Month: April 2017

Laura Dixon Oticon Medical, Auckland, New Zealand  The significance of early intervention on language development in children with hearing loss is undeniable. We are now at a point within the industry where simply providing amplification is insufficient for optimum learning...
  • April 27, 2017
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Dr Nic Mahler1, Melissa McCarthy2 1Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia 2RIDBC Renwick Centre, North Rocks, NSW, Australia The last 15 years have seen a steep trajectory of change in knowledge, skills and resources across the hearing loss sector, leading to...
  • April 27, 2017
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Vicki Main1, Linda Mottershead1, Naomi Lee1 1Aurora School, Blackburn South, Victoria, Australia The inclusion of deaf and hearing children at a very young age in a structured play environment promotes the social, emotional and language development of young deaf children....
  • April 27, 2017
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Ms Selma Kum Sing1 1Queensland Hearing Loss Family Support Service, Hermit Park Townsville, QLD, Australia The Indigenous Pathways Project is a product of the work that has been undertaken in the remote Aboriginal Community of Lockhart River over a period of three years....
  • April 12, 2017
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Ms Alison Jagger1,2, Dr Melinda Barker1,2,3,4 1Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program, Parkville, VIC, Australia 2Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia 3Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia 4The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia Introduction and Aim: The Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) has used undiluted baby wash as an electrode conductive...
  • April 12, 2017
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Mr Andrew Geyl1 1Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick, NSW, Australia When assessing neonates using the evoked Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) determining the nature of a hearing loss — conductive, sensorineural/retrocochlear or mixed — is of utmost importance. In most cases, clinicians need to...
  • April 12, 2017
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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
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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
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Ms Samantha Harkus1 1Australian Hearing, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia At ANHSC 2015, data was presented that demonstrated a significant difference in the age of first hearing aid fitting for Aboriginal children with hearing loss at birth relative to non-Indigenous Australian children. After Australian Hearing data...
  • April 11, 2017
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Dr Kirsty Gardner-berry1, Dr Zeffie Poulakis2, Dr Rachael Beswick3, Dr Harvey Dillon1, Ms Jennifer Bergman4, Ms Alison King5 1National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 3Healthy Hearing Queensland, QLD, Australia 4Hear & Say, Ashgrove, QLD, Australia 5Australian Hearing, Sydney, NSW, Australia There is increasing interest in the area of hearing screening in childhood to identify children...
  • April 11, 2017
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