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Hearing in the Hub

Hearing in the Hub. Harvey Dillon. Language. Hearing. Auditory system development. Longitudinal study of children with hearing impairment - LOCHI. . . . . Delaying CI switch-on decreases language ability. But who?. Why does hearing loss affect language development?. Literacy.

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Hearing in the Hub

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  1. Hearing in the Hub Harvey Dillon

  2. Language Hearing Auditory system development

  3. Longitudinal study of children with hearing impairment - LOCHI    

  4. Delaying CI switch-on decreases language ability But who?

  5. Why does hearing loss affect language development? Literacy Speech discrimination Language skills Hearing loss Psycho-emotional outcomes ANSD Cognition HA or CI Gender Early education Age at fitting/ implantation Speech production and perception Language input SES Maternal education/Family Involvement

  6. Entering school ……… • Peak in hearing aid fitting grades 1, 2, 3 • Central auditory processing disorders

  7. Game-based hearing test

  8. Use it or lose it

  9. Our goal • Hearing disorders • Found early • Effects on the brain understood • Treatments devised and proved • Children reach their potential • The Australian Hearing Hub • Close collaboration …… audiologists, speech pathologists, speech scientists, linguists, psychologists, cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, physicists, engineers • Neurologists, ENTs

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