Month: April 2017

Ms Kelly Nicholls1 1Healthy Hearing Program, Queensland Health, Nundah, Australia The Healthy Hearing Program in Queensland was established in 2004, with universal roll-out completed by 2006.  More than 99% of babies are screened each year, and referred babies are seen...

Dr Rachael Beswick1, Mr Gavin Bott1 1Children’s Health Queensland, Nundah, Australia Newborn hearing screening programs are an established part of service delivery in most developed nations, and have been for over a decade. In most programs, screening is supported by...

Dr Zeffie Poulakis1, Dr Melinda Barker1 1Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Parkville, Australia Since 2005 the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) has been providing newborn hearing screening, reaching statewide coverage in 2012. The program is supported by a statewide information...

Dr Nerina Scarinci1,2, Dr Ennur  Erbasi1,2, Emily  Moore1, Dr Teresa Ching2,3, Vivienne Marnane2,3 1University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia, 2HEARing CRC, , Australia, 3National Acoustic Laboratories, Macquarie University, Australia We propose a series of 4 papers to feature in a...

A/Prof. Gary Rance1 1The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia Purpose: “Auditory neuropathy” (AN) is a term used to describe disorders in which afferent neural transmission through the auditory nerve and brainstem is disrupted, but cochlear (outer) hair cell function is...

Dr Stephen Walker Everyone comes to work to do their best, and yet we know that despite knowing what needs to be done and how to do it, we do not always deliver the care we planned. Having the right...

Mrs Beth Polkinghorne1 1Queensland Health, Nundah, Australia Children’s Health Queensland has recognised the need to deliver hearing screening in the community to those children not already accessing services through the three other screening programs available.  These are 1) Healthy Hearing...

Dr Teresa YC Ching1,2, Dr Vicky ZHANG1,2, Patricia Van Buynder1, the LOCHI team1,2 1National Acoustic Laboratories, Macquarie University, Australia, 2HEARing CRC, Australia We propose a series of 4 papers to feature in a Symposium on Improving outcomes for children through...

Ms Maree Mctaggart1, Mrs  Colleen Psarros1, Mrs Carmel Ramsey1 1Scic, Gladesville, Australia Over the past 30 years, SCIC has implanted over 250 children aged 18 months or younger. Routine simultaneous cochlear implantation of children identified as D/HH has been implemented...

Dr Shani Dettman1,2,3, Ms Dawn Choo1,2,3, Dr Jaime Leigh1,3, Ms Denise Courtenay3, Ms  Sandra Lettieri3, Ms Gabrielle Traeger3, Ms Sylvia Tari3, Ms Alex Rousset3, Professor Richard Dowell1,2,3 1The University Of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 2The HEARing CRC, Carlton, Australia, 3Cochlear Implant...