The South Australia Chapter Conference & Workshops will be held at Rydges South Park in Adelaide on Sunday 5 & Monday 6 March 2023. Please see below for the South Australia Conference Day Program and the Workshop Day Program.
South Australia Workshop Program
The South Australia Workshop Day will be held on Sunday 5 March 2023. All times are in ACDT time (SA time).
3 CPD Points per Workshop (Category 2.2)
| Time (ACDT) | Details | Speaker/s |
| 0815 - 0845 | Workshop A Arrival & Sign In | |
| 0900 - 1045 | Workshop A: Cochlear implants in clinical practice: Empowering clients to make informed choices about their hearing care Clients with moderate to profound hearing loss (unilateral or bilateral) challenge us and call upon skills as clinicians to think beyond the ‘typical’ hearing aid fitting. For many of these clients there comes a time in their hearing journey when they would benefit from learning more about other hearing technologies available to them, including cochlear implants. This workshop will help participants develop confidence in knowing who and when to refer and how to introduce and talk about hearing implant technology, developing competencies and practical skills to empower clients to make informed choices about their hearing care. The workshop gives participants an opportunity to explore the most frequent objections to cochlear implant referral and develop strategies to overcome or address barriers to referral. The format for the workshop will include case studies, small group exercises and role play, and a Q&A segment with a panel of hearing implant recipients. | Nina Swiderski (The South Australian Cochlear Implant Centre) |
| 1045 - 1115 | Morning Tea | |
| 1115 - 1230 | Workshop A: Cochlear implants in clinical practice: Empowering clients to make informed choices about their hearing care (continued) | |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch | |
| 1230 - 1330 | Workshop B Arrival & Sign In | |
| 1330 - 1530 | Workshop B: Applications of “Nudge Theory” for audiology Are your clients making good hearing health choices? Client-centred care prioritises placing the individual at the centre of decision-making about their hearing health. It also places a responsibility on the clinician to appropriately support those decisions. But what is happening when decision-making goes wrong? Humans are not fully rational beings - they frequently do things that they consciously know are not in their self-interest and fail to do things that are. While behaviour may look irrational, it is often predictable when considering the cognitive and contextual factors that surround it. Understanding some of these behavioural principles can assist to identify roadblocks for informed decision-making and to develop ‘nudges’ to greater engagement in desired behaviours. This workshop will explore the concepts behind “nudge theory” and how this applies to clinical hearing health settings – for clients and clinicians! You will have an opportunity to identify roadblocks to good hearing health decision making and consider how to apply behavioural insights to better support client choices. | Megan Gilliver (NAL) |
| 1530 - 1600 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 1600 - 1700 | Workshop B: Applications of “Nudge Theory” for audiology (continued) |
South Australia Conference Program
The South Australia Conference Day will be held on Monday 6 March 2023. All times are in ACDT time (SA time).
6 CPD Points (Category 1.1)
| Time (ACDT) | Details | Speaker/s |
| 0815 - 0845 | Arrival & Sign In | |
| 0845 - 0900 | Welcome and Introduction | Jane Corless (Audiology Australia Chapter Chair) |
| 0900 - 1000 | Suspension and ripples: Exploring reflective practice Reflective practice is crucial for health professionals at all stages of development. It involves thinking about what happened during/after an activity and aims to improve a clinician’s processes or help them find new approaches. Reflective practices can facilitate ongoing development by helping clinicians learn from experience and make sense of complex situations. Audiology Australia recognises the importance of reflective practice, including it in two of the six overarching domains in their National Competency Standards for Audiologists – but what does reflective practice actually involve? This presentation explores the deeper influences behind reflective practice and how these might shape reflective practices in Audiology. | Dr Eloise Doherty (Flinders University) |
| 1000 - 1030 | Morning Tea | |
| 1030 - 1130 | Managing Auditory Processing Disorder in Children, an Integrative Approach Traditional methods of audiological intervention for children with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) often includes strategies around environmental modification, communication strategies, classroom amplification, personal listening devices and computer-based training programs. Speech pathology intervention is also sometimes recommended in order to strengthen the academic areas in which the APD has impacted and provide more structured therapy for the child over time. The aim of this presentation is to explore the benefits of adding an integrative approach to intervention via strengthening the child’s own behavioural, cognitive, physical, and social skills to further help themselves. | Sharon Price & Nathan Giaccio (Adelaide Paediatrics) |
| 1130 - 1200 | The Ambient Menu The Ambient Menu is a grant funded, community based website that guides diners to conversation-friendly restaurants where they can connect and remain social. These diners include hearing impaired adults, families with children, and those with neurodiversity. Diners leave reviews on ambience (background noise level), food and service. Patients who are hard of hearing struggle to hear speech in background noise. The most common situation patients experience this is in restaurants. Some restaurants reach noise levels of 90dB(A) on a busy evening which makes conversation difficult for someone with normal hearing, for someone with hearing difficulties, impossible. But with the Ambient Menu, they can find oases of peace where they can experience easy conversation, delicious food and superior service. Created in 2020 thanks to grant assistance from Business SA and the City of Onkaparinga, the Ambient Menu just secured grant funding from the Deafness Foundation to expand into QLD and convert into a downloadable app. | Laura Drexler (The Ambient Menu) |
| 1200 - 1230 | Solution Suites | |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch | |
| 1330 - 1430 | Social participation and interpersonal relationship function in hearing and cochlear implant adult users Hearing device success is often measured by speech perception and listening performance in adult users. However, social participation and interpersonal relationship functions are seldom considered or examined in this population. The aim of this talk is to share the types of evidence available on the impact of hearing aid and cochlear implant use in adult users on their social participation and interpersonal relationships. Future research on the work done on this topic will be shared. | Shermin Lim (Flinders University) |
| 1430 - 1515 | Co-designing the next Impairment Assessment Guidelines (IAGs) This presentation will provide audiologists with the following information: - A summary of recent legislative change - How the recent legislative change impacts Impairment Assessment and Impairment Assessment Guidelines - The approach to developing the 3rd Edition of the IAGs - The key themes of feedback and issues raised to-date in the development of the 3rd Edition IAGs - Further ways Audiology Australia SA members can participate and have their say in the development of the 3rd Edition IAGs | Steve Johnson (ReturnToWork) |
| 1515 - 1545 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 1545 - 1630 | An introduction to the eye and common age-related visual pathologies Hearing and vision are interlinked in our ability to interact with the world around us. The eye acts as a receptor transmitting light and processing information that our brain interprets. This lecture will provide an overview of the fundamentals of the eye and vision. Age is a common factor in vision and hearing impairment. This lecture will discuss the 4 most common ocular pathologies affecting the aging population in Australia: Cataracts, Age-related Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, and Diabetic Retinopathy, and they might be associated with hearing impairment | Gemma Gaggini (Flinders University) |
| 1630 - 1700 | Australian Lions Hearing Dogs Learn about how a tiny bundle of fur develops into a hearing assistance dog through the Australian Lions Hearing Dog training program which has placed over 660 dogs, free-of-charge, since 1982. | David Horne (Australian Lions Hearing Dogs) |
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