The Fourth Rehabilitation Conference in Hearing Difference and Deafness to be hosted by Wakefield WISENDSS Teachers of the Deaf at Wakefield Town Hall, 5th November 2025
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From Birth and Beyond
AGENDA
08.45 am Registration with tea/coffee
9.15 am Welcome
9.30 am Long Term Impact of Prematurty, Prof. Samantha Johnson, developmental psychologist and Professor of Child Development Leicester University
10.15 am Cochlear Implant Manufacturers Presentation
10.35 am VIP Clinic, Samantha Hackett Speech and Language Therapist Yorkshire Auditory Implant Service
10.55 am Datalogging monitoring and reluctant users, Hannah Ager, Speech and Language Therapist, Midlands Hearing Implant Programme
11.15 am Improving CI Use Emma Gray, Speech and Language Therapist, Manchester Auditory Implant Programme
11.35 am Cochlear Implant Manufacturers Presentation
12:00 LUNCH
1 pm The Impact of Screen Time on Development, Dr Michael Palmer, Educational & Clinical Psychologist, Growth Psychology
1.45 pm Cochlear Implant Manufacturers Presentation
2.05 pm BREAK
2.25 pm Patient Motivation and Activation, Clare Sheridan Cochlear Europe
3.05 pm Congenital CMV, Dr Jessica Wan Consultant in Infectious Diseases Central Manchester Foundation Trust
4 pm Closing remarks