2220544
Hickson, Louise, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Timmer, Barbra H. B. and Dawes, Piers (2023). Developing a prototype web-based decision aid for adults with hearing loss. International Journal of Audiology, 63 (10), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2279024
Mobarakeh, Zahra Iran Pour, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Sabbagh, Susan, Khorramizadeh, Maryam and Amiri, Marzieh (2023). Relationship between hearing loss risk factors and hearing screening results in newborns: a retrospective cross-sectional study. OBM Genetics, 7 (2) 184, 1-12. doi: 10.21926/obm.genet.2302184
Ebrahimi-Madiseh, Azadeh, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Eikelboom, Robert H., Bennett, Rebecca J., Friedland, Peter L., Atlas, Marcus D. and Jessup, Rebecca L. (2023). Models of service delivery in adult cochlear implantation and evaluation of outcomes: A scoping review of delivery arrangements. PLoS One, 18 (5) e0285443, 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285443
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Angwin, Anthony J., Cheng, Bonnie B.Y., Liddle, Jacki, Worthy, Peter, Wiles, Janet H., Angus, Daniel and Wallace, Sarah J. (2023). Putting “the broken bits together”: A qualitative exploration of the impact of communication changes in dementia. Journal of Communication Disorders, 101 106294, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2022.106294
Scarinci, Nerina, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Timmer, Barbra H., Ekberg, Katie, Cheng, Bonnie and Hickson, Louise (2022). A qualitative investigation of clients, significant others, and clinicians’ experiences of using wireless microphone systems to manage hearing impairment. Audiology Research, 12 (6), 596-619. doi: 10.3390/audiolres12060059
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly J., Saulsman, Lisa, Pachana, Nancy A., Eikelboom, Robert H., Bucks, Romola S. and Bennett, Rebecca J. (2022). Barriers and facilitators to asking adults with hearing loss about their emotional and psychological well-being: a COM-B analysis. International Journal of Audiology, 62 (6), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2056090
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Beswick, Rachael and Scarinci, Nerina (2022). Minimum Data Set for families of children with hearing loss: an eDelphi study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65 (4), 1615-1629. doi: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-21-00356
Bennett, Rebecca J., Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Saulsman, Lisa, Pachana, Nancy A., Eikelboom, Robert H., Bucks, Romola S. and Meyer, Carly J. (2022). Providing information on mental well-being during audiological consultations: exploring barriers and facilitators using the COM-B model. International Journal of Audiology, 62 (3), 1-9. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2022.2034997
Sabbagh, Susan, Amiri, Marzieh, Khorramizadeh, Maryam, Iranpourmobarake, Zahra and Nickbakht, Mansoureh (2021). Neonatal Hearing Screening: Prevalence of Unilateral and Bilateral Hearing Loss and Associated Risk Factors. Cureus, 13 (6) e15947, 1-8. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15947
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina and Beswick, Rachael (2021). Family-centered care in the transition to early hearing intervention. The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 26 (1), 21-45. doi: 10.1093/deafed/enaa026
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina and Beswick, Rachael (2020). Exploring factors influencing the use of an eHealth intervention for families of children with hearing loss: an application of the COM-B model. Disability and Health Journal, 13 (4) 100921, 100921. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100921
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina and Beswick, Rachael (2019). A qualitative investigation of families’ needs in the transition to early intervention after diagnosis of hearing loss. Child: Care, Health and Development, 45 (5) cch.12697, 670-680. doi: 10.1111/cch.12697
Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Borzoo, Samira (2014). Conductive and mixed hearing losses: a comparison between summer and autumn. Korean Journal of Audiology, 18 (1), 13-18. doi: 10.7874/kja.2014.18.1.13
Borzoo, Samira, Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Jalalian, Mehrdad (2014). Effect of child's cerebral palsy on the mother: a case control study in Ahvaz, Iran. Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis, 31 (1), 75-79. doi: 10.2478/afmnai-2014-0008
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Amiri, Marzieh and Latifi, Seyed Mahmoud (2013). Study of the reliability and validity of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) in the assessment of clinical skills of audiology students. Global Journal of Health Science, 5 (3), 64-68.
Arastoo, A., Nickbakht, M., Ghasemzadeh, R., Azizi, A., Zahednejad, S. and Latifi, S.M. (2013). Developing a National Minimum Data Set for physiotherapy in Iran: A Delphi study. European Journal of Scientific Research, 107 (4), 573-579.
Amiri, Marzieh and Nickbakht, Mansoureh (2012). The objective structured clinical examination: a study on satisfaction of students, faculty members, and tutors. Life Science Journal, 9 (4), 4909-4911. doi: 10.7537/marslsj090412.737
Arastoo, A., Nickbakht, M., Ghasemzadeh, R., Azizi, A., Zahednejad, S. and Latifi, S.M. (2012). Standardization of data elements of audiology records: A suitable model for Iran. Audiology, 21 (1), 26-37.
Nikbakht, Mansoureh, Nazeri, Ahmadreza and Amiri, Zohreh (2005). Consanguineous marriage among the parents of hearing impaired students in Baghcheban primary schools. Audiology, 14 (1), 50-60.
Conference Papers
Nisar, Mehwish, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Orlando, Marc, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Harris-Roxas, Ben, Hickson, Louise and Dawes, Piers (2025). Working with spoken language interpreters: strengthening clinician-interpreter collaboration for equitable hearing care . National Multicultural Health and Wellbeing Conference 2025, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 11-12 November 2025.
Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John, Furze, Cailyn and de Silva, Dumini (2025). Improving access to hearing services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds [Symposium]. Audiology Australia 2025 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-4 April 2025.
Nisar, Mehwish, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Orlando, Marc, Kruger, Jan-Louis, Scarinci, Nerina, Newall, John and Dawes, Piers (2025). Engagement with Interpreters to Improve Hearing Health Equity in Audiology Clinics. Global Conference on Migration and Health Equity, Sydney, NSW Australia, 30-31 January 2025.
Newall, John, Furze, Cailyn, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Scarinci, Nerina, Hickson, Louise, Armitage, Christopher J., Ching, Teresa Y. C., Shi, Li, Timmer, Barbra and Dawes, Piers (2025). Actors influencing the accessibility and use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia. 14th Annual Conference of the Coalition for Global Hearing Health, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-18 January 2025.
Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Newall, John, Timmer, Barbra, Hickson, Louise, Furze, Cailyn, Armitage, Christopher J. and Scarinci, Nerina (2025). What does culturally responsive hearing care look like? An international Delphi study. 14th International Conference of the Coalition for Global Hearing Health, Wellington, New Zealand, 16-18 January 2025.
Scarinci, Nerina, Furze, Cailyn, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Nisar, Mehwish, Newall, John and Dawes, Piers (2024). Factors influencing the use of hearing services among adults from diverse ethnic communities in Australia. 36th World Congress of Audiology, Paris, France, 19-22 September 2024.
Newall, John, Nisar, Mehwish, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Orlando, Mark, Scarinci, Nerina and Dawes, Piers (2024). Exploring factors influencing engagement of interpreters with hearing care professionals. 36th World Congress of Audiology, Paris, France, 19-22 September 2024.
Dawes, Piers, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Newall, John, Nisar, Mehwish, Furze, Cailyn and Scarinci, Nerina (2024). Identifying Person-Centred Culturally Responsive Hearing Care Professional Behaviours: An International eDelphi Study. 36th World Congress of Audiology, Paris, France, 19-22 September 2024.
Nisar, Mehwish, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Scarinci, Nerina, Furze, Cailyn, Newall, John and Dawes, Piers (2024). “You Are Just Making Him More deaf”: Exploring Paediatric Hearing Services Engagements in Australia's Culturally Diverse Communities. International Hearing-Aid Research Conference (IHCON 2024), Lake Tahoe, CA United States, 21–25 August 2024.
Nisar, Mehwish, Orlando, Marc, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Kruger, Jan-Louis and Dawes, Piers (2023). Engagement between Hearing Services Providers and Translation & Interpreting (T&I) services. Early Career and Postgraduate Research Conference, SHRS, UQ, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 November 2023.
Babaeer, Lena, Stylianou, Michalis, Nickbakht, Mansoureh and Gomersall, Sjaan (2023). A qualitative investigation of Australian university students' perceptions of health behaviours and relationships with educational outcomes. ASPA, New Zealand, 27-29 November 2023. The Journal of Sport & Exercise Science. doi: 10.36905/jses.2023.04.01
Dawes, P., Scarinci, N., Newall, J., Nickbakht, M., Hickson, L., Ching, T., Armitage, C., Waite, M., Orlando, M. and Harris-Roxas, B. (2023). Improving access to the hearing services program for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Audiology Australia National Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 7-10 May 2023.
Nickbakht, M., Ebrahimi-Madiseh, A., Saulsman, L. and Bennett, R. (2023). What influences referral for mental health support in audiology clinics?. Audiology Australia National Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 7-10 May 2023.
Timmer, B.H.B., Ekberg, K., Scarinci, N., Waite, M., Meyer, C., Nickbakht, M. and Hickson, L. (2023). Understanding the real-world stigma experiences of adults with hearing loss. Audiology Australia National Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 7-10 May 2023.
AlBabtain, Jumanah, Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Packer, Rebecca and Scarinci, Nerina (2023). Families’ and Professionals' Perspectives of Early Intervention Services for Children with Hearing Loss in Kuwait. 2023 ASHA Convention, Boston, MA, United States, 16-18 November 2023.
Timmer, Barbra H.B., Hickson, Louise, Ekberg, Katie, Scarinci, Nerina, Meyer, Carly, Waite, Monique and Nickbakht, Mansoureh (2022). To tell or not to tell? The stigma experiences of adults with hearing impairment and their families. Hearing Across the Lifespan (HEAL), Cernobbio (Lake Como), Italy, 16-18 June 2022.
Timmer, B.H.B., Hickson, L., Ekberg, K., Scarinci, N., Meyer, C., Waite, M., Francis, A. and Nickbakht, M. (2022). Capturing the stigma experiences of adults with hearing impairment, their family members and hearing care professionals. ACAud National Conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 19-21 May 2022.
Nickbakht, M., Meyer, C., Scarinci, N. and Beswick, R. (2021). Perspectives of families of children with hearing loss on family-centred care during the transition to early intervention: a mixed methods study. International Congress on the Education of the Deaf, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 5-8 July 2021.
Nickbakht, Mansoureh, Meyer, Carly, Scarinci, Nerina and Beswick, Rachael (2019). Development of a minimum data set for a needs assessment tool for families of children with hearing loss in the transition to early intervention: an eDelphi study. 10th Australasian Newborn Hearing Screening Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 21-22 March 2019.
Salehi, N., Nickbackt, M., Salehi, E., Bashi, N. and Fatehi, F. (2019). Exploring online training programs: A scoping review. 17th International Conference on Informatics, Management, and Technology in Healthcare, Athens, Greece, 5-7 July 2019.
Nickbakht, M., Meyer, C., Scarinci, N., Beswick, R. and Harris, S. (2018). FamilyHEAR Needs Assessment Tool: Facilitating individualised information provision to families. Speech-Language, and Audiology Canada Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 2-5 May 2018.
Nickbakht, M., Meyer, C., Scarinci, N. and Beswick, R. (2017). Barriers and facilitators to adopting telehealth within early hearing support services: A qualitative study using the COM-B model of behaviour change. Successes and Failures in Telehealth (STF 17), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30-31 October 2017.
Nickbakht, M., Meyer, C., Scarinci, N. and Beswick, R. (2016). Family-centred care for children with hearing loss: Professionals’ perspective. Healthy Hearing Symposium: preparing a new generation, Brisbane, QLD Australia, October 2016.
Thesis
Nickbakht, Mansoureh (2019). Supporting families of children with hearing loss transitioning to early intervention. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.408