Cochlear implant crisis at Adelaide Children’s Hospital.
Adelaide’s Women’s and Children’s Hospital has apologised for wrongly programming the cochlear implants of one in four children in its program, causing what are expected to be lifelong development problems. About 30 children at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital had their cochlear implants programmed incorrectly. The families of the 30 children affected are calling for an […]
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Towards a National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry.
The Australian Government has funded a project to prepare for the creation of a national register of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. A team led by A/Prof Valerie Sung at the Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne was awarded a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council. More […]
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The Deaf Census: find out about Auslan users.
The Australian Census report shows that slightly more than 16,000 people use Auslan. This number includes people for whom Auslan is their primary or only language, and also people such as children of Deaf adults who use Auslan at home to communicate with native Auslan users. The SBS Australian Census Explorer is an incredible resource […]
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Abbie Teasdale is a talent to watch.
West Australian amateur golfer Abbie Teasdale has proven she is certainly a talent to watch. Teasdale, from Royal Fremantle Golf Club had a remarkable 2022. The 20-year-old is full of confidence after winning her first national event at the Riversdale Cup in Melbourne, then following-up with her first international victory at the English Amateur. What […]
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Voices of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Mob on the NDIS.
A new report aims to understand what helps, and what makes it hard for First Nations NDIS participants who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, to use their National Disability Insurance plans in a way that meets their needs and aspirations. Using participants’ own language and modes of communication, Jody Barney, a Deaf Birri-Gubba and […]
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Innovative hearing test for people with dementia.
University of Queensland researchers have adapted an internationally used test that screens patients for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, to make it suitable for people with hearing loss. Professor Piers Dawes from UQ’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences said The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is the most widely used cognitive screening test in the world, […]
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