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1st Paediatric Hearing Aid Audiology Masterclass
Programme-Day 1
08.45-09.00
Registration
09.00-09.15
Welcome and Introduction
09.15-09.30
Acoustics for audiologists -Dr Pankaj Jindal, AuD
09.30-10.00
30 min update on the importance of 15 minutes in audiology-Get the best out of Otoscopy,
Tymp, OAE’s and Reflexes -Dr Pankaj Jindal AuD
10.00-11.00
VRA update -Dr Josephine Marriage
11.00-11.15
Coffee
11.15-11.45
Medical and aetiological aspects of childhood hearing loss -Dr Raj Nandi
11.45-12.15
Paediatric ear impression and moulds and mould acoustics -Speaker TBC
12.15-13.00
Lunch
13.00-13.45
Speech acoustics relevant to the hearing aid fitting -Dr Josephine Marriage
13.45-14.30
Speech audiometry –Dr Josephine Marriage
14.30-14.45
Coffee
14.45-15.30
Development of speech perception in HI children –Professor Valerie Hazan, UCL
15.30-16.15
Auditory Neuropathy and APD –Dr Raj Nandi
16.15-17.00
Speech Audiometry workshop
17.00
Finish
1st Paediatric Hearing Aid Audiology Masterclass
Programme- Day 2
08.30-08.45
Registration and welcome
08.45-09.30
Aided Corticals -Professor Harvey Dillon Live from NAL, Australia
09.30-10.00
Discussion with Professor Harvey Dillon
10.00-10.45
Audiometric Considerations for Paediatric Hearing Aid Fitting - Dr. Marlene Bagatto UWO, Canada
10.45-11.00
Coffee
11.00-11.30
Accounting for Ear Canal Acoustics in Paediatric Hearing Aid Fitting -Dr Marlene Bagatto –
UWO, Canada
11.30-12.15
Selecting and Verifying Hearing Aids for Infants and Children Dr Marlene Bagatto –UWO,
Canada
12.15-13.00
Lunch
13.00-14.15
Outcome Measurement for Infants and Children Who Wear Hearing Aids - Dr Marlene
Bagatto –UWO, Canada
14.15-1500
So called difficult cases! (fitting children with severe profound hearing loss. mild, unilateral,
mixed or progressive hearing loss and CROS, Vibrotactile aids and Bone conductor hearing
aids on softband and abutment) – Dr Pankaj Jindal, AuD
15.00-15.15
Coffee break
15.15-16.45
Real Ear Measurement: Open ear REM and Speech Mapping
Practical- RECD, REM and Speech Mapping
16.45-17.30
Two Parts (Exact titles TBC)
1. PEACH and
2. Comparison of NAL-DSL prescriptive targets
–Dr Teresa Ching, NAL, Australia (Recorded)
17.30
Finish
1st Paediatric Hearing Aid Audiology Masterclass
Programme- Day 3
08.45-09.00
Registration and Welcome
09.00-09.30
Discussion with Dr Teresa Ching-Live from Australia
09.30-10.15
Software and Products-What’s latest in the market: Speaker/s TBC
10.15-11.15
Anatomy of a hearing aid appointment! (Time division for each of the tasks, Pace of the
hearing aid clinic, Appointment time, what to do in the first appointment, how soon the
follow ups should be, Assistive devices, Patient Experience and education, Report
writing Patient handouts, hearing aid fitting peer-review process etc)- Dr Pankaj Jindal
AuD
11.15-11.30
Coffee
11.30-12.30
ToDs perspective—AN, APD and HI children. FM system and educational support,
Disability due to hearing loss (Exact title of the presentation TBC)- Mary Kean, Public
Health England
12.30- 13.00
Lunch
13.00-13.30
Parents’ perspectives x 2- Louise Henley, KDCS chairman and Cathy Denne, Cardiac
Nurse and mother of a 2 year old child with hearing impairment
13.30-14.30
Speech & Language Therapy for hearing impairment and an update on Auditory Verbal
Therapy-Zita Fereira and Martha Currie of AVT, UK
14.30-15.00
Role of quality standards and patient experience -Vicky Kirwin, NDCS
15.00-15.15
Coffee
15.15-15.45
Role of Deaf CAMHS in hearing habilitation - Dr Victoria Fernandez, Deaf CAMHS
National Team
15.45-16.15
My world counselling tool -IDA Melanie Gregory, IDA
16.15-16.30
Concluding comments
1st Paediatric Hearing Aid Audiology Masterclass
Speakers and Learning Outcomes
Speakers (in alphabetical order)
1. Dr Marlene Bagatto –UWO, Canada
2. Dr Teresa Ching - NAL, Australia (via video conferencing)
3. Ms Martha Currie, Speech Language Therapist, Christopher Place, London, UK
4. Ms Cathy Denne, Parent of a child with hearing impairment
5. Victoria Fernandez, Deaf CAMHS National Team
6. Melonie Gregory, IDA
7. Professor Harvey Dillon –NAL, Australia (via video conferencing)
8. Ms Zita Fereira, LSLS Cert AVT® Auditory Verbal Therapist, Christopher Place, London, UK
9. Professor Valerie Hazan - Professor of Speech Sciences, UCL, London
10.Ms Louise Henley – Chairlady of Kent Deaf Children’s Society
11.Dr Pankaj Jindal AuD, Kent Community Health
12.Mary Kean, Public Health England
13.Vicky Kirwin, NDCS
14.Dr Josephine Marriage PhD, Chear ltd
15.Dr Raj Nandi, FRCS MSc, Kent Community Health
Learning outcomes
• Delegates will have an understanding of the scientific, technical, ethical principles that underpin
study of paediatric hearing aid audiology.
• Delegates will have an understanding of the concepts and scientific principles with regard to
VRA, APD/ANSD and speech language development in children.
• Delegates will be able to apply well established specialist scientific, technical, ethical principles
relevant to verification and validation (outcome) measures in paediatric hearing aid fitting; and
apply academic learning and principles to your work environment.
• Delegates will have an understanding of the interdisciplinary and socio-economic framework in
which the hearing habilitation operates.