Audiologist @Hearing_Australia | Check ears & hearing six-monthly in young Aboriginal children/respond fast & well to long term probs.
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Currently the best available guidance on when & how to check ear health in 0-5 year old Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children in primary health.
Can’t stop here: new evidence can take 10-20 years to become routine practice.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
#earhealthforlife
📣 New accuracy evidence for the PLUM listening skills checklist now avail, free & open access 🎉
Young Aboriginal kids with ear infection found ‘not yet on track’ on PLUM are 46 x more likely to need Ear Specialist referral. V useful for primary care 💡
doi.org/10.1080/14992027.202…
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📣 Registrations are OPEN for ACAH26: Building Brighter Futures
Join us in Darwin, 23-25 April 2026, to shape the future of child & adolescent health.
🎟️ Early Bird tickets available now: events.humanitix.com/acah-20…
Prof @KelvinKongENT welcoming @ShellyChadha1 and all delegates and presenters to the #OMOZ2024 conference family. Love this conference ❤️ love this community ❤️❤️.
#OMOZ2024 is go. Place to be if you work in #otitismedia & its impacts for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities. Uncle Perry Fuller welcoming us to Awabakal. Biggest ever turnout, huge # of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander delegates, & audiologists representing too.
Great! Would ❤️ to see classroom amplification fully funded/maintained for younger classes. These systems boost the teacher’s voice, enough for kids to hear easily. 90% of young remote Aboriginal kids don’t hear well @AlboMP @JasonClareMP theguardian.com/australia-ne…
We (our team @NALresearch) are doing a project right now called 5000 PLUMs. '5000' because over 5000 sets of PLUM, ear health & hearing results are being studied. Here’s me talking about the project youtu.be/7-KuaMi9dLg?si=OSxT…
Happy to chat if you’d like to find out more.
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A big result for tenants rights! We’re proud to have represented the people of Ltyentye Apurte in their fight for decent housing, and thankful for the leadership of Ms. Young and Mr. Conway, lead applicants who sadly passed away before yesterdays decision gratafund.org.au/santa_highc…
Routine ear health & hearing checks for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children aged <6 yrs attending primary care: a national consensus statement
Now in @theMJA free lnkd.in/dyXqU726
Process had strong national Aboriginal & primary health input, led by @NALresearch
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Aunty Pat Anderson AO & Professor Megan Davis @mdavisqlder thank you, thank you, thank you 🖤💛❤️
Irrespective of todays result,or your vote, the biggest shout out to @mdavisqlder and Aunty Pat Anderson for your selfless commitment, your tenacity, your power, your patience, and your strength to get us all to where we are 2day. 🙏🏾TY, TY, TY.
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A “Yes” to acknowledge my Grand parents Irene and Harry Daley and all they gave us, respect and love to all x
*New* recommendations for primary health Ear Health & Hearing Checks for young Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children.
Paper here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Main recommendations ⬇️
#earhealthforlife
With what I know about public Ear Nose & Throat surgical waits for Aboriginal children, I applaud this: equity in action
Currently many spend YEARS waiting - with muted hearing during the most crucial communication skills-learning period of their lives abc.net.au/news/2023-06-24/m…
