PROGRAM

We are delighted to announce the Audiology Australia Online Conference 2024 program. The program will consist of 2 half-days of conference programming. When you register to attend the AudA Online Conference 2024, you get access to all conference sessions on 24 October & 25 October 2024. All sessions will also be available as recordings until 19 January 2025 to claim CPD points. For more information on CPD points for the Online Conference, please click here.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

The conference days will be held on Thursday 24 October and Friday 25 October 2024. Thursday 24 October will include sessions from 3:30pm - 8:00pm AEDT, and Friday 25 October will include sessions from 11:00am - 3:30pm AEDT.

Please note, this program is in AEDT (ACT/NSW/TAS/VIC time).

Thursday 24 October 2024

Time (AEDT)DetailsSpeaker/s
1530 - 1535Welcome and Introduction
1535 - 1630
Genetics of Childhood Hearing Loss: An Overview

This presentation will discuss what we know about childhood hearing loss, focusing on genetic causes. It will include an overview of the role of genetic counselling and genetic testing (and its limitations), what this means for families, and how knowledge of genetic causes of hearing loss could translate into more targeted therapies or management strategies as our understanding evolves over time. The aim is to facilitate a better understanding of the role of genetics in the overall management of families in the Audiology / ENT setting. 
Dr Fiona McKenzie,
Genetic Health WA
1630 - 1730
An Exploration of Keyhole Ear Surgery for Middle Ear Conditions in ChildrenA/Prof Alexander Saxby,
ENT
1730 - 1800Networking & Break

1800 - 1900Emerging Neurophysiological Methods for Assessing Hearing Function

Neurophysiological methods using electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings offer significant potential for objectively assessing hearing loss. Currently, tests based on auditory brainstem responses (ABR) and frequency-following responses (FFR) are commonly used in hearing clinics worldwide to evaluate broad-band and narrow-band hearing detection, respectively. This talk, presented in a lay-science format, will provide a general overview of these established EEG methods in hearing clinics and introduce emerging techniques with potential sensitivity to critical hearing functions involved in human communication.
Dr Joaquín Tomás Valderrama Valenzuela,
University of Granada 
1900 - 2000
Current Research on Measuring Social and Emotional Well-Being

In recent years the appreciation of social and emotional well-being as a crucial part of hearing healthcare has grown. The measurement of well-being is important for the identification of issues, making individualised plans, and evaluating outcomes. However, what we should measure regarding social and emotional well-being, and how best to do so, is not clear. This presentation first clarifies the various terminologies used followed by insights into a series of studies that aimed to identify how exactly hearing loss and hearing aid use impact social and emotional well-being and if we are able to accurately measure it in research and healthcare settings.
Dr Jack Holman,
University of Nottingham Hearing Sciences

Friday 25 October 2024

Time (AEDT)DetailsSpeaker/s
1100 - 1105Welcome and Introduction
1105 - 1200
Turning Your Routine Practice Into Best Practice - Insights From NAL Research

NAL researchers will share insights from their current research in several exciting areas including fitting hearing devices for people with hearing difficulties but normal audiograms, digital literacy and adopting health apps, and enhancing clinical goal setting discussions. This session will give you practical strategies for how to take what is being discovered in audiological research and embed it in your routine clinical practice to enhance person-centered care and client outcomes. 
Dr Pádraig Kitterick, Dr Bec Bennett and Taegan Young, National Acoustic Laboratories
1200 - 1300
Workplace Noise Exposure and Tinnitus

Despite being entirely preventable, many Australian workers are still at risk of occupational hearing loss and tinnitus. In this session Kate will attempt to cram all the findings of the Australian Workplace Exposure Survey – Hearing (7 published papers) into one action-packed talk. You will learn not only which workers are exposed to noise, hand-arm vibration, and ototoxic chemicals across Australian workplaces but also the practices contributing most to these exposures. A focus will then be given to occupational tinnitus (because who doesn’t want to understand tinnitus better?). The prevalence of tinnitus in the workforce and its occupational risk factors will be explained. 
Dr Kate Lewkowski,
Curtin University
1300 - 1330Networking & Break

1330 - 1430Applications of AI for Clinical Notetaking 
Yoav Fisher, Heidi Health
1430 - 1530
Medical Management of Conductive Hearing Loss in Children Dr Nadine de Alwis,
ENT

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We respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung, and their Elders past and present, who are the Traditional Owners of the land on which Audiology Australia is located in the land now known as Yarra.





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