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SUMMARY:Workshop: How to teach multi-syllabic word reading and spelling
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URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/workshop-how-to-teach-multi-syllabic-word-reading-and-spelling/
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SUMMARY:AHH seminar: Innovation in Audiology and Hearing Aid Technology
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Brent Edwards\nDate: Thursday 5 April\nTime: 10.00am – 11.30am\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub\, Level 1\, Lecture Theatre  \nAgenda:\n10.00am – 10.05am – Welcome\n10.05am – 10.45am – Presentation\n10.45am – 11.00am – Q & A\n11.00am – 11.30am – Networking & Refreshments \n  \nAbstract:\nHearing technology and their distribution methods are changing faster than at anytime in the history of amplification. Hearing aids are converging with consumer electronics with their integration of made-for-iPhone technology\, while “hearables” are taking on features normally only found in hearing aids. Novel fitting methods are being developed that enhance the capabilities of hearing healthcare professionals\, while other hearing devices and fitting methods are being developed to try to eliminate the professional from the distribution channel. Diagnostics and outcome measures are being developed that redefine patient needs and help better understand the benefit that new technology provides hearing aid wearers. Each of these technological and scientific advances has implications for people with hearing impairment and for those who treat them. This talk will provide a perspective on how all of these developments will shape the future of hearing technology\, hearing healthcare professionals\, and the lives of people with hearing impairment. \nBio:\nBrent Edwards\, Ph.D.\, is the Director of the National Acoustic Laboratories in Sydney\, Australia. For over 22 years he has lead research and development teams at major hearing aid companies and Silicon Valley startups that have developed innovative signal processing algorithms\, fitting procedures\, diagnostics and outcome measures\, wireless technologies\, transducers and other technologies that have benefitted hearing aid wearers and dispensers worldwide. Dr. Edwards founded and developed the Starkey Hearing Research Center that is currently a leading site for research in hearing impairment and cognition. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and is a frequent invited speaker at international scientific conferences. Dr. Edwards is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America\, a Fellow of the International Collegium of Rehabilitative Audiology\, and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham’s School of Medicine. Dr Edwards received his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University\, his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in psychology at the University of Minnesota. \nWho should come:  hearing\, speech and language researchers and clinicians\, cognitive scientists\, psychologists\, researchers in aging health and health care professionals.\nNetwork: Learn from one another and see what collaboration opportunities are available.\nRegistration:  Entry is free and open to the public. Please register by Monday 2 April 2018 to louise.dodd@mq.edu.au
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/ahh-seminar-innovation-in-audiology-and-hearing-aid-technology/
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SUMMARY:Planning & Implementing Hearing Healthcare: From Global to Local Solutions ...
DESCRIPTION:Planning & Implementing Hearing Healthcare: From Global to Local Solutions\nLed by Professor Andrew Smith\nDate: Tuesday 6 March – Friday 9 March 2018\nTime: Tuesday-Thursday 9am – 5pm\, Friday 9am – 1pm\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub \nFollowing World Hearing Day\, this 4-day instructional course led by Professor Andrew Smith\, will provide a platform to align knowledge and discuss avenues towards transforming and integrating hearing healthcare within public health. Bringing together researchers\, clinical decision makers and policy makers it aims to familiarise participants with the principles of global public health approaches to ear and hearing care\, with an emphasis on effective local planning and implementation. This includes disadvantaged and remote communities and the indigenous population. \nProfessor Andrew Smith is a world-renowned public health expert at the International Centre for Evidence in Disability (ICED)\, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and was responsible for the Prevention of Deafness and Hearing Impairment at the World Health Organisation from 1996 to 2008. \nA detailed article regarding the course can be found here – ENT & Audiology News – Andrew Smith: Public health planning for hearing impairment \nThis course is hosted by the Centre for the Implementation of Hearing Research\, Macquarie University and the Australian Hearing Hub. \nREGISTER NOW \nWe have opened up day-only registration. The daily registration rates are:\n– Tuesday\, Wednesday or Thursday: $150\n– Friday (half day): $100\nIf you would like to register for one (or two) days please contact me on sally.piper@mq.edu.au  ext. 8709. \nEvent opening session on Tuesday 6 March\, 9.00am – 10.30am (which includes morning tea) will be open and free to the public. You are all warmly invited to attend this session\, whether you have registered for the rest of the course or not. Please email sally.piper@mq.edu.au to register. \n  \n \n  \nDRAFT SCHEDULE: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING HEARING HEALTHCARE: FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL SOLUTIONS \n6-9 March 2018 \n\n\n\n\nTuesday 6\nWednesday 7 \nThursday 8 \n\nFriday 9\n\n\nAM\nChair: Prof Catherine McMahon \n  \nIntroduction \nDVC Research Prof Sakkie Pretorius \n  \nKeynote Speech – TBC \n  \nThe state of hearing research\, services\, and impact for the Australian population \nProf Catherine McMahon \n  \nCourse Day 1 \nProf Andrew Smith \nIntroduction: purpose\, overview\, learning objectives\, teaching methods \nHearing awareness exercise (over morning tea) \n  \nPublic hearing health \nStrategies/exercise for prevention \n\nCourse Day 2 \nProf Andrew Smith \nPrimary Ear and Hearing Care (PEHC)\, and role of CBR \nLinks to Aboriginal hearing health \nSamantha Harkus  \nResearch study design/ population-based methods\, WHO survey methods\, rapid assessment \nEarly detection for early intervention \nPlanning: Set objectives and priorities \nGroup work: determine priorities\, objectives\, activities. \n  \nCourse Day 3 \nProf Andrew Smith \nWHO Global programme on Prevention of Deafness and Hearing \nDr Shelly Chadha (TBC) \nNational Programme for control of Hearing loss & Deafness \nBarriers to hearing aids \nRaising awareness & advocacy \nHealth economics \nGroup work: finalise project proposals \n\nChair: Prof David McAlpine \n  \nPresentation of group projects \n  \nHearing Health and strategy implementation \nProf Catherine McMahon and Prof Frances Rapport  \n  \nCourse summary and Q&A \nProf Andrew Smith and Prof Catherine McMahon \n  \nClose \n  \n\n\n\nPM\n  \nGlobal Programmes – are they necessary? \n  \nPrinciples of planning \nGroup work: Define target population\, situation analysis\, aim of group project \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/planning-implementing-hearing-healthcare-from-global-to-local-solutions/
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SUMMARY:AHH seminar: A neurophysiological based coding strategy for cochlear implants ...
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Waikong Lai\nDate: Thursday 8 February\nTime: 10.00am – 11.30am\nLocation: Australian Hearing Hub\, Level 1\, Lecture Theatre  \nAgenda:\n10.00am – 10.05am – Welcome\n10.05am – 10.45am – Presentation\n10.45am – 11.00am – Q & A\n11.00am – 11.30am – Networking & Refreshments \nAbstract:\nThe reduced channel capacity of a cochlear implant necessitates that sound information be efficiently encoded for maximum transmission.  With one of the bottlenecks being the capacity of the neural coding\, a novel coding strategy based on a model of the excitability state of the target neural population was developed.  The algorithm estimates the refractory behavior of the stimulated neural populations to compute the excitability state after the presentation of each stimulus\, and uses this excitability state in the selection of the next stimulus.  The Excitability Controlled Coding (ECC) strategy’s algorithm was implemented as a Matlab Simulink xPC model\, and executed in real-time on a Speedgoat (hardware) system with analog (microphone) input.  The output is configured for real-time streaming to Nucleus implants using a Cochlear StimGen RF encoder hardware.  ECC was then compared against an ACE implementation on the same hardware system using a spectral ripple test as well as adaptive sentences (OLSA) in noise.  Assessments were made by 4 experienced adult CI listeners.  Initial testing comparing ACE vs ECC shows marginal improvements with ECC for the spectral ripple test as well as for OLSA sentences in noise.  However\, these may not be the optimal tests for determining the advantages of ECC and further considerations are needed.  ECC is a coding strategy for cochlear implants that attempts to account for the capacity of the neural interface in transmitting encoded information.  Initial results are promising\, showing marginal improvements over the current ACE strategy even without much optimization and training. \nBio:\nWaikong Lai\, PhD\, is a senior research scientist at the Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre (SCIC) which is part of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC).  Dr Lai’s extensive experience stems from his previous roles in research and engineering at the CSIRO department of Applied Physics (B.Elec.Eng.)\, Monash University (M.Eng.Sci.)\, University of Melbourne (Ph.D) and Zurich University Hospital (Postdoc Research Fellow).  Some of these include the development of the NRT Nucleus Response Telemetry system and software now used routinely on a clinical basis for cochlear implant fitting and management\, research and development of novel bio-inspired signal coding strategies\, as well as development and management of the Swiss Cochlear Implant database. \nWho should come:  hearing\, speech and language researchers and clinicians\, cognitive scientists\, psychologists\, researchers in aging health and health care professionals.\nNetwork: Learn from one another and see what collaboration opportunities are available.\nRegistration:  Entry is free and open to the public. Please register by Monday 5 February 2018 to louise.dodd@mq.edu.au
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/ahh-seminar-a-neurophysiological-based-coding-strategy-for-cochlear-implants/
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SUMMARY:Beginner's Introduction and Induction to Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
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URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/beginners-introduction-and-induction-to-magnetoencephalography-meg/
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SUMMARY:Perspectives on the diagnosis and remediation of auditory processing disorders. ...
DESCRIPTION:Title: Perspectives on the diagnosis and remediation of auditory processing disorders.\nSpeaker:  Harvey Dillon\nDate: Tuesday 20 February\nTime: 11:00am – 12:15pm\nLocation: Tutorial room 1.620\, Level 1\, AHH \nThis talk will review the problem of correctly diagnosing various forms of auditory processing disorders\, including the difficulties involved in separating auditory deficits from attention\, memory and language deficits.  Successful and unsuccessful examples will be given\, and a general solution outlined.  The talk will include a description of several lines of potential future research that should materially improve the accuracy of diagnosis and effectiveness of remediation for auditory processing disorders. \nDr Dillon is a Senior Research Scientist at NAL\, an Adjunct Professor at Macquarie\, and Visiting Professor of Hearing Science at the University of Manchester. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Pamela.Jackson@nal.gov.au
URL:https://hearinghub.edu.au/event/perspectives-on-the-diagnosis-and-remediation-of-auditory-processing-disorders/
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