ERA Training & Consultancy Ltd presents:
The Newborn ABR Course
Draft Programme
Dates: 5 - 7 October 2015
Venue: The White Hart, Harrogate HG2 0NF
Web: http://www.whitehart.net/
Day 1: Monday 5th Oct
12.30 – 13.30 Registration & light buffet
13.30 – 14.00 ABR quiz
14.00 – 14.45 Introduction to screening for hearing loss in babies
14.45 – 15.40 Threshold measurement by ABR
15.40 – 16.00 Reporting terminology
16.00 – 16.30 Quiz answers
16.30 – 16.50 Break
16.50 – 18.00 Test Strategy
19.00
Dinner
Day 2: Tuesday 6th Oct
07.30 – 09.00 Breakfast
09.00 – 09.45 BC ABR
09.45 – 10.30 ABR Interpretation / avoiding errors / good practice
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee
11.00 – 11.45 The ABR Threshold (decision exercise)
11.45 – 12.00 An introduction to chirps
12.00 – 12.30 Artifacts & Calibration
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 13.40 Introduction to practical
13.40 – 14.50 Practical session 1 (a) ABR Part 1
14.50 – 15.10 Coffee & swap subjects
15.10 – 16.20 Practical session 1 (b) ABR Part 2
16.20 – 16.40 Discussion on ABR practical
16.40 – 17.40 Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR) techniques
19.00
Dinner
Day 3: Wednesday 7th Oct
07.30 – 09.00 Breakfast & vacate rooms
09.00 – 10.00 What Next? Clinical decision-making exercise
10.00 – 10.30 Testing for ANSD
10.30 – 11.00 Masking
11.00 – 11.20 Coffee
11.20 – 11.30 Introduction to practical
11.30 – 12.15 Practical session 2 (a) ASSR
Swap subjects
12.15 – 13.00 Practical session 2 (b) CM
13.00 – 13.50 Lunch
13.50 – 14.00 Discussion on ASSR & CM practical
14.00 – 14.30 Peer Review
14.30 – 15.15 Case Studies and discussion
15.15 – 16.00 Course review
16.00
Course ends
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Faculty:
Dr Guy Lightfoot; Dr Graham Sutton; Dr Siobhan Brennan
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The 2014 course was accredited with 15 CPD points by the British Academy of Audiology