Julia Sarant

Positive Parenting Behaviors: Impact on the Early Vocabulary of Infants/Toddlers With Cochlear Implants

Edith L Bavin, Julia Sarant, Luke Prendergast, Peter Busby, Greg Leigh, Candida Peterson

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH

Purpose To extend our knowledge about factors influencing early vocabulary development for infants with cochlear implants (CIs), w..

Hearing Aid Uptake, Benefit, and Use: The Impact of Hearing, Cognition, and Personal Factors

Grace Nixon, Julia Sarant, Dani Tomlin, Richard Dowell

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF SPEECH LANGUAGE AND HEARING RESEARCH

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of hearing, cognition, and personal factors on hearing aid (HA) uptak..

Hearing aid use and cognition in older adults: Can we delay decline or even improve cognitive function?

Julia Sarant, David Harris, Peter Busby, Paul T Maruff, Adrian Schembri, Jocelyn Phillips, Grace Nixon, Ulrike Lemke, Stefan Launer, Dani Tomlin, Richard Dowell

Journal article  |  2020  |  Alzheimer's & Dementia

Understanding typical support practice for students who are deaf or hard of hearing: Perspectives from teachers of the deaf in Australia

Shani Dettman, Yvonne Chia, Surabhi Budhiraja, Lorraine Graham, Julia Sarant, Caitlin Barr, Richard Dowell

Journal article  |  2020  |  DEAFNESS & EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL

While there is a growing level of demand for accountability and documentation of services provided to students who are Deaf or Har..

Effects of Hearing Aid Use on Cognition in Older Adults

J Sarant, D Harris, P Busby, P Maruff, A Schembri, U Lemke, S Launer

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Hearing Journal

Hearing loss is the third most common chronic disease affecting older adults and is associated with poorer physical health, depres..

Modelling the early expressive communicative trajectories of infants/toddlers with early cochlear implants

Edith L BAVIN, Julia SARANT, Naomi J HACKWORTH, Shannon K BENNETTS, Jay BUZHARDT, Fan JIA, Elizabeth BUTTON, Peter BUSBY, Greg LEIGH, Candy PETERSON

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF CHILD LANGUAGE

For children with normal hearing (NH), early communication skills predict vocabulary, a precursor to grammar. Growth in early comm..

The Effect of Communication Mode on Learning Outcomes for Children with Severe–Profound Hearing Loss

Julia Sarant, Ann Geers

Book Chapter  |  2020

Hearing loss has well-reported and significant detrimental effects on learning in children. In particular, it negatively impacts t..

The Apolipoprotein Allele and Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Older Community-Dwelling Adults in Australia

Julia Z Sarant, Steven J Bowe, Mark McEvoy, John Attia

Journal article  |  2020  |  EAR AND HEARING

OBJECTIVES: Previous research has investigated whether the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele, which is associated with an increase..

The Effect of Hearing Aid Use on Cognition in Older Adults: Can We Delay Decline or Even Improve Cognitive Function?

Julia Sarant, David Harris, Peter Busby, Paul Maruff, Adrian Schembri, Ulrike Lemke, Stefan Launer

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Clinical Medicine

Hearing loss is a modifiable risk factor for dementia in older adults. Whether hearing aid use can delay the onset of cognitive de..

Peripheral and central hearing impairment and their relationship with cognition: a review

Grace Kellee Nixon, Julia Zoe Sarant, Dani Tomlin

Journal article  |  2019  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AUDIOLOGY

Objective: To consider the relationships between both peripheral and central hearing impairment and cognition. Design: Narrative r..