Sarra Timo Christopher Lea-Ann Ruth Deborah Jamieson Lassmann Blyth Kirkham Thornton Lehmann SE T CC LK RT D BSc (Hons) MSc PhD BSc (Hons) MSc PhD MBBS (Hons) DCH FRACP FRCPA PhD PhD PhD AO, MBBS, MSc Senior Research Fellow Feilman Fellow; Program ...

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Serotype 24F is one of the emerging pneumococcal serotypes after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV). We aimed to identify lineages driving the increase of serotype 24F in France and place these findings into a global context. ...

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• 2022
• October 2022

This study analysed the IgE binding patterns caused by house dust mite allergens in scabies endemic communities in Australia. ...

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• 2015
• December 2015

Chris Brennan-Jones C PhD Head, Ear Health chris.brennan-jones@telethonkids.org.au Senior Research Fellow, Ear Health Associate Professor Chris Brennan-Jones is an audiologist and clinician scientist who leads the Ear Health team at Telethon Kids ...

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Ruth Elke Peter Thornton Seppanen Richmond RT ES PC PhD BSc PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP Co-head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group (BRIDG) Program Manager, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group Head, Vaccine Trials Group ...

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Peter Lea-Ann Ruth Richmond Kirkham Thornton PC LK RT MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD PhD Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Co-head, ...

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Lea-Ann Peter Ruth Kirkham Richmond Thornton LK PC RT PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology Lead, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases Head, Vaccine Trials Group Co-head, ...

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The aim of this study was to generate a conceptual framework describing which aspects of children and adolescents' lives are affected by chronic tinnitus. ...

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• 2021
• September 2021

Describe the ear and hearing outcomes in Aboriginal infants in an Australian urban area. Aboriginal infants enrolled in the Djaalinj Waakinj prospective cohort study had ear health screenings at ages 2-4, 6-8 and 12-18 months and audiological assessment at ∼12 months of age. Sociodemographic, environmental characteristics, otoscopy, otoacoustic emissions, tympanometry and visual reinforcement audiometry data were collected. ...

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• 2023
• September 2023

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

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

Janessa Lea-Ann Peter Ruth Pickering Kirkham Richmond Thornton Dr LK PC RT BSc PhD PhD MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACP PhD Senior Research Fellow (currently HOT NORTH Early Career Fellow) Co-Head, Bacterial Respiratory Infectious Disease Group; Microbiology ...

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