2020 Public Health and Hearing Webinar Series

View the recordings of this webinar series exploring and challenging current thinking on hearing loss in older adults — from mere inconvenience to a major public health problem.

From mental and physical health, social and economic effects, insights into lived experience, service delivery, and the importance of consumer engagement in co-constructing user-centred models of health, this series will explore ways in which Australia could reconsider its current approach and transform hearing health to better meet the growing need.

1-hour webinars including a 10-minute Q&A with presenters.

Moderator: Professor Catherine McMahon, H:EAR Director, Macquarie University

Webinars are live captioned and accredited by Audiology Australia until 30 June 2021

Recordings of the webinars in this series and Audiology Australia accreditation links are available here

Webinar 1 - Why hearing loss in older adults is a major public health problem
Jul 28, 2020 12:00 pm
Age-related hearing loss is a major public health problem, independently associated with higher risk of physical and cognitive dec...

Webinar 2 - The lived experience
Aug 25, 2020 12:00 pm
The lived experience of hearing loss is influenced by cultural, social, economic, and political factors and its effects extend bey...

Webinar 3 - New insights and solutions
Sep 22, 2020 12:00 pm
Hearing aids are effective, but innovations in technology, policy, and practice are paving the way to major sector disruption. Thi...

Webinar 4 - Consumer engagement and social design
Oct 20, 2020 12:00 pm
Engaging consumers is critical to understand the levers and system barriers which will transform hearing health. In webinar 4 of t...

Webinar 5 - Digital platforms and alternative pathways for early engagement
Nov 17, 2020 12:00 pm
Early engagement in hearing health, using digital platforms and community pharmacy to engage adults who are not yet ready to seek ...

Webinar 6 - Co-designing new models of hearing health
Dec 8, 2020 12:00 pm
This final seminar, through a panel discussion approach, considers the outcomes of the previous five seminars and discusses the ke...