An ambitious project that could stop children developing asthma is the centrepiece of a new world-class respiratory research centre launched in Perth. ...

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Complex health needs of Indigenous children are being fast-tracked by a unique project designed to reduce red tape and deliver timely paediatric services. ...

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This research project is a collaboration between Telethon Kids Institute, Muscular Dystrophy Western Australia, Perth Children’s Hospital and Curtin University. ...

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Art featured for the Ngulluk Koolunga Ngulluk Koort (Our Children, Our Heart) Project, by the artist Mrs Millie Penny. ...

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Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is a leading global cause of potentially preventable hearing loss in children and adults, associated with socioeconomic deprivation. There is an absence of consensus on the definition of CSOM, which complicates efforts for prevention, treatment, and monitoring. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

To assess the degree to which timely audiological assessment of congenital hearing loss is achieved at our institution - Perth Children's Hospital, Western Australia, and to review cases which breached this timeframe in order to address barriers to timely assessment. The benchmark used to determine timely assessment is that set out by The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) in which diagnostic audiological testing occurs by three months of age for those who do not pass newborn hearing screening. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Studies examining associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with childhood asthma have reported inconsistent results. Several factors could explain these inconsistencies, including type of pet, timing, and degree of exposure. Our aim was to study associations of early-life cat and dog ownership with asthma in school-aged children, including the role of type (cat vs dog), timing (never, prenatal, or early childhood), and degree of ownership (number of pets owned), and the role of allergic sensitization. ...

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• 2022
• February 2022

To compare the asynchronous assessment of video otoscopic still images to recordings by an audiologist and ear, nose and throat surgeon (ENT) for diagnostic reliability and agreement in identifying middle-ear disease. ...

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• 2021
• October 2021

Lung function is highly heritable and differs between the sexes throughout life. However, little is known about sexdifferential genetic effects on lung function. We aimed to conduct the first genome-wide genotype-by-sex interaction study on lung function to identify genetic effects that differ between males and females. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

Independent review of the Let’s Read literacy support program in South Australia and how it fits within the mix of services in South Australia that support the development of children’s emergent literacy ...

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• 2016
• June 2016