THEME: What’s New in Paediatric Audiology?
In this issue, What’s New in Paediatric Audiology?, feature articles include Sam Harkus’s exploration of PLUM, the Parent-evaluated Listening and Understanding Measure, and Colette Mackay’s fNIRS Fast-Tracks Intervention for Infants with Auditory Neuropathy, which examines the use of functional near-field infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in paediatric assessment.

Together with a range of other articles, the issue highlights the latest tools, research and conversations shaping the world of paediatric audiology.

IN FOCUS:
 • “fNIRS Fast-tracks Intervention for Infants with Auditory Neuropathy”, by By Prof Colette Mckay, CEO, Eargenie Pty LTD.
 • “CAPA and CAPA I-HI” by By Georgie Bodman, Standards and Competencies Manager, Audiology Australia
 • “Talking Culture”, by By Eleni Green Senior Speech Pathologist NT Hearing Services, NT Health.
 • “PLUM”, by Sam Harkus, Board Member, Audiology Australia Outreach Audiologist, NSW & QLD, Hearing Australia
 • “It Takes a Village To Raise a Child”, by By Dr Azadeh Ebrahimi-Madiseh, Head of Hearing Services, TSH (Teach, Speak, Hear), Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, University of Western Australia
 • “Paediatric Cochlear Implant Care”, by Natalie Hood, Executive Director, Sub-acute and Allied Health, Women’s and Children’s Health Network
 • “Collaboration as Practice”, by Patricia Van Buynder, Principal Audiologist Paediatric Services, Hearing Australia
 

COMMUNITY NEWS:
 • “Book Review: Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: Learning and the Brain (2nd Ed.) Edited by Nancy M. Young & Karen Iler Kirk.”, by By Dr Jaime Leigh, Senior Audiologist & Director Victorian Cochlear Implant Program, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
 • “Paediatrics and Certified Advanced Paediatric Audiology (CAPA)”, by Fiona Deboo, Paediatric Audiologist Country Hearing Care, Mildura, VIC
 • “Early Detection is Only the First Step”, by David Brady, First Voice and The Shepherd Centre, profound hearing loss since birth, wears CI and Ha
 • “It's Time to Focus”, by Lucy Shiels, Audiologist and Lecturer, University of Melbourne
 • “SIG: Tasmanian Audiology Network”, by By Isabelle Batty, Chair of Tasmanian Audiology Network, Special Interest Group
 

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