The Australasian Conference on Listening and Spoken Language was the Hear and Say Centre’s inaugural conference, the first time an international conference was jointly presented in Australia by the Hear and Say Centre and the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. It was held from 8-10 March, 2007 in Brisbane.
The high calibre of the keynote speakers and presenters showcased the levels of excellence that are being achieved worldwide by the combination of new hearing technology and the Auditory-Verbal approach to education as well as other oral education approaches.
Click on the links below for keynote speaker presentations (PDF format).
Andrea Gibbons - Infants with Auditory Nerve Abnormalities and Cochlear Implants
Anne Fulcher - Assessments Alerts Actions
Carole Flexer - Auditory Brain Development - A Paradigm Shift for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Don Goldberg - Hearing as the Foundation for Listening and the Development of Spoken Language
Emma Rushbrooke, Jackie Brown and Katye Hives - Bilateral Cochlear Implants
Jan Tuohy and Jackie Brown - Set your Goals
Paul Higginbotham - The Six Centre Alliance - An Australian-NZ Model for Professional Collaboration Between Agencies
Rachel Ward - Learning to Listen - Again
Robyn Massie - The Rationale for Using Sound-Field Amplification in the Classroom
Shani Detman - Long Term Language Outcomes for Young Children Using Cochlear Implants - Is the Gap Still Getting Wider
Shani Detman - What is the Evidence for Recommending Cochlear Implants for Infants Less than 12 Months
Presenters who have given permission for them to be contacted by email for any further information regarding their presentations:
Cheryl Dickson – Sydney Certs - dicksonavt@bigpond.com
Margaret Charlton - margaret@taralye.vic.edu.au
Warren Estabrooks - we.listen.international@rogers.com