Date: Tuesday 14 February
Time: 10.00– 12.45 followed by networking and refreshments for the in-person attendees
Hybrid event: AHH, Level 1, Lecture Theatre / Zoom
Public seminar: Open to the AHH community and external clinicians, academics, and professionals
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Register by Friday 10 February – please select in person ticket or zoom ticket.
If you have accessibility requirements, please contact louise.dodd@mq.edu.au to organise.
Agenda:
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
| 10.00 – 10.05 | Welcome | Professor Catherine McMahon, Head of the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University |
| 10.05– 10.15 | Showcase a parent’s story | |
| 10.15 – 10.35 | Overview of Australian Newborn Hearing Screening | Professor Greg Leigh, Chair Australian Newborn Hearing Screening Committee |
| 10.35 – 11.00 | Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) | Dr Zeffie Poulakis, Co-director, Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program |
| 11.00 – 11.25 | Queensland’s Healthy Hearing Program – Newborn Hearing screening | Rachael Beswick, Co-Chair, Queensland Child, and Youth Clinical Network (QCYCN) at Clinical Excellence Queensland |
| 11.25 – 11.45 | Hearing Australia | Alison King, Principal Audiologist, Hearing Australia |
| 11.45– 12.15 | Early Intervention NextSenseThe Shepherd Centre |
Inge Kaltenbrunn, Best Practice Lead – Early Intervention (Hearing), NextSense Joanna McAdam, Principal Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, The Shepherd Centre |
| 12.15 – 12.30 | Newborn Hearing Screening Diagnostic Tools and Data Analysis | Sriram Boothalingam, Researcher, Macquarie University |
| 12.30 – 12.45 | Close | Professor Catherine McMahon, Head of the Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University |
| 12.45 – 1.15 | Lunch and networking |