Dual Sensory Impairment - A coordinated approach to research & practice
Date and time
Location
Coslett (Cos 311; Cos 313 ) Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge Campus
East Road
Cambridge
CB1 1PT
United Kingdom
This day of talks and workshops focuses on approaches to research &clinical practice for dual sensory impairment (hearing & vision).
About this event
AM: talks - online & in-person and PM: workshops (in-person only)
Registration & coffee room: Cos 311
Talks: Cos 313
Workshops: Cos212 & 213
8:30-9 Tea & Coffee (COS311)
9-9:10 Welcome & introduction – Kez Latham (Director, Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Centre, ARU)
Research focused talks (COS313)
9:10-9.35 Dual sensory loss: what we know – (Honorary Professor Hearing and Communication UCL, Visiting Professor at Population Health Science LSE, ENT and audiology Imperial College London, Hearing and Vision Anglia Ruskin Cambridge)
9.35-10:00 Comparing Online Screening Tests of Hearing, Cognition, and Cardiovascular Health - Maria Goodwin (Loughborough University)
10-10:25 Visual and hearing impairments are associated with cognitive decline in older people - Asri Maharani (University of Manchester)
10.30-11.00 Making BBC content more accessible – Alan Archer-Boyd (Lead R&D Engineer, BBC Research & Development)
11.00-11.30 Coffee break (COS311)
Tips for practice (COS313)
11:30-11:50 Making clinics low-vision friendly - Kez Latham & Jane Macnaughton (Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Centre, ARU)
11:50-12:10 Making clinics hearing friendly – Eldre Beukes & Saima Rajasingam (Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Centre, ARU)
12:10-12:30 Deafblindness isn’t only clinical - Chloe Joyner (parent) & Roger Wilson-Hinds (Trustee of Deafblind UK and expert by experience)
12:30-12:40 Closing remarks for the morning session and information about the afternoon workshops – Peter Allen (Director, Vision and Hearing Sciences Research Centre, ARU)
12:40 -13:30 Lunch (COS311)
Workshops (C0S 313 & 213)
Workshop Stream 1: What do you know about Deafblindness? Exploring some of the facts, figures, myths and more about Deafblindness - Shirley Scotcher & Carolyn Greig featuring Chloe Joyner (parent) (Cos 313)
Workshop Stream 2: Communicating, or not? How is communication different for people living with Deafblindness? Some practical tactics and tips on how to get it right and why it goes wrong. - Liz Duncan (Cos 213)
