Health Sciences

School of Human Communication Sciences

Dr Chyrisse Heine
Lecturer

Tel: 03 9479 1822

Fax: 03 9479 1874

Email: c.heine@latrobe.edu.au

Chyrisse has worked in the School of Human Communication Sciences at La Trobe University from 1988-1996 and resumed employment in 2000. She is a qualified speech pathologist and audiologist, having obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2003, she obtained the degree Doctor of Philosophy through the School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

Prior to migrating to Australia, she worked in South Africa in a wide range of settings as a speech pathologist, audiologist and researcher. She worked at The Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases, The University of the Witwatersrand, The Units for Hearing Impaired Impaired Children (University of the Witwatersrand) as well as in Private Practice. In these positions she gained extensive experience working with children and adults with speech, language and hearing impairment. At present, in addition to her work at La Trobe University, Chyrisse also works in Private Practice and as a sessional lecturer at Charles Sturt University, Albury, New South Wales.

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Teaching, Clinics and Supervision:

Chyrisse’s work at La Trobe University has covered a wide range of activities. She has had extensive involvement as a clinical educator and lecturer at all levels of the course including PBL Facilitator for the Master of Speech Pathology course. Her primary involvement in HCS is Subject Examiner of Basic Audiology and Aural Rehabilitation. Chyrisse has also been involved in supervising Honours and Masters research students.

Interest Areas:

• (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder or (C)APD
• Audiological assessment
• Aural rehabilitation - adults and children
• Sensory loss in older adults
• (C)APD and pre-literacy skill acquisition
• Development of (C)APD screening and assessment tools
• Classroom acoustics and assistive listening devices

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Academic Qualifications:

• B. A. (Speech and Hearing Therapy), University of the Witwatersrand
• M. A. (Audiology), University of the Witwatersrand
• PhD. (Public Health), La Trobe University

Editorial / Reviewer Responsibilities:

• Co-editor ACQ (2007)
• Co-editor SPA conference proceedings (2005, 2006)
• Reviewer, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology (2003, 2004, 2005)
• Reviewer, Disability and Rehabilitation (2004, 2005, 2006)
• Reviewer, Advances in Speech Language Pathology (2005)
• Reviewer, Parent Education and Counseling (2004)
• Reviewer, Australian Journal of Public Health (2003)
• Moderator a-p-d Yahoo! group. http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/a-p-d/

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Recent Publications:

Heine, C. & Beggs, R. (2007). Sensory loss. Early and current rehabilitation perspectives. ACQuiring knowledge in speech, language and hearing,9(1), 17-19.

Heine, C. (2005). Central auditory processing in children: A theoretical and clinical perspective. ACQuiring knowledge in speech, language and hearing,7(2), 56-59.

Wilson, W.J., Heine, C.& Harvey, L.A. (2004). Central Auditory Processing and Central Auditory Processing Disorder: Fundamental Questions and Considerations from the Clinical Perspective. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 26, 2, 80-93.

Heine, C., Wilson, W. & Marinac, J. (2004). Case Studies in Auditory Processing Disorder. Abstracts of the XVI National Conference of the Audiological Society of Australia. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 26 (Supplement), 20.

Heine, C. & Wilson, W. (2004). Auditory Processing Disorder in Australia –It's time we caught up! Abstracts of the XVI National Conference of the Audiological Society of Australia. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 26 (Supplement), 49.

Heine, C. & Browning, C. (2004). Sensory loss in older adults: Communication and psychosocial implications. Abstracts of the XVI National Conference of the Audiological Society of Australia. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 26 (Supplement), 20.

Heine, C. & Browning, C. (2004). Communication and psychosocial profiles of older adults with sensory loss - a focus group study. Aging and Society, 24, 1, 113-130.

Heine, C., Osborn, R. & Browning, C. (2003). Vision and hearing loss in older adults: The issue of communication. In C. Williams & Leitao, S. (Eds.), Nature Nurture Knowledge: Proceedings of the 2003 Speech Pathology Australia national conference (pp.99-104). Melbourne: Speech Pathology Australia.

Heine, C., Joffe, B. & Greaves, E. (2003). The dilemma of APD: Clinical decision-making. In C. Williams & Leitao, S. (Eds.), Nature Nurture Knowledge: Proceedings of the 2003 Speech Pathology Australia national conference (pp.105-108). Melbourne: Speech Pathology Australia.

Heine, C. (2003). Central auditory processing in children: A theoretical and clinical perspective. ACQuiring knowledge in speech, language and hearing, 5 (3), 131-133.

Heine, C. (2002). Sensory loss and communication in older adults. ACQuiring knowledge in speech, language and hearing, 4 (3), 137-140.

Heine, C. & Browning, C. (2002). Communication and psychosocial consequences of sensory loss in older adults: Overview and recommendations for rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 24 (15), 763-773.

Heine, C., Erber, N.E.P., Osborn, R. & Browning, C. (2002). Communication self-perceptions of older adults with sensory loss and their frequent communication partners. Disability and Rehabilitation, 24 (7), 356-363.

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Recent workshops / conference presentations:

Heine, C. (C)APD - Clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management. Invited seminar Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, 4-5 December, 2006.

Heine, C. (C)APD - Clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management. Invited workshop presented for Learning Disabilities Australia, Melbourne, Australia, August, 2006.

Heine, C. Auditory Processing Disorder- From Diagnosis to Management. Invited workshop presented for Speech Pathology Australia, Albury, Australia, July, 2006.

Heine, C. (C)APD - Clinical manifestation, diagnosis and management. Invited workshop presented for Department of Education and Training, July, 2006.

Heine, C. Auditory Processing Disorder- From Diagnosis to Management. Invited workshop presented for Speech Pathology Australia, Adelaide, Australia, September, 2005.

Heine, C. & Wilson, W. The APD journey from diagnosis to profiling. Poster presented at the Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Canberra, May, 2005.

Heine, C. & Browning, C. Older adults with sensory loss: Communication perceptions and implications. Poster presented at the Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Canberra, May, 2005.

Heine, C. Auditory Processing Disorder- From Diagnosis to Management. Invited workshop presented for Speech Pathology Australia, Sydney, Australia, March, 2005.

Heine, C. Auditory Processing Disorder- From Diagnosis to Management. Invited workshop presented for Speech Pathology Australia, Perth, Australia, February, 2005.

Heine, C. & Browning, C. Sensory loss in older adults: Communication and psychosocial implications. Paper presented at the Audiological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, May, 2004.

Joffe, B. & Heine, C. Prosody: Deficit-specific perspectives. Poster presented at the 2004 International Association of Logopaedics and Phoniatrics Conference, Brisbane, August, 2004.

Heine, C. Auditory Processing Disorder- From Diagnosis to
Management. Invited workshop presented for Speech Pathology Australia, Tasmania, Australia, July, 2004.

Heine, C., Wilson, W. & Marinac, J. Case Studies in Auditory Processing Disorder. Invited Grand Rounds paper presented at the Audiological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, May, 2004.

Heine, C. & Wilson, W. Auditory Processing Disorder in Australia –it's time we caught up! Poster presented at the Audiological Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane, May, 2004.

Heine, C., Joffe, B. & Greaves, E. The dilemma of APD: Clinical decision-making. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Tasmania, May, 2003.

Greaves, E., Heine, C. & Joffe, B. Clinical decision-making and auditory processing disorder: What are the current views of Australian Speech Pathologists? Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Tasmania, May, 2003.

Heine, C. & Osborn, R. Vision and hearing loss in older adults: The issue of communication. Paper presented at the Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Tasmania, May, 2003.

Sarkin, B. & Heine, C. The role of audiology in aged care. Paper presented at ANECA 15th Nursing and Management Issues Conference. Perth, May, 2003.

Heine, C. Auditory Processing Disorder- From Diagnosis to Management. Invited workshop presented for Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne, Australia, October, 2003.

Heine, C. Auditory Processing Disorder- From Diagnosis to Management. Invited workshop presented for Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne, Australia, November, 2003.

Osborn, R. & Heine, C. Age-related vision and hearing loss: Functional Impact, assessment and rehabilitation implications. Workshop presented at the International Congress of Audiology, Melbourne, March, 2002.

Heine, C. & Browning, C. Adjustment to sensory loss: Predictors and rehabilitation implications. Poster presented at the International Congress of Audiology, Melbourne, March, 2002.

Heine, C. Central auditory processing disorder – Where to after diagnosis? Poster presented at the International Congress of Audiology, Melbourne, March, 2002.

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Book Publications:

Heine, C. & Brown, L. (2006). Frontiers. Proceedings of the 2006 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference. Fremantle, 2006. Melbourne, Victoria: Speech Pathology Australia.

Heine, C. & Brown, L. (2005). Practicality and Impact: Making a difference in the real world: Proceedings of the 2005 Speech Pathology Australia National Conference. Canberra, 2005. Melbourne, Victoria : Speech Pathology Australia.

Heine, C. (2004). Listening now: A programme for children with Auditory Processing Disorder. Perth: Unicom Education.

Heine, C. (2004). Speech therapy recipes for success. Perth: Unicom Education.

Heine, C. & Panayiotou, V. (2004). The CAPEL programme: A language-learning-auditory processing training programme for Teachers. Perth: Unicom Education.

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