Thursday 30th April

Friday 1st May

08.30am

Registrations

Day registrations

09.00am

Welcome speeches

Keynote speaker: Francis Lannigan

Welcome

Keynote speaker: Damien Howard

9.55am Schneider P WA Institute for Deaf Education

10.15

Morning tea - Exhibition viewing

Morning tea - Exhibition viewing

10.35

Entertainment – Tjuntjuntjara Community

Doyle J Less germs, less mucus, less snot: Benefits and barriers of the BBC program for lower primary school children in the Goldfields South East Health Region

Sun W Association between early bacterial carriage and subsequent risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area.

Lehmann D Preventing otitis media to give a sound start for school

Forbes F and Strang W Language development and learning: supporting students with specific hearing impairment in the classroom

Leidwinger L.  The Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Hearing Health Program

Keynote speakers: Stephanie Button & Tracee Cunningham  Deadly Ears, Breaking the cycle of the hidden chronic disease. 

Eikelboom R – Ear Telehealth in the Pilbara

Fatnowna S and Bolt CM, BBC booklet 

McConnel F Aural health program in East Katherine Region of NT- Sunrise Health Service

12.20pm

Lunch

Lunch

1.15 pm

Keynote speaker: Ken Wyatt

Brennan R  Seeing a sound; the use of cued articulation to support developing speech and literacy skills 

Bergmann A Monitoring of upper respiratory tract bacterial carriage to develop appropriate strategies for prevention and treatment of otitis media.

Hypothetical by Ken Wyatt

Iskov Q  Ear Health of urban Aboriginal students and educational interventions: South Australia

 2.35pm

Afternoon tea

Afternoon tea & Entertainment

2.55pm

Keynote speaker: Edie Wright

Rees D Improving the listening environments of our classrooms to create an equal playing field for all: Being aware of the obstacles and finding some solutions’

Closing remarks

Depaz I  Healthcare use and societal impact of childhood otitis media in Australia.

Higginbotham P Taking it to the streets- The Earbus Project, Perth.   

Russell T Do You Hear What I Hear?  Living and Learning with Conductive Hearing Loss/Otitis Media

Closing ceremony

Close

Close 4.20pm

Close 4.10pm

7pm

Conference dinner – Mining Hall of Fame

Drinks at venue