Australian Hearing Hub

Australian Hearing Hub showcase & celebration!
2023-08-16 13:45 - 17:00 (Australia/Sydney)
A world-leading community transforming hearing and communication.

Date: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Time: 1.45pm to 5.00pm
keynote address by Dr Chris Roberts AO, former Chief Executive Officer of Cochlear Limited,
presentations for all the AHH member organisations,
&
networking, drinks, & nibbles
Location: AHH Lecture Theatre (in person event only)
Register via Eventbrite
Attendees: This event is only open to AHH members staff and students
Let’s celebrate, connect, and be inspired by your AHH community.
The event will have live captioning and an infra-red hearing loop and receivers will be available at the venue. If you other accessibility requirements, please contact Louise Dodd via email louise.dodd@mq.edu.au or via phone 0434 525 665.

Beyond Speech Workshop 2023: Exploring cultural and linguistic diversity in children with hearing loss
2023-08-14 09:30 - 16:30 | Online
Many children with hearing loss communicate using more than one language, or are otherwise culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD). Support services for children with hearing loss have a growing awareness of the specific needs of these groups. A better understanding of the strengths and challenges facing CALD children with hearing loss in developing language skills has the potential to achieve improved outcomes. Continuing from the Beyond Speech multidisciplinary workshops of 2020, 2021 and 2022, this year’s online workshop offers new research findings on how language development proceeds in children with hearing loss, particularly in multilingual and CALD contexts. The workshop will also bring together perspectives from clinicians to discuss strategies to support children in these contexts. For more information or to register, please see our website: http://goto.mq/beyondspeechworkshop2023

The Child Language lab is currently recruiting children for several studies:

Normal hearing 2-6-year-olds speaking mainly English at home (email Nan Xu Rattanasone nan.xu@mq.edu.au)
Normal hearing 4-6 year-olds, using English as their only language (email Elise Tobin elise.tobin@hdr.mq.edu.au)
Normal hearing 4-6 year-olds, using English as their only language, with a Speech Sound Disorder diagnosis & without additional needs (email Elise Tobin elise.tobin@hdr.mq.edu.au)

OR register your general interest in participating in our studies here
https://redcap.mq.edu.au/surveys/?s=X7KECL7J43

Hearing Hub Junior Science Academy for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Kids July 2023
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-05
The Junior Science Academy for kids who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing is back for some more winter fun! Develop your child’s curiosity of the world around them, as well as the opportunity to connect with new friends at our JSA DHH camp. Proudly sponsored by the Australian Hearing Hub, Parents of Deaf Children (PODC) and JSA, our exciting, hands-on STEM programs are accessible and tailored to meet your child’s needs, guaranteeing a great day full of learning and friendship.

SAVE THE DATE

Tuesday 4th July – We Do Beginner Robotics, Grades 1-3
Wednesday 5th July – Special Effects, Grades 4-6

Cost: Free (costs covered by the partners of Hearing Hub JSA DHH).
Location: Level 3, Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie University
Drop off: 8.30am – 9.30am Activities: 9.30am – 4.30pm Pick up: 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Morning tea: Each day Parents of Deaf Children (PODC) will be hosting a morning tea for parents/careers/siblings from 9.30am – 11.30am
Rural and Regional Scholarships: Are you travelling from rural or regional Australia? Ask us about our scholarship program that provides support with accommodation and travel costs. Email the team at juniorscience@mq.edu.au
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST

Children are introduced to science concepts and skills in a safe and supportive
Courses teach the concepts through experiments, physical activity, craft and other hands-on activities.
Children meet others with similar life experiences to them and enjoy making new social connections.
Auslan interpreter and Roger assisted listening device available

Want first access to tickets and to find out more about other Parents of Deaf Children (PODC) events? Sign up for free membership with PODC
For more information please visit the JSA for children with hearing loss page
Visit the JSA website for more information, including class descriptions
We’re here if you need to speak with a member of our team. Email us at juniorscience@mq.edu.au to submit a question or to request a call back.

AHH Public Seminar: Australian Newborn Hearing Screening system and beyond ...
2022-12-20 00:00
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
Register via Eventbrite
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

Soundbites 2022 wrapped up with a final panel discussion
2022-12-19 00:00
Below is a full list of Soundbites 2022. We look forward to seeing you next year!

April 6th: Dr Brent Edwards on ‘To Fit or Not to Fit?’ View it here
May 26th: Dr Nicky Chong-White on Exploring Apple Airpods Pro. View it here
July 15th: Dr William Martens on Spatial Auditory Training for Aural Rehabilitation after Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL). View it here
July 29th: Dr Joaquin Valderrama-Valenzuela on The Value of Apple AirPods Pro as Assistive Listening Devices. View it here

August 12th: Paola Incerti presented ‘Bimodal fitting revisited: How clinicians can integrate hearing aid optimisation methods into current clinical practice.’ View it here
August 26th: Paola Incerti presented ‘Patient empowerment along the hearing health journey: Implications for clients and clinicians’. View it here

September 16th: Padraig Kitterick presented ‘The science of clinical outcomes: Making informative and meaningful measurements’ in collaboration with Audiology Online. View here
September 22nd: Jorge Mejia presented ‘Real-world evaluation of over-the-counter hearing aids’. View here
October 14th: Joaquin Valderrama-Valenzuela presents ‘Clinical Diagnostic and Management of Early Signs of Hearing Loss’ in collaboration with Audiology Online. View it here
October 28th: Vicky Zhang presents ‘How well can people understand speech in video calls?’ View it here
December 2nd: Aboriginal Caregiver Perspectives on Supporting Children’s Hearing Health View it here

Deaf Awareness Training
2022-12-07 00:00
The Hearing Hub Junior Science Academy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids Committee are working with Signpedia to host a Deaf Awareness Training on 9 January 2023. This event is sponsored by Parents of Deaf Children. The primary audience are the staff and volunteers that will be working at the Hearing Hub JSA for deaf and hard of hearing kids on Tuesday 10 & Wednesday 11 January.
However, we would like to open this Deaf Awareness Training to Australian Hearing Hub member organisation staff and students that work with deaf and hard of hearing adults and children.

Event: Deaf Awareness Training
For: Staff and volunteers of the Hearing Hub JSA for DHH kids/ AHH members staff and students
Date: Monday 9 January 2023
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
Location: Zoom online video conference
Deaf Awareness Trainer: Marilyn
Auslan Interpreter : Mat
Register via Eventbrite
Registration: Free
Register by Thursday 5 January – You will be added to the calendar invitation which will include the zoom meeting link.

Study Without Stress (SWoS) Program eTraining course
2022-12-02 00:00
Developed by Dr Viviana Wuthrich, the Study Without Stress (SWoS) program has been designed to target difficulties many students have in coping with stress during their final years of secondary school. It is now listed on the Victorian Schools Mental Health Menu as a program of choice, and many student support officers across NSW have received training in the program.
The Centre for Emotional Health provide online training in the SWoS program through our eTraining course to teach professionals how to implement the SWoS program within their own setting. This online training course will enable psychologists, school counsellors and teachers in a wellbeing/mental health support role (e.g. pastoral care teacher), and other mental health workers or wellbeing staff with relevant qualifications and experience to implement the SWoS program within their relevant setting.
To learn more, go to https://openmq.com.au/course/SWoS_Professionals or email ceh.info@mq.edu.au.

Hearing the future conference and dinner
2022-10-24 00:00
Hearing Australia and the National Acoustic Laboratories are celebrating 75 years of innovating and transforming hearing care.
To celebrate this milestone, they are hosting a special conference and gala dinner in Sydney on Monday, 28 November 2022.

The ‘Hearing the future’ conference is a wonderful opportunity for professionals in hearing health to discuss the key trends and issues in hearing care in Australia and how we can continue to work together to improve the lives of people with hearing loss.
The conference will feature presentations from experts on the latest in hearing health care, research and technology. It will also include a panel discussion with international and national experts on the global challenges and opportunities in hearing health care.
Registration for the conference is free.
The gala dinner held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney, is optional and tickets are $50 + GST.
To register and for more information about the conference program, please visit the Hearing Australia website.
You can also register now via Eventbrite.
Please register by 14 November as tickets are limited.

AHH & MU Hearing Seminar - Shirley Mak-Parisi, TALi Health ...
2022-08-29 00:00
Topic: TALi Health
Presenter: Shirley Mak-Parisi
Date: Tuesday 13 September
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm followed by networking and refreshments
Location: Lecture theatre , Level 1, AHH / Zoom
Register via Eventbrite
Registration: Free public seminar
Register by Thursday 8 September – please select in person ticket or zoom ticket
If you have accessibility requirements, please contact Sally.Piper@mq.edu.au to organise.
Agenda:
10.00am – 10.05am – Welcome
10.05am – 10.50am – Presentation
10.50am – 11.15am – Q&A and discussion
11.15am – 12.00am – Networking & Refreshments
Abstract:
TALi created Ready, Attention, Go! as a digital therapeutic to develop attention functions in children between the ages of 3-10 facing in-attention issues by playing digitized and gamified tasks.
The presentation is an overview of the games that TALi has created and the science behind them. TALi’s philosophy is that attention is a predictor of educational outcomes, mental health, social skills, and relationships. Early intervention is key to better outcomes, especially in cognitive developmental disorders.
The goal will be to show what TALi is doing and to learn from the experts in the room about what we can do better to prepare for the future. The Hearing Hub has lessons that we can learn from. Early intervention is the key to these neurological conditions, but how does industry help drive the public policy and practice towards the same goal? The regulating authorities are asking for validated findings while the clinicians and parents are looking for behavioral results. Are there different ways of collecting and presenting data so that it satisfies everyone’s needs? Are we asking the right questions and collecting the right data? As digital therapeutics mature, is there a better way to help patients and their families?
Bio:
Shirley Mak-Parisi has over 20 years experience in commercial clinical research, beginning as a clinical research associate to now as the Head of Clinical Operations and Strategy at TALi.Shirley earned a Bachelor’s degree in behavioural neuroscience and criminal justice from Northeastern University in Massachusetts and a Master’s degree in forensic psychology from Castleton State College in Vermont.During her clinical research career, Shirley has designed, planned and executed many clinical research projects. She is skilled at medical writing and data analysis, as well as global studies team management.
Covid allowed her to understand that delivery of medical care should change, especially care for chronic conditions. She has a passion for digital therapeutics being a key to supporting people and families with chronic health conditions- removing some of the burden for patients as well as medical professionals. In her role at TALi, she gets to play games, make sure they are psychometrically valid, and strategize the best way to get this into the hands of people who need them. This role is the perfect combination of gamification of medicine and science.

Beyond Speech Workshop 2022
2022-08-10 00:00
Free online workshop
Tuesday, 6th September
9.30 am – 5 pm
Online, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Advances in early identification, hearing devices and intervention have allowed many children with hearing loss to develop oral language skills commensurate with their hearing peers. However, teachers and parents continue to report many learning challenges these children face during the critical language learning years. Continuing on from the Beyond
Speech multidisciplinary workshops in 2020 and 2021, this year’s online workshop offers new research findings on language processing and learning by children with hearing loss, with implications for classroom learning. The workshop will also bring together perspectives from teachers of the deaf, audiologists, speech pathologists, and parents to discuss current issues and future directions.
Keynote Speakers

Samantha J. Gustafson (University of Utah)
Evelien Dirks (Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child)

Register online by 1st September, 2022: https://redcap.link/BeyondSpeech_2022

Auslan interpretation and live captioning provided

Program available online: https://goto.mq/beyondspeechworkshop2022
Program enquiries: rebecca.holt@mq.edu.au
General enquiries: pamela.pan@mq.edu.au

Organising Committee
Rebecca Holt, Trudy Smith, Nan Xu Rattanasone, Ben Davies, Andy Morrison, Katherine Demuth, Pamela Pan, Mridula Sharma
Workshop Sponsors

ARC Linkage Grant LP180100534 (Demuth & Sharma)
Macquarie University Child Language Lab
Macquarie University Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS)

AHH Seminar / MU Hearing: Public health approaches to addressing ...
2022-07-26 00:00
Topic: Public health approaches to addressing adult-onset hearing loss
Date: Monday 8 August 2022
Time: 11am – 1pm
Location: Hybrid – in person at AHH Level 1 Lecture Theatre and Zoom (presenters in person)
Presenters:
Prof Frank Lin – Director of the Cochlear Centre for Hearing & Public Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Prof Bamini Gopinath – Cochlear Chair in Hearing & Health, Macquarie University
Prof Lin and Prof Gopinath will provide their perspectives on what is needed to inform public health policy and practice to address the increasing burden of adult-onset hearing loss.
Register via Eventbrite

Registration: Free public seminar
Register by Thursday 4 August – please select in person ticket or zoom ticket.
If you have accessibility requirements, please contact Louise.Dodd@mq.edu.au to organise.
Agenda:
11:00am – 11:05am Welcome and setting the scene (Catherine McMahon)
11.05am – 11.10am Privileging the voice of a person with hearing loss (Katie Neal)
11:10am – 11:30am Transformative Public Health Strategies to Address Hearing Loss in Older Adults (Frank Lin)
11:30am – 11:50am Reframing Adult-Onset Hearing Loss as a Public Health Challenge (Bamini Gopinath)
11:50am – 12:20pm Panel discussion (Moderator: Catherine McMahon Panel: Frank Lin, Bamini Gopinath, Katie Neal, policy maker)
12:20pm – 12:30pm Call to action & close
12:30pm – 1.00pm Light lunch & networking
Titles, Abstract and bios:
Title: Transformative Public Health Strategies to Address Hearing Loss in Older Adults
Abstract: The Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health is a research center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA focused on what can be done now to address hearing loss in older adults at scale through transformative public health strategies. The Center works across five core areas including producing public health evidence, building public awareness, developing new care models, informing healthcare policy, and testing new hearing technologies. Two active initiatives will be highlighted during this presentation. The first initiative is the Know Your Hearing Number campaign that seeks to establish the four-frequency PTA as the universal hearing metric that consumers use to understand their hearing and engage with hearing technology. The second initiative involves ongoing health policy efforts in the United States on over-the-counter hearing aid regulations and Medicare insurance coverage of hearing care.
Prof Frank Lin
Bio: Dr Frank R. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health and a Professor of Otolaryngology, Medicine, Mental Health, and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins. Dr Lin is trained as an otologist with medical and surgical expertise in the management of hearing loss while his research is focused on studying questions at the interface of hearing loss, gerontology, and public health.
Title: Reframing Adult-Onset Hearing Loss as a Public Health Challenge
Abstract: Despite the high prevalence of adults-onset hearing loss, ear and hearing care is poorly integrated into systems of health in Australia and globally. We are currently working to change this through our program of research by applying a public health lens to hearing loss in adults. This includes projects that are improving the capture and use of robust contemporary data. Several examples will be provided including projects initiated in 2022 such as the very first Australian Eye and Ear Health Survey and the Hearing impairment in Adults: a Longitudinal Outcomes Study (HALOS). There will also be a focus on initiatives that aim to develop and implement evidence-based strategies to mitigate the negative impacts of adult-onset hearing loss and enhance the uptake of hearing health services, such as the Hearing Impairment Data Infrastructure (HEIDI) Study. The coordination and partnership among a range of key stakeholders underlies all these initiatives and this will be highlighted, as this is critical to ensuring the inclusion of adult-onset hearing loss as part of a broader public health strategy.
Prof Bamini Gopinath
Bio: Professor Bamini Gopinath is the inaugural Cochlear Chair in Hearing and Health. In this role she leads the Public Health and Policy Pillar of MU Hearing. She is an epidemiologist who has been actively involved in developing and conducting numerous population health studies. To date she has co-authored over 240 peer-reviewed papers, several of which have been in high-ranking medical and health journals (with over 5800 citations to her name). Her publications have attracted >400 media stories with an estimated audience of 210 million people worldwide. Using large population datasets Bamini has provided novel community-based evidence on the health determinants and health outcomes associated with a sensory loss and disability. Her ongoing research in the public health field aims to translate key study findings into health policy and practice, with the intention of targeting current gaps that exist in Australian healthcare.

AHH seminar - Tinnitus Research & Innovation - Professor Raj ...
2022-05-18 00:00
Topic: Tinnitus Research & Innovation: Updates, Opportunities & challenges in Australia
Presenter: Professor Raj Shekhawat, Ph.D., MASLP, PGCert AP, CMALT, FHERDSA, SFHEA
Flinders university, University College London, Tinnitus Research Initiative
Date changed to : Monday 10 October
Location: Lecture theatre , Level 1, AHH
Register via Eventbrite
Registration: Free public seminar
Register by Friday 7 October – please select in person ticket or zoom ticket
If you have accessibility requirements, please contact Sally.Piper@mq.edu.au to organise.
Agenda:
11.30am – 11.35am – Welcome
11.35am – 12.20pm – Presentation
12.20pm – 12.30pm – Q & A
12.30pm – 1.00pm – Networking & Light Lunch
Bio:
Professor Raj Shekhawat is an internationally recognized award-winning academic, mentor, keynote/TEDx speaker, and scientist. Raj is an inaugural professor in Audiology & Academic Lead at Flinders university. He holds conjoint appointments as Honorary Professor at Ear Institute, University College London and Public Relations Manager for Tinnitus Research Initiative, Germany. Raj has a diverse work experience spanning across four continents and six countries (USA, UK, Singapore, India, New Zealand & Australia), touching a plethora of cultural communities with his impeccable knowledge along the way.
He has a Ph.D. in Clinical Audiology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand which complements his outstanding international reputation for research and findings, which employ brain stimulation, sounds therapies & hearing aids for tinnitus management.
Raj is a passionate academic with several prestigious educational fellowships such as: a senior fellow of HEA, HERDSA, and CMALT, he is also an executive on Higher Education Research & Development Society of Australasia and Chair of the scientific advisory board on Horizon 2020 European Research Grant.

AHH Seminar: Single-Side Deafness - Professor Andrej Kral
2022-04-26 00:00
Topic: Single-Side Deafness
Presenter: Andrej Kral, MD, PhD
Chaired Professor of Auditory Neuroscience, Medical University Hanover
Professor of Systems Neuroscience, Macquarie University, Sydney
Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience and Cognition, The University of Texas
Date: Tuesday 10 May
Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm
Hybrid: Level 1, Lecture Theatre, Australian Hearing Hub
Zoom
Register via Eventbrite

Registration: Free public seminar
Register by Friday 6 May – please select in person ticket or zoom ticket
If you have accessibility requirements, please contact Louise.Dodd@mq.edu.au to organise.
Agenda:
3.00pm – 3.05pm – Welcome
3.05pm – 3.50pm – Presentation
3.50pm – 4.00pm – Q & A
4.00pm – 4.30pm – Networking and Refreshments
Bio:
Andrej Kral studied general medicine in Bratislava, Slovakia (Comenius University, MD 1993, PhD 1998). His PhD was focused on computer models of neuronal networks to explore the process of auditory frequency discrimination. He subsequently moved to Germany (1995) to focus on neuroscience of cochlear implants and brain development in deafness at the Institute of Sensory Physiology, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (Prof. R. Klinke). There he was appointed associate professor of physiology (“Priv.-Doz.”) in 2002. From 2004 to 2009 he was Professor of Neurophysiology at the University of Hamburg. Since 2009 he has been Chaired Professor of Auditory Neuroscience at the Medical University Hannover and the director of research of the ENT clinics. Andrej Kral heads the Dept. of Experimental Otology. Since 2004 he has been Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience and Cognition at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA, and since 2018 Professor of Systems Neuroscience at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He serves as chair of the PhD Program “Auditory Sciences” in Hannover. A. Kral is an elected member of the German National Academy of Science and of the international Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum (CORLAS).
Kral’s research interests include neuroscience of deafness, brain development, plasticity and cross-modal reorganization, technology of neuroprosthetics and cochlear implants. His research has been published, among others, in New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Lancet Neurology, Nature Neuroscience and Trends in Neuroscience, his cumulative IF exceeds 450. Andrej Kral gave more than 200 invited talks at international conferences and leading research institutions. Together with A.N.Popper and R.R.Fay he edited the volume on Deafness (vol. 47) of the Springer Handbook of Auditory Research in 2013 and together with H. Maier and F. Aplin published an introductory textbook on neuroprosthetic devices (“Prostheses for the Brain”, 2021, Academic Press). His lab received funding from German Research Society (DFG), Common Scientific Conference Germany, National Institutes of Health (USA), National Science Foundation (USA), German Academic Exchange Service, European Union, State of Hamburg and State of Lower Saxony, Oticon Foundation and cochlear implant industry.
www.neuroprostheses.com

Unheard Stories Film Festival
2022-04-07 00:00

Audiology masterclass series 2022
2022-02-03 00:00
These events are free for AHH Members not seeking accreditation!
The series is rapidly evolving and more sessions will be added in the coming weeks!
Session 1: Why music is a powerful (re)habilitation tool for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing
Date: Friday 18 February
Time: 12-1pm AEST.
Presenter: Dr Chi Lo
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: https://bit.ly/3nCfn3r
This presentation explores the benefits of music for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH). Music is often viewed as a higher-order auditory activity which may serve as a barrier to participation. However, this workshop will explore how music is a rich and powerful multi-modal activity, and participation has broad benefits for the brain, and specific benefits for DHH children.
Session 2 (in 2 parts): Genetic testing for hearing loss – clinical utility and latest developments
Date: Friday 11 March & Friday 8 April
Time:12-1pm AEST.
Presenters: Mona Saleh and Radhika Rajkumar
Individual Sessions: $75
To register: https://bit.ly/3nCfn3r
Did you know that 50% of hearing loss has a genetic basis? Genetic causes include over 100 genes associated with non-syndromic hearing loss and over 400 syndromic conditions that can include hearing loss as well as other malformations and medical problems. Syndromic and non-syndromic deafness are genetically heterogeneous disorders characterized by mild to profound deafness in early adulthood, childhood,or infancy. The genetic heterogeneity associated with these conditions can make it difficult to use phenotype as the sole criterion to select a definitive cause.
Understanding the cause of hearing loss can be empowering and beneficial to both a child and their family by confirming a diagnosis, helping guide treatment and management decisions and enabling early interventions to maximise speech and learning potential. Identification of a disease-causing variant can also inform recurrence-risk assessment and genetic counselling.
In part 1 participants will get an overview of genetics and how it impacts on all stages of life including reproduction, birth, growth and development. An introduction to the utility and process of taking a family health history will also be covered. The inheritance patterns for the main causes of genetic hearing loss will be discussed as well as some case studies to illustrate the way in which genetics can impact on families with an inherited form of hearing loss.
Part 2 session delves deeper into the application of genetic testing for individuals and families with hearing loss. An overview of the techniques used for genetic testing with some case examples will illustrate its utility, ethical implications and how to access Invitae’s sponsored testing program.

Session 4: Structural Abnormalities of the cochlea and auditory nerve: considerations in paediatric cochlear implantation
Date: Tuesday 31 May
Time: 9am – 10am
Presenter: Dr Kirsty Gardner Berry
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: https://bit.ly/3nCfn3r
Structural abnormalities of the cochlea and auditory nerve hold a number of implications that need to be taken into consideration when counselling families about expected outcomes with cochlear implantation, and for surgical planning. This presentation reports on the 20% of children identified with structural abnormalities within a population of 346 paediatric cochlear implant recipients at NextSense. Topics will include key time points during embryological development that can impact on the severity of the anatomical abnormality, implications for choice of cochlear implant array, surgical considerations, and the potential impact on signal transmission.

Session 5: Single Sided Deafness
Date: Wednesday 27 July
Time: 12pm – 1pm
Presenter: Dr Dayse Tavora
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: https://bit.ly/3nCfn3r
Single sided deafness (SSD) is defined as a severe to profound hearing loss (>70dB HL) in one ear and hearing thresholds within normal limits in the contralateral ear (<30dB HL). People with SSD are deprived of binaural cues – squelch and summation – and have difficult hearing sound that is projected directly at their non-hearing ear because of the head shadow effect. Furthermore, SSD reduces social and psychological QoL and imposes a remarkable level of handicap as per general and specific self-assessments tool. For the last decade, several research groups have demonstrated that CI provides a significant improvement in function including speech understanding in noise and localisation ability, as well as improving QoL and reducing tinnitus significantly in both the early and long-term.
Session 6: Cochlear Technology in the Classroom
Date: Thursday 4 August
Time: 4pm -5pm
Presenter: Dr Vidya Raghavan
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: https://bit.ly/3nCfn3r
It is well accepted that for all children with hearing loss, it is vital to provide a favourable signal-to-noise ratio in the challenging environment of the classroom. This is where remote microphone technology can really help.This webinar will provide professionals with the resources and knowledge required to confidently support students with Cochlear devices in the classroom. You will gain an understanding of current Cochlear Baha and Nucleus processors, the main players in remote microphone technology, and how to use these in the classroom with your students with implantable devices.
The session will finish with an troubleshooting quiz to help prepare you for those common classroom scenarios.

These events are endorsed by Audiology Australia.

Ten days after each live event, a recording of the webinar will also be made available for you to watch via the Short Courses website. You will be notified via email for both the live event and when the recording is available to watch.
To learn more and register, please visit the following link:
https://www.nextsense.org.au/professional-development/audiology-masterclass-series-2022

Getting Ready for Big School - communication skills group program ...
2021-11-18 00:00
Moving into big school is a big deal! Children have to learn a variety of new skills very quickly as they move into their new class and school structure.
In Kindy, children often need to become proficient quickly with news-telling, reading and spelling (including phonological awareness), and asking and answering questions. Children learn at different paces and in different ways. We are offering a school holiday group designed to nurture the communication skills of children transitioning to kindergarten.
Sessions will be conducted by Master of Speech and Language Pathology students and by Certified Practising Speech Pathologists. The group will be modelled on a classroom environment to assist with children’s transition from pre-school.
The group will be activity and play-based and focus on pre-literacy and language skills for children starting school. The program includes key aspects such as learning classroom rules, news-telling, story-time, and group games. Each activity targets skills fundamental to learning, including early reading, inferencing, communicating ideas effectively, listening, and appropriately interacting with peers. This group is well-suited to children aged 4-6 starting school this year. You do not need to be an existing client to attend.
The Group program will include:

Phonological awareness (syllabification, rhyming, letter-to-sound knowledge)
Underlying skills for literacy (reading and spelling);
News-telling skills;
Listening skills for the classroom; and
Asking and answering questions in the classroom environment.
Gross Motor skill development with a paediatric Physiotherapist

Please note that the curriculum for the group is adapted to each new cohort. If there is a large discrepancy in ages and areas of need, activities will be tailored to ensure each child receives individual attention.
You will receive a short report of the activities and how your child enjoyed the group at the end of the groups.

Dates:
Wednesday 12th January to Friday 14th January 2021

Times:

Cost:

9.30am – 11.30am each day

$225.00 for all sessions

Location:

MQ Health Speech and Hearing Clinic
Australian Hearing Hub
Ground Floor, 16 University Avenue, Macquarie University (next to Piccolo Me Café)

Campus map:
http://www.mq.edu.au/campus-map

Parking:
Free parking is available on level B2 under the building

Preparation:
Take your child to the toilet when you arrive. The toilets are located next to the lifts.

What to bring:
A drink bottle and a piece of fruit

Prior SP assessments:
Please bring along any speech pathology assessments your child has had in the past.

Do I need to stay?
You are not required to stay in the room for the group. However, we ask that you stay in the vicinity so that you can return within 15 minutes if needed. We ask siblings to stay with their parents. There is a café just outside our entrance.

Book your place by calling reception on: 9850 2900

Live Series: Evidence-Bases Research and Innovation
2021-09-28 00:00
Speaker/s: Brent Edwards; Joaquin Valderrama-Valenzuela and Vicky Zhang; Simon Alperstein and Paola Incerti Jorge Mejia and Nicky Chong-White
Date & Time: every Wednesday morning at 8am AEDT throughout October
Location: Online Webinar Series – Total of 4 webinars
Registration Open: https://ceus.audiologyonline.com/2021-nal/

Agenda:
6/10/2021 8am AEDT Brent Edwards: Innovation at NAL on Emerging Trends in Hearing Health Care
– This course reviews current innovation happening in technology, services and delivery of hearing health care. NAL (National Acoustic Laboratories) research that informs these changes will be reviewed.

13/10/2021 8am AEDT Joaquin Valderrama-Valenzuela and Vicky Zhang: Novel Diagnostic and Evaluation Tools, presented in partnership with NAL
– This course will provide new diagnostic approaches and remediation strategies for hearing difficulties that are currently undetected. Participants will also receive a review of current tools that may be used in clinics to evaluate auditory speech discrimination skills in infants and toddlers.

20/10/2021 8am AEDT Simon Alperstein and Paola Incerti: Empowerment and Behavioural Insights in Client Decision Making, presented in partnership with NAL
– Behavioural Insights can be used to understand and support hearing health decision-making, particularly in the appointment setting. An overview of empowering the individual’s first awareness of hearing loss to hearing aid fitting and then to becoming an active hearing aid user will be covered.

27/10/2021 8am AEDT Jorge Mejia and Nicky Chong-White: Technology Validation in Real World Environments and Design Thinking Solutions, presented in partnership with NAL
– This course discusses ecologically momentary assessment methodologies to evaluate the real-life benefit of present and emerging technologies impacting hearing health and describe the advantages and limitations of the novel methodology. The second half will introduce design thinking and how this human-centered process has been applied to create a solution to help people with hearing difficulties understand conversations better, reduce frustration, and improve communication.

Bio:

6/10/2021 8am AEDT Brent Edwards: Innovation at NAL on Emerging Trends in Hearing Health Care
Brent Edwards
PhD
Brent Edwards, Ph.D., is the Director of the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL), where he is currently leading new innovation initiatives that focus on transforming hearing healthcare. For over 22 years he headed research at major hearing aid companies and at Silicon Valley startups that have developed innovative hearing health technologies and clinical tools used worldwide.

13/10/2021 8am AEDT Joaquin Valderrama-Valenzuela and Vicky Zhang: Novel Diagnostic and Evaluation Tools, presented in partnership with NAL
Joaquin Tomas Valderrama-Valenzuela
PhD
Dr. Valderrama-Valenzuela is a Senior Research Scientist currently leading the Electrophysiology section at the National Acoustic Laboratories (Sydney, Australia). His research interests include the analysis of brain signals to ecologically-valid stimuli like natural speech, the diagnosis of early signs of hearing loss, and the evaluation of listening effort – a common complaint of people with hearing difficulties.
Vicky Zhang
PhD
Dr. Zhang is a Senior Researcher with over 20 years of experience in the area of hearing assessment and rehabilitation for children with hearing loss. She is currently a line manager at National Acoustic Laboratories, and also an honorary research fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. Her main research has focused on investigating the efficacy of early intervention for populations of children with bilateral hearing loss or unilateral hearing loss, and evaluation of sound detection and discrimination in children with hearing loss.

20/10/2021 8am AEDT Simon Alperstein and Paola Incerti: Empowerment and Behavioural Insights in Client Decision Making, presented in partnership with NAL
Simon Alperstein
MSc BE
Simon Alperstein is a Behavioural Scientist at NAL. He completed his Master of Science in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Simon’s work at NAL involves conducting research into the health decisions of individuals and developing solutions for the public informed by Behavioural Science that increase help-seeking behaviours and motivate individuals to reduce their risk of experiencing hearing loss. He also looks at patient and clinician interactions in the clinical setting, identifying biases and employing nudges to help individuals make informed choices that improve their health.
Paola Incerti
MAudiology, AAudA
Paola Incerti has worked as Senior Research Audiologist at the National Acoustic Laboratories since 2009. She currently leads a large, multi-centre study funded by the Australian Government Department of Health evaluating the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of upgrading cochlear implant sound processors in older adults. Paola has a strong background in hearing device rehabilitation research, with a focus on optimizing listening devices to improve outcomes in children and adults. Paola’s main research interest, and area of audiological expertise, is in the field of cochlear implantation. Particular interests include the prescription of electric and acoustic stimulation (cochlear implants, hearing aids and bimodal devices), and considerations about fitting configuration (i.e., same or opposite ears). Through her current and previous roles, she has co-authored several scientific papers and a book chapter.

27/10/2021 8am AEDT Jorge Mejia and Nicky Chong-White: Technology Validation in Real World Environments and Design Thinking Solutions, presented in partnership with NAL
Jorge Mejia
PhD
Dr. Jorge Mejia completed his PhD in 2010 while collaborating with the hearing industry in developing advanced noise reduction algorithms for hearing aids and Cochlear implant applications. Jorge is a computer and electrical engineer, with post degrees in control engineering and master’s in computer science from the Queensland University of Technology. In his current role, Dr. Mejia heads the signal processing departments at the National Acoustic Laboratories, Sydney Australia, and his current focus is on measuring the real life benefits of new and existing hearing technologies as well as developing solutions for hearing health care applications.
Nicky Chong-White
PhD
Nicky Chong-White is a Senior Research Engineer at the National Acoustic Laboratories and has PhD in Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering. She began her career developing novel speech signal processing algorithms to improve speech intelligibility at AT&T Labs, USA and also at a US-headquartered technology start-up company. Since joining NAL in 2004, Nicky has applied her background in speech and audio signal processing, acoustics, machine learning and software development to investigate hearing. She uses design thinking methodologies to discover unmet user needs, and rapidly prototype and test innovative solutions. Nicky is currently focused on developing digital solutions to improve accessibility to hearing care, provide additional tools to enable and promote hearing self-management, and increase the reliability and capability of connected hearing health.

Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf - A day at the ...
2021-08-26 00:00
Date: Friday 10 December 2021
Time: 9:00-3:00pm AEST
Location: Zoom meeting
Theme: Translating research into practice
Cost: $20 remote access
REGISTRATION LINK
The Australian Hearing Hub members invite Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf (IToD) to a fully virtual event.

Learn from researchers – what are the currently research findings and how this can be translated into practice.
Learn form IToD – what challenges are presenting in the classroom and how can they be solved through innovation and research?

There will be a number of short presentations by Australian Hearing Hub member organisations, including Hearing Australia, National Acoustic Laboratories, NextSense, The Shepherd Centre, Macquarie University and Cochlear Limited. Followed by an interactive session where IToDs are invited to share challenges experienced in the classroom when working with students that are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
NOTE: Program will be released shortly

Anxiety in poor readers: Evidence, assessment, and intervention
2021-08-22 00:00

Measuring student progress in literacy: A workshop for teachers
2021-08-22 00:00

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples - webinar series ...
2021-08-17 00:00
The United Nation’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is celebrated on 9th of August every year to raise awareness. According to the UN, there are estimated 476 million Indigenous people in about 90 countries. Indigenous populations have distinct cultures, languages, and knowledge systems and despite that the Indigenous population in most countries are the poorest, have low access to educational services and in general experience discrimination.
The 2021 theme is “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract”. To celebrate this day, International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (formerly known as IALP, https://ialpasoc.info/) is hosting series of webinars (in September 2021) highlighting hearing-related research and clinical services by the Indigenous Peoples and for the Indigenous Peoples from across the world.
The aim of the webinar is to build network across researchers and clinicians to engage, collaborate and learn. The exercise is particularly relevant this year as WHO released its first hearing World Report that mandates to all its member countries to integrate the ear and hearing care into the respective national health goals.
The webinars will be held via zoom for about an hour
Hosts: A/P Mridula Sharma & Prof Christie Yoshinaga-Itano
Meeting ID: 794 148 0147
Passcode: [REDACTED]
Check https://ialpasoc.info/ for details
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Schedule
1) 1st Sept: 11 am- 12 noon (AEST): ‘Community collaboration in ear and hearing health: Australian perspective’
2) 9th Sept: 10- 11 am (AEST): ‘Hearing Healthcare in Rural Northwest Alaska: Provider and Consumer Perspectives’
3) 15th Sept: 11 am-12 noon (AEST): ‘Researching with Māori and Pacific communities in Aotearoa and the Pacific Region’
4) 17th Sept: 9-10am (AEST): ‘Hearing loss prevalence and hearing health among school aged children in the Canadian Arctic’

Beyond Speech Workshop
2021-06-07 00:00
Towards Better Communication for Children with Hearing Loss
Thursday, 14th – Friday, 15th October, 2021
Online, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Children with hearing loss face unique challenges when acquiring spoken language. Despite advances in early identification, hearing devices and intervention, many children with hearing loss still experience challenges achieving effective communication. Expanding upon the success of our 2020 event, this multidisciplinary online workshop brings together perspectives on these children’s language development from researchers, clinicians, health practitioners and families alike.
Keynote Speakers
• Susan Nittrouer (University of Florida)
• Catherine McMahon (Macquarie University)
• Suzanne Purdy (University of Auckland)
• Christine Yoshinaga-Itano (University of Colorado)
Discussion Panels
• Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study
• Teresa Ching (Macquarie University)
• Linda Cupples (Macquarie University)
• Greg Leigh (Macquarie University; NextSense Institute)
• Perspectives from parents of children with hearing loss
• Reflections from young adults with hearing loss

Abstract submissions due 9th July, 2021
• Submission guidelines: www.goto.mq.edu.au/beyondspeech2021workshop
• Submit via email: rebecca.holt@mq.edu.au

Free workshop – register online by 1st October, 2021: https://redcap.link/BeyondSpeech

Program enquiries: ben.davies@mq.edu.au
General enquiries: pamela.pan@mq.edu.au

Organising Committee
Ben Davies, Katherine Demuth, Rebecca Holt, Chi Yhun Lo, Katie Neal, Isabel O’Keeffe, Pamela Pan, Mridula Sharma and Elise Tobin

Workshop Sponsors
• ARC Linkage Grant LP180100534 (Demuth & Sharma)
• ARC Laureate Fellowship FL13010014 (Demuth)
• Macquarie University Child Language Lab
• Macquarie University Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS)

Reading difficulties and working memory
2021-05-25 00:00

Audiology masterclass series 2021
2021-03-22 00:00
These events are free for AHH Members not seeking accreditation!
Topic 1: Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder – putting the ‘spectrum’ into perspective.
Date: Thursday 29 April
Time: 12-1pm AEST.
Presenter: Dr Kirsty Gardner-Berry
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ

Whilst auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is known to result in a wide range of outcomes with both hearing aids and cochlear implants it’s not always easy to decipher from the literature which of the key elements are at play and how to best counsel clients and families about the most appropriate management pathway for their specific presentation.
In this webinar a combination of age-of-onset and diagnostic assessment tools will be presented to help clinicians categorize different ANSD sub-groups, explain the variation in outcomes seen, and guide the clinical management pathway moving forward.

Topic 2: Shifting the Goal Posts. Hearing loss & Cochlear implantation in the Australian Landscape.
Date:Thursday May 20
Time:12-1pm AEST.
Presenter: Emma Ramsay
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ

Australian Professor Graeme Clark AC was inspired by his deaf father to help deaf people hear. The ground breaking research he led in Australia began in the late 1960s, when almost all auditory neurophysiologists believed that providing useful hearing through electrical stimulation would be impossible.
When cochlear implants were first commercialised most potential candidates and health care professionals hoped the device would be an aid to lip reading. Forty years later the goal posts have shifted considerably and expectations include the ability to swim wearing the device, cell phone connectivity, hearing in noise and much, much more. Cochlear has continued with global clinical research and technology development programs, integrating new findings into products with enhanced performance and usability to meet these growing and ever changing expectations.
In this session you will hear Cochlear Australia New Zealand’s Clinical Director Emma Ramsay , discuss the improvements the Cochlear implant industry has seen over the last 20 years, how the Australian landscape has changed and improvements still needed and learn about ways Cochlear’s technology can maximise hearing and lifestyle outcomes.

Topic 3: Introduction to the PLUM and HATS
Date: Thursday 6 May
Time: 12:00-1:00pm AEST
Presenters: Meagan Ward, Carmen Kung, and Sam Harkus
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ
You may have come across new tools available from the National Acoustics Laboratories called PLUM and HATS. They are checklists designed to guide conversations with parents of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children aged 6 months to five years, to explore their child’s listening and communication skills development.
Originally designed with the primary health workforce in mind to assist with triaging for referrals, they can also guide decision making across the continuum of care. Come and learn what they are, why they were developed, and how they are being used, and our hopes for how they may play a role in closing the gap around child development.

Topic 4: Introduction to the Oticon Medical Neuro Cochlear Implant System
Date: 3 September 2021
Time: 12:00-1:00pm AEST
Presenter: Stacey Butler
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ
This presentation provides an opportunity for hearing care professionals to receive an overview of the Neuro cochlear implant system from Oticon Medical, which includes the Neuro Zti implant, Neuro 2 sound processor and Genie Medical Cochlear Implant Software. Learn about what makes the Neuro system unique.

Topic 5: Supporting Ponto Bone Anchored Hearing Solutions
Date: 24 September 2021
Time: 12:00-1:00pm AEST
Presenter: Stephanie Carrick
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ
Ponto has brought superior speech understanding and comfortable listening into the lives of tens of thousands of adults and children around the world — giving them the hearing confidence they need to take part in school, work and social situations. This presentation will provide hearing care professionals and educators an understanding of key components of the Ponto system: sound processing strategies, connectivity and support resources. Learn what makes Ponto unique and how you can best support bone anchored hearing users.

Topic 6: Advanced Bionics
Date: 11 November 2021
Time: 12:00-1:00pm AEST
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ
This session will give a summary of some of the unique technologies developed by Advanced Bionics. Some areas covered will include the use of Current Steering to increase spectral resolution, the first truly made for CI bimodal system eliciting better performance in everyday life situations, and an introduction to AB’s new cochlear implant- setting a new benchmark for standard of care in CI and MRI.

Topic 7 :MED-EL: 20 Innovations in 20 Minutes (and then some more)
Date: 1 October 2021
Time: 12:00-1:00pm AEST
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ
This presentation will discuss 20 recent innovations available in the latest MED-EL cochlear implant systems and how they improve clinical practice and user benefit. Design philosophy and future direction will also be explored.

Topic 8: Cochlear Technology and Research Update
Date: 29 October 2021
Time: 12:00-1:00pm AEST
Individual Sessions: $50
To register: bit.ly/317ABdJ
Since 1981, Cochlear has provided more than 600,000 implantable devices, helping recipients of all ages, to hear and live full and active lives. Throughout this time Cochlear’s continual focus on research and development, has resulted in delivering new technologies that benefit all recipients, whether they are being implanted today or many years ago. This session will bring you up to date on the most recent advancements in implant and processing technology. First, Frank Risi Group Product Manager of Surgical & Implants will take you through the unique design of Cochlear’s latest generation implant, Nucleus Profile™ Plus, which enables recipients to have MRI’s up to 3T without the need for splinting or magnet removal. Then Esti Nel, Cochlear’s Principal Research Audiologist will provide an overview of SmartSound IQ, Cochlear’s suite of sound processing technologies, and will share evidence on how these innovations enhance hearing performance in even challenging listening environments.

Topic 1 : The endorsement number is CPD2021 107 and the category and CPD points are as follow:
Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
Topic 2: The endorsement number is CPD2021 106 and the category and CPD points are as follow:
Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
Topic 3: The endorsement number is CPD2021 116 and the category and CPD points are as follow:
Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
Topic 4: This event has been endorsed for 12 months commencing from 3rd September 2021. The endorsement number is CPD2122 017 and the category and CPD points are Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
Topic 5: This event has been endorsed for 12 months commencing from 24th September 2021. The endorsement number is CPD2122 018 and the category and CPD points are Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
Topic 6: This event has been endorsed for 12 months commencing 11 November 2021. The endorsement number is CPD2122 026 and the category and CPD points are Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point.
Topic 7: This event has been endorsed by Audiology Australia for 12 months commencing 1 October 2021. The endorsement number is CPD2122 024 and the category and CPD points are Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point.
Topic 8: The event has been endorsed by Audiology Austraia and the endorsement number is CPD2122 033 and the category and CPD points are Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
Ten days after each live event, a recording of the webinar will also be made available for you to watch via the Short Courses website. You will be notified via email for both the live event and when the recording is available to watch.
NOTE: The recordings after the seminar will only be made available to participants who have paid to register and receive accreditation.
To learn more and register, please visit the following link:
https://www.nextsense.org.au/professional-development/audiology-masterclass-series-2021

Assessment and treatment approaches for children with reading and spelling ...
2021-03-04 00:00

Australian Launch - World Report on Hearing – 3 March ...
2021-02-19 00:00
Location: Streamed YouTube Premiere
Date: Wednesday 3 March
Time: 2pm – 3pm

WHO ‘Hearathon’,a global movement for better ear and hearing care.
On this day, in Australia and around the world, stakeholders in the field of ear and hearing care will mark the launch of the first ever WHO World Report on Hearing that will help guide governments, health professionals, health services providers and civil society organisations to address the growing societal challenge of the rising prevalence of hearing loss. This event provides an opportunity for Australia to highlight its world class initiatives in hearing health and an opportunity for stakeholders to unite and collaborate to achieve the themes of this World Hearing Day and title of the Report Hearing care for ALL! Screen. Rehabilitate. Communicate.”
VIEW THE REPORT HERE
VIP speakers include:

David Brady, Chair of Deafness Forum and CEO of Hear For You
The Hon. Trent Zimmerman, MP, Chair Standing Committee on Health and Aged Care
The Hon. John Howard OM AC
The Hon. Mark Coulton, MP, Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government
Professor Catherine McMahon, Director of Macquarie University HEAR Centre
Dr Kelvin Kong, ENT surgeon and Associate Professor at University of Newcastle
Professor Tom Calma AO
Justin Langer, Ambassador for Ear Science Institute Australia and Australian cricket coach
Brett Lee, WHO World Hearing Forum Champion and world-renowned cricketer
Sue Walters, President of CICADA Australia
The Hon. Matt Thistlethwaite MP – Member for Kingsford Smith
The Hon. Dr Fiona Martin, MP, Chair Select Committee on Mental Health and Co-Chair Parliamentary Friends of Hearing Health

Population Hearing Healthcare Conference
2021-02-15 00:00

Hearing Hub Junior Science Academy for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Kids ...
2020-10-29 00:00
Hearing Hub Junior Science Academy for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Kids
An accessible Junior Science Academy program for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing
Tuesday 19th January 2021: Science is Real! Suitable for children in Years 1 – 3 at school
Wednesday 20th January 2021: Attractive Science. Suitable for children in Years 4 – 6 at school

Children are introduced to science concepts and skills in a safe and supportive environment.
Courses teach the concepts through experiments, physical activity, craft and other hands-on activities.
Children meet others with similar life experiences to them and enjoy making new social connections.
Auslan interpreter and Roger assisted listening device available
Register your interest to find out more about new opportunities for Regional Travel Scholarships offered by the Child Language Lab

Drop off: 8.30am – 9.30am
Activities: 9.30am – 4.00pm
Pick-up: 4.00pm – 5.30pm
Cost: Free to eligible students

Please register your interest in the program via our online survey by the 4th December 2020
Follow the link to register – https://limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/178181?lang=en
For more information please follow the Junior Science Academy link at mq.edu.au/holidays

LIVE WEBINAR - Anxiety in poor readers: Evidence, assessment, and ...
2020-10-15 00:00

LIVE WEBINAR - Working memory and reading difficulties
2020-10-15 00:00
