CHAMP is a network of medical experts who are involved with the medical and surgical management of children with hearing loss.
CHAMP Description and Aims
The Childhood Hearing Australasian Medical Professionals (CHAMP) Network is a group of Australian and New Zealand doctors who have a special interest in childhood hearing loss. It comprises of over 30 paediatricians, otolaryngologists (ENT specialists) and geneticists. Its vision is to optimise care and outcomes of children with hearing loss and their families, by:
- Sharing information, experience and expertise;
- Advocating for hearing-impaired children and their families;
- Improving health professional knowledge of medical management of hearing-impaired children by:
- Collaborating on national guidelines on medical management,
- Disseminating knowledge through presentations and education platforms, and
- Developing resources for health professionals and families;
- Exploring ways to facilitate quality improvement in the care of hearing-impaired children and their families (including ways to establish a national clinical registry of children with hearing loss); and
- Sharing and establishing research ideas and collaborations.
CHAMP was established 2016 (updated 31/01/2021)
Chair: Valerie Sung
Members:
* Working group for consensus guidelines paper
Victoria:
- David Amor (Royal Children’s Hospital, clinical geneticist)*
- Rob Briggs (Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, ENT)
- Eunice Chan (Royal Children’s Hospital, paediatric neurologist)
- Lilian Downie (Royal Children’s Hospital, genetics fellow)*
- Marguerite Fulton (Barwon Health, paediatrician)
- Lawrence Gray (Barwon Health, paediatrician)
- Matt Hunter (Monash Children’s Hospital, clinical geneticist)*
- Claire Iseli (Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, ENT)
- Talia Maayan (Monash Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)
- Brendan McCann (Western Health, paediatrician)
- Georgie Paxton (Royal Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)*
- Libby Rose (Royal Children’s Hospital, ENT)*
- Kerryn Saunders (Monash Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)*
- Valerie Sung (Royal Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)*
- Freya Summons (Melbourne, paediatrician)
Queensland:
- Wei Wei Chan (Goldcoast University Hospital, paediatrician)*
- Kristy Fraser-Kirk (Sunshine Coast University, ENT)
- Sharon Greenwood (Queensland Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)
- Alison Harris (Queensland Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)*
- Karen Liddle (Queensland Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)*
- Donna Taylor (Queensland Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)
- Andrew White (Townsville Hospital, paediatrician)
New South Wales:
- Catherine Birman (Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre, ENT)*
- Beverley Bennett (The Children’s Hospital at Westmead , paediatrician)
- Carolyn Cottier (Sydney Children’s Hospital, paediatrician)*
- Joanne McIntosh (John Hunter Children’s Hospital Newcastle, neonatologist)
- Ken Peacock (The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, paediatrician)*
- Elizabeth Peadon (The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, paediatrician)*
- Laurence Roddick (John Hunter Children’s Hospital Newcastle, paediatrician)*
South Australia:
- Deepa Jeyaseelan (Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adelaide, paediatrician)
- Nicola Spurrier (Flinders Medical Centre, paediatrician)
- Deirdre White (Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adelaide, paediatrician)
Western Australia:
- Jafri Kuthubutheen (Perth Children’s Hospital, ENT)
- Allison Reid (Perth Children’s Hospital, ENT)
Tasmania:
- Anagha Jayakar (Royal Hobart Hospital, paediatrician)
- Marie Rauter (Royal Hobart Hospital, paediatrician)
New Zealand:
- Janet Geddes (Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand, paediatrician)
- David Newman (Waikato Hospital, New Zealand, paediatrician)
For professionals
CHAMP has produced Guidelines for medical investigations and management of childhood hearing loss in Australia, published in 2019. Click here to access this resource.
For parents
CHAMP has produced some resources for parents relating to medical investigations and management of childhood hearing loss, congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) as a cause of hearing loss, and how to take saliva sample from a baby for a CMV test.
