Dr Cara Wong1,2, Prof. Greg Leigh 1,3,4, Dr Teresa YC Ching1,2, Prof. Linda Cupples1,4, Laura Button1,2, Vivienne Marnane1, 1HEARing CRC, Australia 2National Acoustic Laboratories, Australia, 3RIDBC Renwick Centre, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children 4Macquarie University We propose a...
- April 11, 2017
Ms Rachael Hyder1,2, Dr Sophie Hill2 1Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia, 2LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia Consumer-centred care for parents upon diagnosis of infant hearing loss requires early access to meaningful information about the child’s individual hearing function. Typically, Audiology reports provide...
- April 11, 2017
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...
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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...
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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...
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Mr Peter Carew1,2, Dr Fiona Mensah1,2,3, Associate Professor Gary Rance2, Dr Traci Flynn4, Dr Zeffie Poulakis1,2,3, Professor Melissa Wake1,2,3,5 1Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Australia, 2The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 3Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia, 4Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,...
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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,...
- April 11, 2017
Mr Mark Douglas1, Mrs Jan Wilson2, Mrs Sally Robinson2 1 Ministry of Education Learning Support NZ, Auckland, New Zealand, 2Ministry of Education Learning Support NZ, Hamilton, New Zealand The UNHSEI programme is a joint Ministry of Health (MoH) and Ministry of...
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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...
- April 11, 2017
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. ...
- April 11, 2017