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Mrs Beth Polkinghorne1 1Queensland Health, Nundah, Australia Children’s Health Queensland has recognised the need to deliver hearing screening in the community to those children not already accessing services through the three other screening programs available.  These are 1) Healthy Hearing...

Dr Valerie Sung1 1Royal Children’s Hospital, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, University Of Melbourne, Camberwell, Australia In 2016, Victoria has witnessed the start of a paediatric hearing service aimed to deliver coordinated, standardised medical and developmental care pathways and the Melbourne...

Mr Ian Henderson1, Mrs Suzie Costello, Ms Courtney Ayres 1Earbus Foundation Of WA, Ardross, Australia Varying levels of amniotic fluid, vernix, mucous and other debris typically remain in the newborn’s body. This includes the ear canal and middle ear. Drainage/elimination...

Mrs Gabrielle Kavanagh1, Ms Felicity Hood1, Dr Zeffie Poulakis1, Dr  Melinda Barker1, Ms Alison Jagger1 1 Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program, Parkville, Australia Background It is somewhat insular to expect engagement, however, knowing that families do not engage in a free,...

Dr Neha Sethi1, Dr Ken Peacock1, Ms Katherine O’Brien2, Dr Beverley Bennett1, Dr Elizabeth Peadon1 1 Deafness Centre, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, 2 Audiology Department, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia Background: There is limited Australian data on...

Mrs Ann Porter1 1 Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia Newborn hearing screening standards and guidelines recommend that parents make informed decisions about the management of their baby’s unilateral hearing loss following diagnosis. Making informed decisions requires knowledge about the available options. ...

Mrs Delene Thomas1 1 Healthy Hearing Program, Queensland, Pullenvale, Brisbane, Australia The Queensland Healthy Hearing Program are currently undertaking a state-wide transition from the Natus Algo  device to the AccuScreen device, with a third of hospitals live on the new device....

Ms Julie Castro1, Mrs Larissa Ralph1, Miss Bree  Fusinato1, Mrs  Linda Burnett1 1 Royal Children’s Hospital , Parkville , Australia A successful partnership arrangement between Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) and maternity hospitals has been the foundation of a family-centred...

Dr Karen Liddle1, Ms Kym Derek1, Dr Sharon Greenwood1, Dr Alison Harris1 1 Children’s Health Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia In Queensland, following the diagnosis of congenital hearing loss, all children are referred to the Childhood Hearing Clinic for thorough investigation and...

Dr Jafri Kuthubutheen1, Dr  Hayley  Herbert1, Ms Pia  Leeming1, Dr Carl Chase1 1 Princess Margaret Hospital For Children, Subiaco, Australia Introduction: The Bonebridge implant is approved for use in children as young as 5 years of age. There have been perceived...