Considered the greatest global social and health challenge of the century, senile dementia is on the rise with considerable resources targeted toward reducing incidence and delaying onset. Identifying modifiable risk factors including lifestyle factors and age related hearing loss can help reduce the social, health and economic costs.


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Even with universal newborn screening and comprehensive follow-up, we often observe families struggling to commit to amplification and intervention. Recognizing the need to enhance our conventional approach to family care, a team of audiologists recently considered how to engage with families more effectively to understand their concerns.


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While our training as audiologists ensures we know how to read and write a scientific paper, many practicing audiologists struggle to complete the ever increasing volume of reading needed to stay up-to-date. Dr Wilson will review the basic structure of a scientific paper and provide some useful tips on the art of reading so that audiologists can read scientific papers more efficiently and effectively.


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This talk will provide the context for which telemedicine, machine learning, hearing science and other advances will shape who will be the new consumers of hearing healthcare, how they will receive treatment, and what those treatments may look like.


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Cognitive functioning in later life is dependent on lifespan experiences in addition to physical and mental health status. A myriad of experiences over time can either act as risk factors or protective factors with respect to cognitive functioning as we age. This talk offers an update on the ways that stress, chronic illness, social networks and lifestyle factors can influence attention, memory and executive functioning in later life. Trajectories of healthy ageing and clinical syndromes associated with declines in cognitive functioning are discussed, with implications for everyday functioning highlighted.


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The session will frame audiology practice within a multicultural context, referencing relevant epidemiology, demographic profiling, cultural and linguistic considerations and most importantly cross-cultural service delivery.


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This presentation offers a summary of trends and tele-audiology research.


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This presentation draws on several studies to 1) outline the impact that hearing aid problems and poor hearing aid handling skills are having on hearing aid outcomes, 2) offer clinical tools to assist clinicians with the identification and management of hearing aid problems, and 3) demonstrate the positive impact that use of these tools can have on your clinical practice.


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This session will cover the presentation and diagnosis of common vestibular disorders.


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This presentation will discuss the range of factors that impact upon selection, fitting and evaluation of hearing aids for children in primary school.


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