Teachers Health Week

11:00

• Title Understanding Hearing and Hearing Loss
• Presenter Vanessa Baillie
• Organisation Hearing & Balance Centre, St Vincent's Hospital
• Presenters Bio

  The Hearing & Balance Centre specialises in providing all aspects of hearing and balance care. With a multidisciplinary team including Audiologists, a Neurophysiotherapist and tinnitus Psychologist they are equipped to provide clients with all their hearing care needs. Vanessa Baillie heads the team as a Clinic Director and is a founding member of the Hearing & Balance Centre. She has extensive experience in all aspects of diagnostic and rehabilitative audiology.

• Session Outline

  This session will cover the following topics relating to hearing health care.

  -  Understanding how we hear:

  -  Anatomy of the ear and hearing.

  -  Understanding an audiogram: the measurement of hearing loss.

  -  The causes of hearing loss.

  -  Hearing protection and noise induced hearing loss.

  -  Tinnitus causes and treatments available.

  -  Solutions for hearing loss: from hearing aids to cochlear implants.

  
  Click HERE to view Vanessa's presentation

• Duration 50 mins
• Bring/Wear N/A
• Where to meet TBA
• Session Code W1100c