Conference programme

NZAS 2025 Conference
02–04 July 2025

INSPIRE, INNOVATE, INCLUDE

Woven through all presentations will be our conference theme which aims to: inspire fresh perspectives in audiology; drive innovation with the latest technologies and research; and embrace diverse voices to create accessible solutions for everyone. We want every delegate to leave feeling motivated, empowered, and prepared to make a lasting impact in hearing care.

Tuesday 01 July
Pre-conference Workshop

Listening and Helping: Counselling Essentials for Non-Counsellors

Facilitators: Counselling Educator and three audiologists
Content: This engaging workshop combines didactic and interactive activities to cover essential topics, including differentiating between affective and informational counselling, building strong partnerships throughout the audiology process, and recognising the right moments to pause, reflect, and explore with clients.

Cost: $120.00 per person.
Limited numbers apply, must to be registered to attend the conference.(Minimum: 25 attendees; Maximum: 48 attendees)
Register via the conference registration link.

2.30pm - 5.00pm

Wednesday 02 July

8.30am

Mihi whakatau and welcome
Ben DeFarias New Zealand Audiological Society President

9.00am

Haehae Moana: The Braided River. Intertwining our histories and practices to achieve equity
Dr Liz Brown

9.45am

Translating evidence informed practice in audiology 
Grant Searchfield

10.05am

The social determinants of health and effective audiology advocacy
Alehandrea Manuel, Elizabeth Holt

10.30am

Morning tea amongst the exhibitors

11.00am

Keynote presentation
Dr Chris Paton

11.45am

Is audiology future-ready? Embracing artificial intelligence (AI) and technology to revolutionise care
Dianne Rafter

12.15pm

Digital panel discussion
Dr Chris Paton, Dianne Rafter and Dr Jessica Monaghan

12.45pm

Lunch amongst the exhibitors

2.00pm

Concurrent Session A

  • 2.00pm
    Understanding and addressing congenital CMV: Awareness, testing, and clinical care in New Zealand
    Genevieve Choi, Holly Teagle, Alicia Winston

    3.00pm
    Inequities in children’s hearing and functional health outcomes after grommet insertion
    Michelle Pokorny

  • 2.00pm
    Vestibular Assessment in Adults: Tools for everyone
    Rachael Taylor

3.15pm

afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors

3.45pm

Concurrent Session B

  • 3.45pm
    Under 19-year-olds with permanent hearing loss in Aotearoa New Zealand – Learning from the New Zealand Deafness Notification Database and implications for outcomes
    Janet Digby 

    4.15pm
    Audiology in the classroom: What the audiogram doesn’t tell us
    Beth Rees 

    4.30pm
    Expanding cochlear implant service delivery options at the Hearing House
    Latasi Koru 

    4.45pm
    Hearing and auditory processing at age 11 and 18 years for young people in the Pacific Islands Families Study
    Suzanne Purdy 

  • 3.45pm
    Addressing the needs of today’s adult clients: NL3, COSI 2.0, and other upcoming innovations from NAL
    Dr Jessica Monaghan and Padraig Kitterick

5.00pm

Welcome FUNCTION WITH SPECIAL GUESTS

Thursday 03 July

8.30am

Welcome to day two

8.35am

Kōrero te reo Māori - Parts of the taringa/ear
Kate Jepsen, Alehandrea Manuel

8.45am

NZAS matters

9.45am

Morning tea amongst the exhibitors

10.30am

New Zealand Audiological Society (NZAS) 2025 Conference Annual General Meeting

1.00pm

Lunch amongst the exhibitors

2.00pm

Innovation for impact: the next generation of digital tools from NAL
Dr Jessica Monaghan

2.45pm

Advancing speech perception assessment in Te Reo Māori: A culturally responsive audiological approach 
Greg O’Beirne, Hannah Alcock, Isiah, Atherton, Jennifer Smith, Chemae Bell, Alehandrea Manuel

3.45pm

Afternoon tea amongst the exhibitors

4.15pm

Concurrent Session C

  • 4.15pm
    Revolutionising auditory processing assessment: Embracing telepractice for the children of Aotearoa
    Angela Alexander 

  • 4.15pm
    Are you getting the support you need? (professional supervision)
    Katrina Light, Paul Perryman

5.30pm

Day two concludes and free evening for delegates

Friday 04 July

8.45am

Concurrent Session D

  • 8.45am
    Global Perspectives on Vestibular Function Assessment in Children: Trends, Innovations and Tools for You
    Dr Rachael Taylor  

    9.30am
    Extending the scope of Audiologists in ORL service provision – Current research, outcomes, and learnings from multi-site implementation 
    Michelle Pokorny

  • 8.45am
    One tinnitus questionnaire to rule them all?
    Grant Searchfield 

    9.15am
    Australian and New Zealand Tinnitus Best Practice Principles project - Introduction and progress 
    Duncan Hann

    9.30am
    Tinnitus symposium 
    Duncan Hann

10.30am

Morning tea amongst the exhibitors

11.00am

Concurrent Session E

  • 11.00am
    Cortical auditory evoked potentials and indexing sound discrimination. where are we up to and what's next? 
    Mike Maslin 

    11.20am
    Verifying audibility of speech sounds in infants and children with hearing loss using cortical auditory evoked potentials 
    Suzanne Purdy

    11.45am
    Navigating the Gray Areas of Pediatric Audiology for Better Outcomes
    Kristin Uhler, PHD

  • 11.00am
    Audiology in Antarctica - Testing the ice 
    Bradi Martin 

    11.15am
    Auditory and vestibular dysfunction in Friedreich’s Ataxia patients 
    Zay Melville 

    11.30am
    Low rates of hearing aid uptake and usage in China: Longitudinal analysis of prevalence, incidence, and predictive factors 
    Li Shi

    11.45am
    How old is too old for a cochlear implant? 
    Mary Kerridge

12.30pm

LUNCH amongst the exhibitors

1.30pm

Concurrent Session F

  • Paediatric workshop
    The NZAS paediatric technical advisory group is hosting a paediatric workshop.  This would be most valuable for audiologists currently working with babies and infants referred from UNHSEIP for ABR assessment and habilitation. 
    The workshop will discuss: the current UNHSEIP Diagnostic and Amplification protocols with particular focus on ABR testing using the Eclipse and Vivosonic, validation of hearing aid fittings using aided speech testing,  VRA with neuro-divergent patients, and case discussion and a question and answer session.

  • 1.30pm
    Rehabilitation case discussions 

    2.30pm
    Inspiring ethics in practice
    Presenter to be confirmed

3.30pm

Graduate presentation award and closing remarks 
Simon Melville New Zealand Audiological Society Incoming President

3.45pm

Conference concludes

INSPIRE, INNOVATE, INCLUDE

Our conference aims to: inspire fresh perspectives in audiology; drive innovation with the latest technologies and research; and embrace diverse voices to create accessible solutions for everyone. We want every delegate to leave feeling motivated, empowered, and prepared to make a lasting impact in hearing care.