Key Details
- Course Code
- CPE25EDSA3
- Start Date
- 26 August 2025
- Time
- 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Course Information
Research about cochlear implants typically focuses on one of three domains 1) lived experience, 2) technology and 3) organisational /clinical settings. In this session we will review the latest trends in research and consider the advice you as ToDs can provide towards shaping a more holistic approach to research and professional practice.
Through discussions about current research findings, you will gain:
- An understanding of current and emerging topics in the field of hearing implants
- A working knowledge of factors missing in the literature that negatively influence application of findings into practice
- An awareness of current gaps in research that inform your clinical practice
Presenter
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Dr Colleen Psarros
After over 30 years as a clinical and research audiologist within one of Australias largest CI programs, Dr Colleen Psarros joined Cochlear as the Clinical Research Network Manager for the Asia Pacific Region. Her primary role is to collaborates with her colleagues across the Asia Pacific to establish and monitor Investigator Initiated Research projects across the region.
Colleen’s passion for working in the field of hearing implants, has been fuelled by her extensive experience as a clinician (speech pathologist and audiologist), researcher and educator. She has developed standards of holistic care for cochlear implant recipients across all age groups. Colleen has actively contributed to the development of innovations in connected care and electrophysiological testing which she believes underpin the future of ensuring recipients and their clinicians are able to access timely optimal audiological services. Colleen was recently awarded her PhD which focussed on models of cochlear implant service delivery.
Colleen also has an Honorary Senior Research Fellow role with the Faculty of Health and Medicine at Macquarie University.
