Running over two half days in October 2024, Audiology Australia (AudA) has opened registrations to its online conference with the program offering a flexible twist for those seeking to fit CPD around the challenges of life.
The live stream will air on 24 and 25 October 2024 with registered attendees also able to access recordings of all sessions through a dedicated conference portal until 5pm AEST 19 January 2025.
As well as AudA members, the conference is also open to audiology students from AudA accredited universities and non-members across the sector.
AudA CEO, Ms Leanne Emerson, said the program acknowledged the importance of easily accessible professional development, with the online event designed to fit around life and all its demands.
“We’ve created a virtual conference that lightens the load without compromising on quality so attendees can fit their learning to their schedule while still gaining insight and knowledge ready to use in the clinic,” she said.
“The conference offers the perfect learning top up between in-person events, The Sound Exchange and the upcoming Audiology Australia 2025 Conference in Adelaide in April, providing a great relaxed opportunity to stay up to date with innovative ideas, clinical approaches and research.”
Sponsored by clinical AI specialists, Heidi Health, the program will discuss the latest advancements in clinical practice.
Wide range of speakers
The conference will be headlined by Dr Joaquín Tomás Valderrama Valenzuela from the University of Granada, Spain, and Dr Jack Holman from the University of Nottingham, UK alongside a panel of Australian leaders in their field.
Dr Valderrama Valenzuela will cover emerging neurophysiological methods for assessing hearing function. His research fields include analysis of auditory evoked responses in different recording conditions, the mechanisms involved in the process of hearing, and signal processing methods for automatic assessment of auditory responses and artifact rejection techniques.
He was formerly senior research scientist and head of the Electrophysiology Measures Division at Australia’s National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) and is council member of the International Evoked Response Audiometry Study Group (IERASG), a society which provides an open forum to discuss physiologic signals generated in the auditory system.
Dr Holman will discuss current research on measuring social and emotional well-being. He is a senior research fellow at the University of Nottingham, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, investigating the impact of hearing loss and hearing aid fitting on social and emotional well-being using methods such as ecological momentary assessment.
Other sessions will cover a range of cutting-edge topics from AI notetaking in the audiology clinic to the genetics of childhood hearing loss.
There will be Q&A opportunities with attendees invited to type questions for speakers to answer during the event.
Australian speakers and topics include:
- Clinical geneticist Dr Fiona McKenzie from Genetic Services of WA who will give an overview of the genetics of childhood hearing loss.
- ENT surgeon Associate Professor Alexander Saxby from Sydney Centre for Ear, Nose and Throat, who will explore keyhole ear surgery for middle ear conditions in childhood.
- ENT surgeon Dr Nadine de Alwis from St Vincent’s Private Hospitals, Victoria, who will discuss medical management of conductive hearing loss in children.
- Perth audiologist Dr Kate Lewkowski who will discuss workplace noise exposure and tinnitus.
- Ms Taegan Young and Dr Pádraig Kitterick from National Acoustic Laboratories will share insights from NAL research on turning routine practice into best practice.
- Representatives from Heidi Health who will discuss artificial intelligence note-taking in audiology.
Read the program and view the conference website.
