Behavioural assessment of young children is a cornerstone of audiological practice.  This stream is an opportunity for audiologists to brush up on these essential skills and gain insights into how we can engage effectively with younger clients and their families in the community.  It will review Behavioural Observation Audiometry (BOA), Visual Response Audiometry (VRA) free-field and with inserts Play Audiometry, and the Kendall Toy Test. It will offer tips and tricks when things don’t go to plan and what the next steps may be.  There will be practical training on commercially available equipment and simple tools for use in metropolitan and regional clinics or visiting sites.

Shaani Graves

Shaani Graves is Head of Audiology at Monash Health, commencing this role in 2009. She is responsible for the operational and strategic direction of the Audiological Services at Monash Health, the largest healthcare network in Victoria. As Monash Health has expanded across the Southeast of Melbourne, Shaani has overseen the design, construction and fit out of audiological facilities at three additional hospital locations. Shaani has extensive experience with infant and paediatric diagnostic audiology and also has an interest in clinical supervision and clinical educator support. She has collaborated with Audiology Australia and the TELL Centre to develop audiology specific supervision scenarios which are available to support audiology interns and clinical educators into the future. She has represented Audiology on a variety of Victorian Department of Health reference groups and is an active Victorian Diagnostic Audiology Group member. At the Audiology Australia 2023 Conference she co-authored the poster When to refer a challenging Child for Electrophysiological assessment under General Anaesthetic  which won the Best Clinical Poster Award and the People’s Choice Poster Award.

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