Preterm researchers Dr Shannon Simpson (left) and Professor Jane Pillow (right) with Tony Sparks WA chairperson Amber Bates. ...

• Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre
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• 2021
• November

Ten-year-old Keelan Mullins is known to his mum Clare Hindle as her ‘miracle baby’. Keelan was born in March 2013 at 26 weeks’ gestation and weighing just 1096 grams. ...

• Wal-yan Respiratory Research Centre
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• 2023
• July

Making a difference to kids' hearing all over the world The Djaalinj Waakinj (listening and talking in Noongar language) Ear Portal Program was ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
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To evaluate the suitability of the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI)-2012 other/mixed and GLI-2022 global reference equations for evaluating the respiratory capacity of First Nations Australians.  ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2024
• May 2024

Developmental language disorder (DLD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental conditions. Due to variable rates of language growth in children under 5 years, the early identification of children with DLD is challenging. Early indicators are often outlined by speech pathology regulatory bodies and other developmental services as evidence to empower caregivers in the early identification of DLD. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2023
• September 2023

Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, their parents, Teachers of the Deaf, and other community stakeholders were involved in co-designing a web-based resource to support students' social-emotional well-being. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• October 2022

Chris Deborah Tamara Brennan-Jones Lehmann Veselinovic C D TV PhD AO, MBBS, MSc MClinAud Head, Ear Health Honorary Emeritus Fellow Clinical Research ...

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• 2022
• May 2022

Video otoscopy plays an important role in improving access to ear health services. This study investigated the clinician-rated quality of video otoscopy recordings and still images, and compared their suitability for asynchronous diagnosis of middle-ear disease. Two hundred and eighty video otoscopy image-recording pairs were collected from 150 children (aged six months to 15 years) by an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist, audiologists, and trained research assistants, and independently rated by an audiologist and ENT surgeon. ...

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• 2021
• January 2021

The majority of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as “Aboriginal”) people live in urban centres. Otitis media (OM) occurs at a younger age, prevalence is higher and hearing loss and other serious complications are more common in Aboriginal than non-Aboriginal children. Despite this, data on the burden of OM and hearing loss in urban Aboriginal children are limited. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

This project aimed to investigate how schools provide support for the psychosocial wellbeing and disease management of students with type 1 diabetes ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• May 2020