Victorian child hearing-loss databank goes global
A unique databank that profiles children with hearing loss will help researchers globally understand why some children adapt and thrive, while others struggle. The Victorian Childhood Hearing Impairment Longitudinal Databank has collected information for eight years. Its data shows that language development and speech in hearing-impaired children lags behind other children, despite advancements in earlier […]
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Hearing loss is still a challenge for kids
In Australia around 350 children a year are born with a permanent hearing loss. They are routinely identified within weeks of birth and have hearing aids and cochlear implants fitted well before they start school. So why are they still lagging behind their hearing peers in language? Dr Valerie Sung and Dr Peter Carew, University […]
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A very positive meeting with the new member for Reid, Dr Fiona Martin MP
It was an opportunity to speak to our issues when Deafness Forum chair David Brady met with Dr Fiona Martin, a Liberal Party politician who was elected as Member of Parliament for Reid (Sydney) at the 2019 federal election. Before her election, Dr Martin was a clinician for over 15 years and an academic researcher. […]
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International Day of Sign Languages
International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated on 23 September with an objective of raising awareness of sign languages throughout the world. Among the Day’s objectives: Promote deaf people as unique in having both perspectives of disability and linguistic minority and that sign language and deaf culture strengthens multilingualism and are means of promoting, protecting […]
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NDIS Participant Service Guarantee
Some people with disability, their families and carers are unhappy about the time taken to consider their applications for access to the NDIS, to approve their plan, and support them through a review process if they disagree with decisions made about their plans. Some people have also expressed concerns about the consistency of decisions being […]
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