4b. GP management of hearing loss in preventative care
Track 2
| Thursday, November 21, 2024 |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
| BelleVue Ballroom 1 (Level 3) |
Details
60min clinical presentation | This session will explore the 'how' and 'why' in GP management of hearing loss in preventative care, and the need for identification and preventative management of hearing loss to reduce comorbidities and support longer heath span and healthy aging for patients
Learning outcomes;
- An understanding of the prevalence and comorbidities associated with age-related hearing loss, and the benefits of hearing intervention
- An understanding of when to refer to hearing care in general practice
- How to ask patients about age-related hearing loss and how/where to refer.
Learning outcomes;
- An understanding of the prevalence and comorbidities associated with age-related hearing loss, and the benefits of hearing intervention
- An understanding of when to refer to hearing care in general practice
- How to ask patients about age-related hearing loss and how/where to refer.
Speaker
Dr Sue Hookey
Director, GP Liaison
Rmh
Session chair
Biography
Dr Julia Sarant
Professor
The University of Melbourne
GP management of hearing loss in preventative care: Why and how.
Biography
Dr Julia Sarant is a Professor in Audiology in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at The University of Melbourne. She has 30+ years of experience in hearing loss related research and leads the Hearing Loss and Cognition Program in the Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology.
Julia’s research program includes work on:
• whether hearing intervention use can delay cognitive decline/dementia
• medical comorbidities and markers/predictors of hearing loss
• barriers to GP referral for hearing care and hearing aid uptake and use
• barriers to hearing aid take-up and use
• developing behavioural interventions to address these barriers
• health economics evaluations of the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of interventions
