Miss Stephanie Keszegi1, Dr Rachael Beswick1, Mrs Jane Fitzgibbons1, Dr Carlie Driscoll2 1Healthy Hearing, Brisbane, Australia, 2University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Established universal newborn hearing screening pathways are effective in identifying congenital hearing loss. There is evidence, however, that...
- January 9, 2019
Dr Elizabeth Peadon1, Ms Deepali Trackroo1, Dr Beverley Bennett1, Dr Ken Peacock1 1Deafness Centre, The Children’s Hospital At Westmead, Westmead, Australia The Deafness Centre at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is a multidisciplinary paediatric child development service for children...
- January 9, 2019
Dr Valerie Sung1, Prof David Amor1,2, A/Prof Catherine Birman3, Dr Wei Wei Chan4, Dr Carolyn Cottier5, Dr Lilian Downie1,2, Dr Alison Harris6, Dr Matthew Hunter7,8, Dr Karen Liddle6, A/Prof Georgia Paxton1, Dr Kenneth Peacock9, Dr Elizabeth Peadon9, Dr Laurence Roddick10,...
- January 9, 2019
Dr Tammy Brinsmead1, Ms Melanie Dowling2, Ms Lynne Cruden1 2John Hunter Children’s Hospital Department of Audiology, New Lambton Heights, Australia, 3University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia Background: Hearing impairment is a complication of extreme prematurity. It is twice as common...
- January 9, 2019
Dr Karen Liddle1, Dr Rachael Beswick1 1Children’s Health Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia In Queensland, children identified with a hearing loss are referred to the multidisciplinary Childhood Hearing Clinic, located in Brisbane and Townsville, for thorough investigation and management of...
- January 9, 2019
Mrs Lauren McHugh1, Dr Rachael Beswick1, Dr Julia Clark1, Ms Delene Thomas1 1Healthy Hearing, Children’s Health Queensland, Nundah, Brisbane, Australia Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is an important cause of childhood deafness and is potentially modifiable if diagnosed within the first...
- January 9, 2019
Dr Rachael Beswick1 1Children’s Health Qld, Nundah, Australia Unlike newborn hearing screening, the current system to detect hearing loss that develops after the newborn period is de-centralised and unco-ordinated. In Queensland, there are several state-funded and non-government programs, however,...
- January 9, 2019
Dr Kirsty Gardner-berry1, Associate Professor Catherine Birman1, Dr Halit Sanli1, Dr WaiKong Lai1 1Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, Gladesville, Australia The introduction of universal newborn hearing screening has lead to a significant decrease in the age at cochlear implantation, and...
- January 8, 2019
Mrs Beth Polkinghorne1, Dr Rachael Beswick1, Ms Lia Traves1 1Children’s Health Queensland, 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...
- January 8, 2019
Ms Julie Castro1 1Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program – Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Australia Each year, the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) refers over 600 infants to diagnostic audiology. Because hearing is essential for speech and language development,...
- January 8, 2019