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The Hear and Say Centre's telemedicine and outreach service has been used successfully since 2000 as an alternative for its rural and remote families where distance, travel and cost of travel are real barriers to accessing traditional face-to-face early intevention services. The outreach service allows for equal access to listening and spoken language for all Queensland children with hearing loss and is the only service in Queensland to deliver auditory-verbal therapy services via a comprehensive telemedicine and outreach program. The program combines the use of off-the-shelf technology for conducting weekly parent guidance/counselling and auditory-verbal therapy lessons via web-based programs such as Skype, with face-to-face intervention several times per year in rural and remote locations and regional centers. This session provides the opportunity to learn how to implement an effective telemedicine and outreach auditory-verbal therapy program and covers information on service delivery, resource requirements, funding and administration, training, mentoring, quality assurance, research and outcomes.
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