Australian Hearing Hub

Measuring student progress in literacy: A workshop for teachers
2021-08-22 00:00 (Australia/Sydney)

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

Linguistics Research Showcase 2020
2020-09-14 00:00
When: Friday 25 September 10:00am-4:00pm
Where: F2F and online via zoom
How to register: CLICK HERE

The Linguistics Research Showcase aims to explore the diversity of Linguistics research, celebrating the work of our recent graduates, promoting recent publications, crowdsourcing expert input for our works-in-progress and workshopping some of the skills specific to conducting research in the global age of communication.
Talks are in various formats, including Graduate Plenaries (HDR students who have completed or submitted since Jan 2019), Lightning Talks, Research in Progress presentations, and Strategic Research Topics.

Morning Sessions 10:00-12:00
Ainsworth Building: 1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 202
Online Link

10:00
Opening Address & Welcome
Prof. Mark Connor, A/D HDR, Faculty of Medicine, Health & Human Sciences

10:20
Dr. Rebecca Holt (in person)

Facilitating language processing for children with hearing loss

Children with hearing loss may process language slowly and effortfully compared to those with normal hearing. This thesis examined the effects of input enriched via visual speech cues (bottom-up information) or informative semantic context (top-down information) on the processing speed and effort of children using hearing aids and/or cochlear implants. Children with hearing loss benefited from both sources of information and performed similarly to their peers with normal hearing overall. This contributes to theoretical accounts of bottom-up and top-down interactions in language processing and suggests practical steps to facilitate communication for children with hearing loss.

Supervisors: Prof. Katherine Demuth and Dr. Laurence Bruggeman

10:45
Dr. Colum Ruane (in person)

Fresh insights into the position and utility of English in the world: a Korean perspective.

This presentation is in response to current globalising trends in which broadened cultural influences allow for fresh insights to English’s ideological position in the world. It showcases views from a cohort of Koreans on their perceptions of Global English – specifically, how they ideologically shaped English within the Korean and global context, and how they perceived its usage with respect to a sense of internationalism and global integration. Findings suggest that greater global mobility, online and offline is leading to enhanced global sensitivities. English users can construct a sense of global community through more individuated and culturally informed engagement with the world.

Supervisor: Prof. Phil Benson

11:10
Dr. Wing Shan (Andrea) Chan (online)

An investigation of subtitles as learning support in university education

Using a mixed-methods approach, the current study aims to investigate the processing and resultant impact of subtitles on English- and Chinese-speaking participants in terms of their comprehension and cognitive load. Experiment 1 was conducted in an authentic university classroom and revealed that English-speaking participants had lower self-reported cognitive load in reading Chinese subtitles, while neither English nor Chinese subtitles had any impact on the self-rated cognitive load of Chinese-speaking participants. Experiment 2 was a laboratory-based experiment with Chinese first-language participants watching video with no subtitles, Chinese subtitles and English subtitles. First-language subtitles were found to result in improved comprehension.

Supervisors: Prof. Jan-Louis Kruger and A/Prof Stephen Doherty (UNSW)

11:35
Nu Anh Vo (online)

Critical Thinking in English Language Teaching in the Vietnamese Tertiary Context

This study examines the importance and feasibility of critical thinking (CT) in English language teaching (ELT) in the Vietnamese tertiary context. Evidence was collected through two questionnaires, two CT tasks and interviews in a qualitative case study. The findings emphasize the appropriateness of CT to Vietnamese students, support the integration of CT instruction into ELT, and suggest ideas for developing Vietnamese students’ CT. It is hoped that these findings will be useful beyond the particular case of Vietnam to benefit students and teachers in other ELT contexts since the need for good CT skills in a globalising world is universal.

Supervisor: A/Prof. Stephen Moore

Lunch Break 12:00-1:00

Virtual Poster Sessions 1:00-1:30

These posters will be hosted in individual “Zoom Rooms” from 1:00-1:30. Please pop in virtually using the links below to review the projects, ask the presenters questions and give feedback.

Poster 1
Attitudes of AusE Speakers to Fricated /t/: A Sociophonetic Perception Study
Timothy Shea
Zoom Link

Poster 2
Australian-English fathers’ and mothers’ IDS: More breathy, less creaky, with a high and variable pitch
Elise Tobin
Zoom Link

Poster 3
Automatic detection of creaky voice
Hannah White
Zoom Link

Poster 4
Chinese College Teachers’ and Students’ Experiences of EFL teaching and learning in the E-learning Context
Yang Huining
Zoom Link

Poster 5
Identifying a Pedagogical Genre of Literature Review
Dr. Nur Afifi
Zoom Link

Poster 6
International EAL students and university writing assignments: approaches, challenges and learner autonomy behaviour exercises
Bao Tram Nguyen
Zoom Link

Poster 7
Language Learning Deficits in Infants with Hearing Loss: A Statistical Learning Approach
Amber Foster
Zoom Link

Poster 8
Phonetics of Arabic-English in Code Switching
Faisal Mohammed Alfadhil
Zoom Link

Poster 9
The speech of an older preschool bilingual sibling’s influence and impact on the language development of a younger potential bilingual infant sibling
Lauren Landsberry
Zoom Link

Parallel Strategic Research Sessions 1:30-2:00pm

Title
Mindmapping in interviews: Affordances and implications
The de-humanisation and re-humanisation of the T&I professions: Opportunities for interdisciplinarity?
Finding your readers: writing beyond the dissertation
Patient & Public Involvement in Research

Presenter
Melissa Reed
A/Prof. Marc Orlando
A/Prof. Annabelle Lukin
A/Prof. Piers Dawes

Zoom Link
Zoom Link
Zoom Link
Zoom Link

1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 202
1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 205
1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 102
1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 105

Parallel Research Papers 2:05pm-3:35pm

Hearing, Speech & Language Sciences Stream
Applied Linguistics, TESOL, Conversation & Discourse Analysis
Multilingualism, Translation & Interpreting

1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 105
1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 202
1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 102

Zoom Link
Zoom Link
Zoom Link

2:05
Graduate Plenary
The acquisition of acoustic cues to voicing contrasts in children with hearing loss
Heritage language trajectories of Chinese migrant children in Australia
‘My heart is all blue’: Multilingual identities of international English language students in Australia

Julien Millaseau (online)
Yining Wang (ONLINE)
Yulia Kharchenko (online)

2:30
Lightning Talk
Syllable onset coordination in speech of Parkinson patients
Teaching about Taboo Language in EFL/ESL Classes: A Starting Point Communication in times of cultural
Confucianism and Asian tiger parents?

Jidde Jacobi (in person)
Joshua Wedlock (F2F) (2:35pm*)
Dr. Jinhyun Cho (online)

2:45
Lightning Talk
Aboriginal Children’s Hearing Health project

Pause in Sight Translation: A longitudinal study focusing on training effect

Prof. Cath McMahon

Dr. Jing Fang & Xiaomin Zhang (online)

3:00
Research in Progress
The effect of smell on speech perception
An exploration of sales interaction in Mandarin-speaking cosmetic stores
Exploring English as a Medium of Instruction for the Teaching of Medicine in Saudi Arabia

Dr. Andy Gibson & Dr. Anita Szakay
Jessie Jie Chen (in person) (2:50pm*)
Khatmah Alanazi (online)

3:10
Research in Progress
Systematic Review: Hyperarticulation in Infant-Directed Speech
Shaping Writer Identity of Doctoral Students in Co-authoring with Supervisors for Publication
Rehabilitation of language disorders in linguistically diverse and multilingual speakers in Australia: Towards a new best practice

Alice Kneipp (online)
Jiayu Wang (online) (3:05pm*)
A/Prof. Peter Roger, Dr. Jae-Hyun Kim, Dr. Scott Barnes (online)

3:25
Research in Progress
The Test of Speech Sound Perception in Noise (ToSSPiN) – Effect of first language, spatial separation and reverberation on speech sound identification
The Verbal Art of Psychotherapy
Usability of video-remote interpreting in times of crisis: Building capacity of interpreting services in Australian healthcare settings

Christian Boyle (online)
Andrew Groome (3:20pm*)
Karine Bachelier (online)

Closing Session 3:40-4:00
Ainsworth Building: 1 Wally’s Walk Rm. 202
Online Link

3:40
Closing Address

U-Bar Follow-up Discussion 4:00-5:00pm

Deaf Awareness Training
2020-08-17 00:00
With the support of the Australian Hearing Hub, the Deaf Society is running a Deaf Awareness Training (DAT) course
Event: Deaf Awareness Training
Date: Monday 21 September 2020
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: A Zoom link will be forward to registered attendees 24 hours before the event.
Registration: Spaces are limited, please email louise.dodd@mq.edu.au to secure a spot.
This event is only open to AHH member staff and students
Program overview:

Learn how to communicate with deaf and hard of hearing people in culturally appropriate ways, using their preferred visual communication style.
Demonstrate culturally appropriate ways of interacting (inc. eye contact, turn taking, gaining attention).
Begin learning and building a visual vocabulary related to daily life.
Engage in simple exchanges in Auslan or other visual communication means, including giving and following simple instructions.

Some of the areas covered in this training:

What are the differences between deaf and hard of hearing people?
What are the different communication methods used by deaf people?
What is Auslan (Australian Sign Language)?

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids’ Science
2020-07-30 00:00
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Kids’ Science Dates:
An accessible Junior Science Academy program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

Tuesday 29 September: Robotics. Suitable for children in Years 1 – 3 at school
Wednesday 30 September: Science Mash-Up (Combining parts of Crime Scene Investigation & Flight), 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.

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

Please contact Dr Chi Lo to discuss your child’s participation: chi.lo@mq.edu.au
For more information please follow the Junior Science Academy link at: mq.edu.au/about/holidays

2020 Public Health and Hearing Webinar Series
2020-06-16 00:00
This online seminar series will explore and challenge current thinking on hearing loss in older adults – from a mere inconvenience to a major public health problem, affecting mental and physical health, social interactions, and increasing economic costs to society.
It will provide insights into the lived experience – necessary for understanding how to redesign approaches to healthcare. The series will discuss ways in which hearing healthcare is delivered, explore the evidence which supports the existing service delivery model, identify challenges to this, and propose innovative solutions to address this. Finally, the series will discuss the importance of consumer engagement in co-constructing user-centred models of health, and will explore ways in which Australia could reconsider its current approach and transform hearing health to better meet the growing need.

28 July
Why hearing loss in older adults is a major public health problem

Associate Professor Piers Dawes (Macquarie University)
Professor Bamini Gopinath (University of Sydney)
Associate Professor Amber Willink (University of Sydney)
Recording
Audiology Australia endorsed event: CPD2021 011 | Cat 1.2 – 1 CPD point

25 August
The lived experience
Dr Caitlin Barr (Soundfair)
Dr Nicole Matthews (Macquarie University)
Margot Albrecht (Advocate)
Recording
Audiology Australia endorsed event: CPD2021 021 | Cat 1.2 – 1 CPD point

22 September
New insights and solutions
Dr Brent Edwards (National Acoustic Laboratories)
Dr Melanie Ferguson (National Acoustic Laboratories)
Mr Phillip Nakad (Macquarie University)
Recording
Audiology Australia endorsed event: CPD2021 027 | cat 1.2 – 1 CPD point

20 October
Consumer engagement and social design
Professor Frances Rapport (Macquarie University)
Dr Carrie Nieman (Johns Hopkins Medicine)
Recording
Audiology Australia endorsed event: CPD2021 036 | cat 1.2 – 1 CPD point

17 November
Digital platforms and alternative pathways for early engagement
Dr Annie Lau (Macquarie University)
Professor Bandana Saini (University of Sydney)
Dr Stephen Carter (University of Sydney)
Recording
Audiology Australia endorsed event: CPD2021 046 | cat 1.2 – 1 CPD point

8 December
Co-designing new models of hearing health
Panel discussion
Register here

All sessions from 12pm – 1pm AEST and will be live captioned
Moderator: Professor Catherine McMahon (Macquarie University)
louise.dodd@mq.edu.au | (02) 9850 6703 For further information please contact Louise Dodd
This webinar series will be available online for viewing after the event, please register to receive the links.

Looking for an activity for your child during the school ...
2020-06-11 00:00
Researchers at the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) are looking for children aged 9-12 years to participate in a study looking at the effectiveness of children’s earmuffs.
The study will involve a 90-minute appointment at NAL where your child will have a hearing test, and then be asked to respond to sounds while wearing different earmuffs.
The study will run from July 6 to July 17 and participants will be reimbursed $30.
This study will help researchers understand the benefits of children wearing earmuffs in noisy environments to protect their hearing, and will provide parents with recommendations on which earmuffs to buy.
Researchers are aiming to publish the results on the NAL website within three months of the testing.
Parents interested in registering their child for the study should contact Kiri Mealings.

Teaching vocabulary to improve reading comprehension
2020-06-11 00:00

Understanding reading comprehension: From research to classroom
2020-06-10 00:00

Social Language Skills Group
2020-06-10 00:00
Event date and time: Monday 28th September, Wednesday 30th September, Thursday 1st October 12pm-1pm
Summary: Setting a strong foundation for social language is essential. Our September group boosts children’s capacity to work in groups, manage conversations and build relationships. This group is perfect for children in all years of Primary School to enable them to build crucial social language skills for school success. Children in School Years K-6 are welcome.
Cost: $112.50
You don’t need to be an existing client to attend!
Register or request more information here https://mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_br6LoUuz4qSMQoB
Social skills are essential for communication for people of all ages. These foundations are laid early, with children learning and using social skills largely in play. Children learn to follow the ‘unspoken’ rules of conversation (like turn-taking, eye contact, and facial expressions) to build relationships. This helps them work in groups at school and communicate with peers. Topics will include:

Greetings and conversation-starters
Turn-taking and listening in conversation
Having and maintaining a conversation
Sharing and identifying feelings
Being a good friend

A day at the Australian Hearing Hub – Itinerant Teachers ...
2020-06-10 00:00
“A day at the Australian Hearing Hub 2020”
On line visit for Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf (ITOD)
Date: Friday 11 December 2020
Time: 9:00 – 3:00
Cost: $20
Location: Remote access
REGISTER HERE

The RIDBC Renwick Centre and the Australian Hearing Hub members invite Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf to learn about the clinical work and research taking place at the Australian Hearing Hub.
There will be a number of short presentations by many of the Australian Hearing Hub members including Hearing Australia, National Acoustic Laboratories, Royal Institute of Deaf and Blind Children, The Shepherd Centre, Macquarie University Hearing and Cochlear Limited. Program coming soon!
This event is a collaboration between the Australian Hearing Hub and the RIDBC Renwick Centre.

Accreditation: Attending this event will contribute 6 hours of NESA Registered PD addressing 1.1, 1.5,.1.6, 6.2,.6.3, 6.4, 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teachers Accreditation in NSW.

Beyond phonics: Teaching multisyllabic word reading and spelling for all ...
2020-03-04 00:00

Audiology Masterclass Series 2020 - Piers Dawes
2020-02-23 00:00
We are only offering the Audiology Master Series seminar on 30 March, titled, Hearing and vision impairment and mental well-being in older age remotely, live (through web-based conference) or digital access (recorded presentations).
This Masterclass series will take place through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. 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.
Topic 1: Hearing and vision impairment and mental well-being in older age
Location: Zoom webinar
Date: 30 March, 2020
Presenter: Piers Dawes
Age-related hearing loss is a marker of risk of cognitive decline and dementia. I will outline possible links between hearing/vision impairment and cognition, including hearing/vision loss as a biomarker for cognitive well-being, the impact of cognitive declines on function and sensory impairment as a causal contributor to cognitive decline and poor quality of life in older age. Controlled hearing intervention studies on long term cognitive outlines are challenging, so the evidence for the impact on hearing interventions is primarily from observational studies and will likely continue to be from studies other than randomised controlled trials.
Piers will share recent research including our own work modelling i) relationships between age-related impairment of sensory function and cognition and ii) modelling the impact of sensory interventions on cognitive outcomes between intervention and control groups. He will identify key challenges in addressing hearing impairment to improve mental well-being in later life and argue that effective prevention, identification and management of hearing and vision problems represents an important opportunity to optimise mental well-being and quality of life in older age.

Visit the following link to register now! https://bit.ly/2SgCH68
Australian Hearing Hub members staff not seeking accreditation can attend the seminars free of charge
Accreditation: Completing this webinar will contribute 1 hour NESA Registered PD addressing 1.1, 1.5,.1.6, 6.2,.6.3, 6.4, 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teachers Accreditation in NSW.

Accreditation: This course has been approved by AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language to offer LSLS™ 1 CEUs per presentation.

Accreditation:
Hearing and Vision Impairment and Mental Well-Being in Older Adults – webinar CPD1920 059 Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point

Audiology Masterclass Series 2020 - Mridula Sharma
2020-02-23 00:00
This Masterclass series will take place in person at the Australian Hearing Hub, as well as be offered live through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. 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.

Topic 2: The relationship of ear health to indigenous children’s phonological awareness in remote communities in the NT
Location: Zoom webinar
Date: 22 April, 2020
Presenter: Mridula Sharma
Two-thirds of Indigenous Australian children in the Northern Territory (NT) experience poor ear health and associated hearing loss. Indigenous children experience otitis media earlier in life and for longer periods than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Recent literature has highlighted a link between otitis media in the early years of life to impacted auditory processing skills in later childhood. There is also growing interest in the association between auditory processing ability and children’s learning of pre-literacy skills known as phonological awareness that contributes to word reading skills. In the current study, testing was conducted in remote Indigenous communities of Australia to determine associations between effects of pervasive otitis media on Indigenous children’s auditory processing and phonological awareness.

Visit the following link to register now! https://bit.ly/2SgCH68
Australian Hearing Hub members staff not seeking accreditation can attend the seminars free of charge
Accreditation: Completing this webinar will contribute 1 hour NESA Registered PD addressing 1.1, 1.5,.1.6, 6.2,.6.3, 6.4, 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teachers Accreditation in NSW.

Accreditation: This course has been approved by AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language to offer LSLS™ 1 CEUs per presentation.

Accreditation:
The Relationship of Ear Health to Indigenous Children’s Phonological Awareness in Remote Communities in the NT –
in-person event CPD1920 060 Category 1.1 – 1 CPD point
The Relationship of Ear Health to Indigenous Children’s Phonological Awareness in Remote Communities in the NT –
webinar CPD1920 061 Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point

Audiology Masterclass Series 2020 - John Newall
2020-02-23 00:00
This Masterclass series will take place in person at the Australian Hearing Hub, as well as be offered live through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. 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.

Topic 3: Musical based auditory training programs
Location: Zoom webinar
Date: 30 April, 2020
Presenter: John Newall
Music has played a significant role in human culture throughout human development. Claims abound in both the scientific literature and popular culture about the positive effects of music on; concentration, retention of information, intelligence, and even on the growth of crops and pot plants! Whilst these claims have varying scientific support, research has certainly shown the significant effects that musical training has on the brain and how it responds to sound. With a fairly robust finding that professionally trained musicians perform better across a range of auditory tasks, interest in investigating the potential for musical training to improve the listening abilities of those with hearing aids or cochlear implants has begun to grow. In this workshop we will discuss the evidence surrounding the benefits of involving music in the rehabilitation of the hearing impaired.

Visit the following link to register now! https://bit.ly/2SgCH68
Australian Hearing Hub members staff not seeking accreditation can attend the seminars free of charge
Accreditation: Completing this webinar will contribute 1 hour NESA Registered PD addressing 1.1, 1.5,.1.6, 6.2,.6.3, 6.4, 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teachers Accreditation in NSW.

Accreditation: This course has been approved by AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language to offer LSLS™ 1 CEUs per presentation.

Accreditation:
Musical Based Auditory Training Programs – in-person event CPD1920 062 Category 1.1 – 1 CPD point
Musical Based Auditory Training Programs – webinar event CPD1920 063 Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point

Audiology Masterclass Series 2020 - Valerie Green
2020-02-23 00:00
This Masterclass series will take place in person at the Australian Hearing Hub, as well as be offered live through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. 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.
Topic 4: Family Adjustment to Diagnosis of Infant Hearing Loss
Location: Remote Access only
Date: 29 October, 2020
Presenter: Valerie Green
With most forms of childhood disability or developmental delay, parents may have intuited themselves that something is not quite right, and the diagnosis may come as a relief and confirmation that they know their baby well. However, the diagnosis of hearing loss following newborn hearing screening is nearly always a surprise to the family, with many parents experiencing feelings of distress and confusion.
Early intervention, including fitting of hearing aids, parent education and therapy support has been shown to lead to significantly better speech and language development for these children. For this reason, health professionals have an important role in assisting parents to adjust to the diagnosis, so they are able to move on to make decisions and plans for their child in a timely manner. This presentation will examine why this adjustment is so important, and consider three different types of normal responses by parents. Some particular types of hearing loss, which present their own issues with regard to adjustment, will be discussed, along with the factors which may influence parents along their journey to acceptance.
Visit the following link to register now! https://bit.ly/2SgCH68
Australian Hearing Hub members staff not seeking accreditation can attend the seminars free of charge
Accreditation: Completing this webinar will contribute 1 hour NESA Registered PD addressing 1.1, 1.5,.1.6, 6.2,.6.3, 6.4, 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teachers Accreditation in NSW.

Accreditation: This course has been approved by AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language to offer LSLS™ 1 CEUs per presentation.

Accreditation:

Audiology Masterclass Series 2020 - Sujita Kanthan
2020-02-23 00:00
This Masterclass series will take place in person at the Australian Hearing Hub, as well as be offered live through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. 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.

Topic 5: Predicting the probability of a successful audiological evaluation in children with developmental delay
Location: Australian Hearing Hub, Lecture Theatre
Date: 9 November, 2020
Presenter: Sujita Kanthan
Audiological assessment in children with developmental delay is a challenging endeavour. A Paediatric Audiologist may be one of the first professionals that parents meet in their diagnostic journey, when a child is suspected of having a developmental delay/ ASD. Experienced Paediatric Audiologists can not only help to establish the status of the child’s hearing but also direct the parents to appropriate professionals who can further play a role in the diagnostic process.
This presentation will discuss the findings of a cohort study conducted at JPAC. A census was conducted of children who required Visual Reinforcement Orientation Audiometry (VROA) and Visually Reinforced Operant Conditioning Audiometry (VROCA), to analyse any referral trend and to establish the percentage of children with possible developmental delay. A checklist was used by the audiologists during the case history collection, to identify any early indicators of developmental delay/ASD. Information was also collected about any modifications made to the test procedure, to adapt to an individual child’s needs or behaviours. The presentation will outline some strategies that may help other audiologists to test a child with developmental delay and additional needs.
Visit the following link to register now! https://bit.ly/2SgCH68
Australian Hearing Hub members staff not seeking accreditation can attend the seminars free of charge
Accreditation: Completing this webinar will contribute 1 hour NESA Registered PD addressing 1.1, 1.5,.1.6, 6.2,.6.3, 6.4, 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teachers Accreditation in NSW.

Accreditation: This course has been approved by AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language to offer LSLS™ 1 CEUs per presentation.

Accreditation:

Audiology Masterclass Series 2020
2020-02-23 00:00
This Masterclass series will take place in person at the Australian Hearing Hub, as well as be offered live through a Zoom webinar from 12-1pm EST on the posted date. 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.
Topic 1: Hearing and vision impairment and mental well-being in older age (web access only)
Location: Australian Hearing Hub, Lecture theatre
Date: 30 March, 2020
Presenter: Piers Dawes
Age-related hearing loss is a marker of risk of cognitive decline and dementia. I will outline possible links between hearing/vision impairment and cognition, including hearing/vision loss as a biomarker for cognitive well-being, the impact of cognitive declines on function and sensory impairment as a causal contributor to cognitive decline and poor quality of life in older age. Controlled hearing intervention studies on long term cognitive outlines are challenging, so the evidence for the impact on hearing interventions is primarily from observational studies and will likely continue to be from studies other than randomised controlled trials.
Piers will share recent research including our own work modelling i) relationships between age-related impairment of sensory function and cognition and ii) modelling the impact of sensory interventions on cognitive outcomes between intervention and control groups. He will identify key challenges in addressing hearing impairment to improve mental well-being in later life and argue that effective prevention, identification and management of hearing and vision problems represents an important opportunity to optimise mental well-being and quality of life in older age.
Topic 2: The relationship of ear health to indigenous children’s phonological awareness in remote communities in the NT
Location: Australian Hearing Hub, Lecture Threatre
Date: 22 April, 2020
Presenter: Mridula Sharma
Two-thirds of Indigenous Australian children in the Northern Territory (NT) experience poor ear health and associated hearing loss. Indigenous children experience otitis media earlier in life and for longer periods than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Recent literature has highlighted a link between otitis media in the early years of life to impacted auditory processing skills in later childhood. There is also growing interest in the association between auditory processing ability and children’s learning of pre-literacy skills known as phonological awareness that contributes to word reading skills. In the current study, testing was conducted in remote Indigenous communities of Australia to determine associations between effects of pervasive otitis media on Indigenous children’s auditory processing and phonological awareness.
Topic 3: Musical based auditory training programs
Location: Australian Hearing Hub, Lecture Theatre
Date: 30 April, 2020
Presenter: John Newall
Music has played a significant role in human culture throughout human development. Claims abound in both the scientific literature and popular culture about the positive effects of music on; concentration, retention of information, intelligence, and even on the growth of crops and pot plants! Whilst these claims have varying scientific support, research has certainly shown the significant effects that musical training has on the brain and how it responds to sound. With a fairly robust finding that professionally trained musicians perform better across a range of auditory tasks, interest in investigating the potential for musical training to improve the listening abilities of those with hearing aids or cochlear implants has begun to grow. In this workshop we will discuss the evidence surrounding the benefits of involving music in the rehabilitation of the hearing impaired.
Topic 4: Family Adjustment to Diagnosis of Infant Hearing Loss
Location: Remote Access only
Date: 29 October, 2020
Presenter: Valerie Green
With most forms of childhood disability or developmental delay, parents may have intuited themselves that something is not quite right, and the diagnosis may come as a relief and confirmation that they know their baby well. However, the diagnosis of hearing loss following newborn hearing screening is nearly always a surprise to the family, with many parents experiencing feelings of distress and confusion.
Early intervention, including fitting of hearing aids, parent education and therapy support has been shown to lead to significantly better speech and language development for these children. For this reason, health professionals have an important role in assisting parents to adjust to the diagnosis, so they are able to move on to make decisions and plans for their child in a timely manner. This presentation will examine why this adjustment is so important, and consider three different types of normal responses by parents. Some particular types of hearing loss, which present their own issues with regard to adjustment, will be discussed, along with the factors which may influence parents along their journey to acceptance.
Topic 5: Predicting the probability of a successful audiological evaluation in children with developmental delay
Location: Australian Hearing Hub
Date: 9 November, 2020
Presenter: Sujita Kanthan
Audiological assessment in children with developmental delay is a challenging endeavour. A Paediatric Audiologist may be one of the first professionals that parents meet in their diagnostic journey, when a child is suspected of having a developmental delay/ ASD. Experienced Paediatric Audiologists can not only help to establish the status of the child’s hearing but also direct the parents to appropriate professionals who can further play a role in the diagnostic process.
This presentation will discuss the findings of a cohort study conducted at JPAC. A census was conducted of children who required Visual Reinforcement Orientation Audiometry (VROA) and Visually Reinforced Operant Conditioning Audiometry (VROCA), to analyse any referral trend and to establish the percentage of children with possible developmental delay. A checklist was used by the audiologists during the case history collection, to identify any early indicators of developmental delay/ASD. Information was also collected about any modifications made to the test procedure, to adapt to an individual child’s needs or behaviours. The presentation will outline some strategies that may help other audiologists to test a child with developmental delay and additional needs.
Visit the following link to register now! https://bit.ly/2SgCH68
Australian Hearing Hub members staff not seeking accreditation can attend the seminars free of charge
Accreditation: Completing this webinar will contribute 1 hour NESA Registered PD addressing 1.1, 1.5,.1.6, 6.2,.6.3, 6.4, 7.4 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teachers Accreditation in NSW.

Accreditation: This course has been approved by AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language to offer LSLS™ 1 CEUs per presentation.

Accreditation:
Hearing and Vision Impairment and Mental Well-Being in Older Adults – webinar CPD1920 059 Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
The Relationship of Ear Health to Indigenous Children’s Phonological Awareness in Remote Communities in the NT –
in-person event CPD1920 060 Category 1.1 – 1 CPD point
The Relationship of Ear Health to Indigenous Children’s Phonological Awareness in Remote Communities in the NT –
webinar CPD1920 061 Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point
Musical Based Auditory Training Programs – in-person event CPD1920 062 Category 1.1 – 1 CPD point
Musical Based Auditory Training Programs – webinar event CPD1920 063 Category 1.2 – 1 CPD point

Seminar: Spatio-temporal characteristics of auditory selective attention in multi-talker environments ...
2020-02-18 00:00
Speaker: Professor Shuichi Sakamoto
Date: 25 February 2020
Time: 10.00am -11.00am
Location: Australian Hearing Hub, Level 1, Lecture Theatre
Abstract:
In everyday listening situations, we can extract specific acoustic information from a large number of surrounding sound sources. This phenomenon is often called the cocktail party effect. Auditory selective attention is an important mechanism underlying the cocktail party effect. By directing their attention to various acoustic properties of the target sound, listeners can hear out a target sound from distractors. This study investigated how the spatial and temporal characteristics of auditory selective attention affect speech understanding in the presence of competing speech sounds. The results of an experimental listening test showed the spread of auditory spatial attention according to direction. Moreover, the shape of spatial window of the auditory selective attention was almost same regardless of the direction in which listeners’ attention was directed. The results also indicated that the contribution of a spatial cue of auditory selective attention was greater than that of a temporal cue of auditory selective attention.
Bio:
Professor at Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)
Visiting Professor, School of Engineering, Macquarie University
Registration: Entry is free and open to the public.
Please contact: Jason Mikiel-Hunter if you have any further questions – jason.mikiel-hunter@mq.edu.au

Centre for Emotional Health - Professional workshops
2020-02-18 00:00

Workshops for professionals working with children with hearing loss
2020-02-03 00:00
