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The NextSense Institute Podcast (formerly the Renwick Centre Podcast) is a regular series that discusses hearing and vision education and health- everything from new resources, emerging ideas and hot-button issues!
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Oct 26, 2020
Oct 26, 2020
6 min
This week, we are revisiting an old episode - Claire Farrington has joined us to share useful information about the RIDBC Renwick Centre and Macquarie University Masters courses.
Claire Farrington: claire.farrington@ridbc.org.au | 02 9872 0811
Transcript: Click here to download!
Oct 19, 2020
Oct 19, 2020
11 min
Welcome back! After a brief hiatus for the spring holidays, Lee Strickland talks to Trudy about the importance of music programs for children who are Blind, have low vision or multiple impairments.
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Sep 21, 2020
Sep 21, 2020
11 min
This week, we speak with Kaye Scott about her work "Walking on stilts while juggling: why we need to consider Theory of Mind". Please note we are on hiatus until Term 4 resumes!
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Sep 14, 2020
Sep 14, 2020
12 min
This week, we speak with Nate Quinell about this career as a chef, and his passion for food.
Transcript: click here to download | Nate's website: http://www.thehurricanechef.com.au/
Sep 8, 2020
Sep 8, 2020
10 min
This week, we chat with Andrea Salins about her PhD research into literacy and spelling with students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Andrea is one of our presenters at the Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf Conference, which takes place online this coming Friday! Register here: https://bit.ly/3h5blul
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Aug 31, 2020
Aug 31, 2020
23 min
This week, we speak to David Eckstein about career counselling for those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, or Blind or Low Vision. We cover lots in this episode which may be helpful to students thinking about their career after high school.
Transcript: Click here to download | https://www.ncsehe.edu.au/2020-ncsehe-equity-fellow-david-eckstein/
Aug 24, 2020
Aug 24, 2020
13 min
Helen St Clair Tracy joins us to talk about CVI. Helen is one of our keynote speakers at the OMAA Online Symposium; be sure to check out the below links:
Transcript: Click here to download!
https://cviscotland.org/ | https://www.omaaustralasia.com/2020/05/28/omaa-online-symposium/
Aug 17, 2020
Aug 17, 2020
24 min
Lil Deverell joins us to talk about her personal experience with adult diagnosed AHDH.
Transcript: Click here to download | https://www.adhdaustralia.org.au/
Aug 10, 2020
Aug 10, 2020
12 min
Natalie Teakle joins us to talk about supporting clients with Single Sided Deafness.
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Aug 3, 2020
Aug 3, 2020
29 min
This week, Lil Deverell talks to us about measuring functional vision and implications for orientation and mobility specialists.
www.lildeverell.net | OMAA Online Symposium website
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Jul 27, 2020
Jul 27, 2020
13 min
This week, we chat to Rebecca Claridge from MED-EL about their Remote Lesson Kits.
Transcript: coming soon!
Jul 20, 2020
Jul 20, 2020
22 min
David Brady, CEO of Hear for You, joins us again to talk about taking their mentor programs for Deaf Teens online.
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Jun 29, 2020
Jun 29, 2020
19 min
This week, we chat to Dave Williams, the first blind person to complete the accessible UEBOnline course. We chat about the importance of online accessibility and learning.
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Jun 22, 2020
Jun 22, 2020
15 min
This week, we speak to podcast friend Tim Byatt about his PhD research about social capital for adolescents who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
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Jun 15, 2020
Jun 15, 2020
58 sec
**PLEASE READ**
This week, we are sharing an episode of BrailleCast, where our host Trudy Smith, and friends of the podcast Dr Frances Gentle and Josie Howse spoke about UEBOnline and about winning the Zero Project Award at the end of 2019. The transcript below is of the full BrailleCast interview.
BrailleCast Podcast: http://www.braillecast.com/?p=226
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Jun 8, 2020
Jun 8, 2020
13 min
This week, we speak to Lauren Townsend about NSW Deaf Sports!
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Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
19 min
This week, we speak to Sandra Staffieri, an orthoptist with a wealth of experience in paediatric ophthalmology. Sandra chats to us about occlusion and eye patching.
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May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020
16 min
Join Melissa Orrett and Elizabeth Fisher as they talk about supporting clients who use Auslan to communicate in telepractice
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May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020
15 min
Specialist Teacher of Students who are Blind or Low Vision students Tricia d’Apice joins us to share ideas and solutions for supporting this population over telepractice.
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May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020
13 min
Join Trudy and Tim as they talk about supporting school aged students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing through telepractice.
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