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Louise Dodd

Aided Child Demographics 2017

In 2017 Australian Hearing supported the hearing rehabilitation needs of 24,544 citizens and permanent residents under 26 years of age. The full report shows the distribution of clients by state/territory of residence at 31 December 2017 and more.
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‘Current Issues in Child Bilingual Development’

Report on the ‘Current Issues in Child Bilingual Development’ Workshop 26-27 July, Macquarie University, Sydney (Australia) With over 100 delegates, this international event brought together people from a range of disciplines and backgrounds: linguists, psychologists, anthropologists, speech pathologists, educators and parents of bilingual children. It
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Deaf Awareness Training

With the kind support of the Cochlear Macquarie University Partnership, the Australian Hearing Hub and Children’s Services at Macquarie University, a two-hour Deaf Awareness Training session was held at Macquarie University Campus on Tuesday 4 September.  The course is part of a range of services
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Signing or spoken language?

The parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing can often feel like they need to make a choice whether to pursue spoken language or Australian Sign Language (Auslan) for their child, but as Callie’s family have shown, it doesn’t have to be
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Celebrating our community

Last month The Shepherd Centre hosted two fantastic events, our second Beyond Now Alumni Conference and our first ever Supporter Celebration. Both nights were full of inspiring stories and wonderful speeches, complimented by delicious food and fine wine! Our Alumni Conference gathered past and present
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Intrepid MEG Astronauts at Macquarie University

  The preschool years are a time of huge change in children’s cognitive abilities and yet very little is known is known about the corresponding changes in brain function.   Using Macquarie University’s worlds-first child-optimised magnetoencephalography (MEG), this ARC funded project led by Associate Professor Paul
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Synesthesia: seeing sounds, hearing colours

In this episode of ABC’s “All in the mind” podcast, Cognitive Science’s Associate Professor Anina Rich explains the details of synesthesia as the interviewer explores the experiences of Eliza Watt, an 11-year-old girl who was surprised to find out that not everyone sees colourful auras
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Indigenous ear health and phonological awareness

Distinguished Professor Katherine Demuth and Associate Professor Mridula Sharma recently led a field trip to a remote Indigenous community in the Northern Territory for the project “Indigenous ear health and phonological awareness” with five Masters of Clinical Audiology students (Maxine Lorge, Chris Boyle, Sarah Simic,
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Hearing Festival of Ideas

More than 100 researchers and big thinkers from across the University gathered in one room on Friday 10 August to spark ideas and generate global solutions for hearing health care. The Hearing Festival of Ideas – based on the successful 2013 Festival of Ideas event format that helped shape the
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Minister Blair visits Macquarie University’s Australian Hearing Hub

NSW Minister for Trade and Industry, Primary Industries and Regional Water, Niall Blair tours the anechoic chamber, located within Macquarie University’s Australian Hearing Hub. With its headquarters on Macquarie campus, Minister Blair visited Australian company Cochlear to tour manufacturing of its latest technologies and to
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