Dear parent, carer, child, young person,
ANCHOR is short for Australian National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry. The registry is a way of collecting information about child hearing.
Become a research partner in the first Australian registry to improve the lives of deaf or hard of hearing children.
This is an important research project conducted by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to develop the foundations of a national registry for deaf or hard of hearing children. It will be informed by the views and experiences of parents, and children and young people who are deaf or hard of hearing about:
- your experiences
- what you want most for yourself and your future (or for your child and their future)
- what support you/your child may or may not have been offered.
This will help the research team learn what information and outcomes are most important to you and your child. An “outcome” is something that can be measured by service providers or researchers that can tell us how well children are progressing.
Deafness Forum Australia strongly endorses this project. We invite you to take part in a focus group with other parents and carers, or with other children and young people. Alternatively, you could do a one-on-one interview if you prefer.
You will receive $50 for taking part in the focus group or interview.
Please register your interest here.
You are eligible to take part if you are:
- a parent of a child or young person who is deaf or hard of hearing (aged 0 to 26 years)
- a child or young person who is deaf or hard of hearing (aged between 8 to 26 years)
Here is where you can learn more: https://www.mcri.edu.au/research/projects/anchor | anchor@mcri.edu.au