Asia Pacific Virtual Symposium (Recent Advances in Ear and Hearing Care)

Asia Pacific Virtual Symposium (Recent Advances in Ear and Hearing Care)

Join us for the first Asia Pacific Virtual Symposium as we learn from experts tackling issues in hearing loss and ear disease in the region.

By HEARglobe

Date and time

Wed, 15 May 2024 11:00 PM - Thu, 16 May 2024 3:30 AM PDT

Location

Online

Agenda

4:05 PM

Introductory Remarks

Prof Michael Wesley (University of Melbourne)

4:10 PM

Recent efforts addressing hearing loss across the life course in the APAC

Dr Shelly Chadha

Dr Mario Bustos Rubilar


Opening Address

4:20 PM

Recent advances in ear and hearing care in the Pacific Islands

Prof Peter Thorne (University of Auckland)

4:35 PM

Setting up a primary school hearing screening program in Tonga

Phillip Luey (Ministry of Health, Tonga)

4:50 PM

Delivering a primary ear and hearing care training program in Fiji

Dr Oh Chunghyeon (Ministry of Health, Fiji)

5:10 PM

Considerations for extending the role of health workers in ear & hearing care

Prof Sumit Kane (University of Melbourne)


Systems level considerations for extending the role of primary health care workers in ear and hearing care

5:25 PM

Breaking barriers and building bridges across APAC

Prof Li-Rong (Lilly) Cheng (San Diego State University)


Transactional, transcultural and translingual communication: breaking barriers and building bridges across the Asia Pacific

5:40 PM

Strategies for addressing hearing impairment and deafness in Indonesia

Prof Nyilo Purnami (Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia)

5:55 PM

The Global Audiology Workforce

Dr Chris Waterworth (University of Melbourne)

6:10 PM

Networking opportunity


Opportunity to network with each of the speakers present, to gain insight from leaders in the field of Audiology.

7:10 PM

VirtuCare: Telemedicine experiences of hearing impaired individuals in India

Sarah Jameel (Public Health Foundation of India)


VirtuCare: Telemedicine experiences of individuals with hearing impairments in India

7:25 PM

Cost-effectiveness of cochlear implantation vs deafness education in APAC

Hubert Ramos (University of Santo Tomas, Philippines)

7:50 PM

Disability inclusion for the deaf or hand of hearing in Pakistan and India

Steve Crump (Deaf Kidz International, UK)

8:05 PM

Developing low-cost hearing solutions in the Philippines

Audra Renyi (World Wide Hearing, Canada)

About this event

  • 4 hours 30 minutes

Join us for the first Asia Pacific Virtual Symposium as we learn from experts tackling the major public health problem of hearing loss and ear disease in the region.

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