To celebrate the continued collaboration and commitment from members of the ANZ Hearing Community, you are cordially invited to attend the official launch of the ANZ HHC: Living Guidelines for Cochlear Implant (CI) Referral, CI Evaluation and Candidacy, and CI Outcome Evaluation in Adults.
Date: 30th September
Time: 5–7pm (presentations from 5.30-6pm)
Location: Level 24, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Light catering and beverages will be provided.
For those unable to attend in person or are interstate, a link to presentations from members of the ANZ HHC will be provided to join the event virtually.We look forward to your presence at this significant event.
Kind regards, ANZ HHC Co-Chairs Bamini Gopinath, Payal Mukherjee, Jaime Leigh and Catherine McMahon.
Register for in person tickets HERE
Register for Virtual tickets HERE
You are invited to view the Educational Webinars from the Hearing Health Collaborative.
Good hearing and communication are important to all stages of life. The number of people living with disabling hearing loss continues to grow especially among the adult population. If left unaddressed or under addressed, hearing loss poses significant challenges to healthy ageing.
The Role of Accessibility, Technology and Health Literacy of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals
Equitable Access to Hearing Care
Presented by Matthew L Bush M.D. PhD, MBA, FACS from the University of Kentucky, USA.
The development of living guidelines for cochlear implants
Click to hear from Meredith Holcomb AuD. on the development of Living Guidelines. Recorded November 2022.
Development of 60/60 Candidacy Guideline
Terry Zwolan PhD. presents on the development of 60/60 candidacy guideline for referring adults for a traditional cochlear implant candidacy evaluation.
What hearing health may learn from endocrinology: The path to establishing Adiposity-Based Chronic Disease (ABCD)
Presented by Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease at the Icahn School of Medicine and Director of Metabolic Support, Mount Sinai Hospital. USA.
Developing a Data-Driven Awareness Campaign for Better Hearing with Members of the Hearing Industries Association (HIA)
As part of a series of educational webinars The Hearing Health Collaborative invited members from the Hearing Industries Association and advisory and advocacy communications consultancy APCO to walk through their data driven campaign for hearing health.
Medicare National Coverage Determination (NCD): Maximising the Opportunity
Hear from Donna Sorkin, Executive Director at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, as she presents on Medicare expansion for cochlear implants.
What Happens at the CI Activation?
Meredith Holcomb AuD
Director, Hearing Implant Program
University of Miami Ear Institute
Adult Hearing Screening Guidelines Presentation
As part of a series of educational webinars The Hearing Health Collaborative, invited Jennifer Deal, PhD epidemiologist and gerontologist with expertise in cognitive aging to present on Adult Hearing Screening Guidelines, specifically how this relates to the US Preventative Services Task Forces’ process for assessing a hearing screening program for hearing loss in asymptomatic older adults.
Hearing Industries Association Presentation
As part of a series of educational webinars The Hearing Health Collaborative, invited Kate Carr, President of the Hearing Industries Association, (HIA) to present some of the incredible work the organisation has undertaken since 1995 to raise awareness of Hearing Loss amongst the community.
What’s your hearing number?
A new approach to educating the public about hearing health, presented by Professor Frank Lin and Molly Sheehan from Johns Hopkins Cochlear Centre for Hearing Health.
The ABC’s of Public Health Policy
Click here to listen to Liza M Creal PhD, MPM, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, as she presents on the ABC’s of Public Policy.