Phillipa Fuamatu1, Catherine Clémot1, Mrs Rosa Romano1 1Deaf Children Australia, Stafford, QLD, Australia In Queensland, parents who have a child newly diagnosed with hearing loss are able to access support from trained, experienced parents, as well as adults who have grown up with a hearing loss,...
- April 11, 2017
Ms Sally Webster1, Mr Julian Scharf1, Mr Dean Barton-Smith1 1Deaf Children Australia, Stafford, QLD, Australia Deaf/Hard of Hearing adults: the benefits of involvement in our screening to intervention systems For more than five years now, deaf and hard of hearing adults have been working with...
- April 11, 2017
Dr Nerina Scarinci1,2, Dr Ennur Erbasi1,2, Emily Moore1, Dr Teresa Ching2,3, Vivienne Marnane2,3 1University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 2HEARing CRC, , Australia, 3National Acoustic Laboratories, Macquarie University, Australia We propose a series of 4 papers to feature in a...
- April 11, 2017
Dr Rachael Beswick1 1Children’s Health Queensland, Nundah, Australia In 2013 a series of recommendations were released for targeted surveillance programs using a risk factor registry. These recommendations were developed by combining the results of previous research, including a systematic review...
- April 11, 2017
Dr Jafri Kuthubutheen1 , Hayley Herbert1 1 Princess Margaret Hospital For Children, Subiaco, Australia Hearing loss in children continues to be a significant health issue in Australia. Since the implementation of universal newborn hearing screening, the diagnosis of congenital hearing loss has...
- April 11, 2017