Changing Outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Changing Outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: Earlier Identification and Intervention

Professor Greg Leigh AO

Where: Academy Learning Space - Room 123, Level 1, 29 WW, Macquarie University

When: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm

In Australia, more than 97% of children are now screened for hearing loss by 3 months of age. This has resulted in earlier identification of hearing loss and significantly earlier intervention, including the earlier application of technologies such as cochlear implants. This presentation will consider the developmental impact of earlier identification of hearing loss in children. In particular, the presentation will focus on research that seeks to identify the linguistic and psychosocial developmental correlates of earlier intervention, as well as other independent factors that may account for the continuing diversity of outcomes in this group of children.

Greg Leigh is Director of RIDBC Renwick Centre for Research and Professional Education at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and conjointly Professor of Educational Studies (Disability Studies) at Macquarie University.