Your child. Your journey.
Navigating your world with a deaf or hard of hearing child.
Raising a child with a hearing loss can be overwhelming and we want to make your life a bit easier.
So..... we put on our capes, rolled up our sleeves and got to work! We scoured the internet, digested the research, called the experts, interviewed parents, listened, cried, laughed, high-fived, curated and created!
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Stories from parents with a lived experience and articles to help you navigate a different day.
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Moana Lynn’s Story by Kyleigh... her mum.
Moana Lynn has severe to profound deafness because of a genetic factor: Connexin 26 mutation.
My Story, Growing up Deaf- Lachlan Johnson
'I'm extremely proud of my Hard of Hearing identity. I probably wouldn't be the mentally strong and confident person I am today without my hearing loss journey'.
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Support your journey with helpful resources
- Featured resource
The Importance of Rich Childhood Experiences.
When families and communities collaborate in positive ways, a deaf child's capacity to achieve their learning potential is significantly enhanced.
Family-Centered Practice in Early Intervention: A Comparison.
Early interventions programs should offer a wide range of services to cater to the diverse needs of families and encourage parents to be more involved.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Identification of Deafness.
Parents' responses to knowing early and their expectations of child communication development.
The Effects of Vocabulary Intervention.
Building knowledge of word meanings is essential in developing reading comprehension skills. Both broad vocabulary knowledge – the number of words that are known – and depth of vocabulary knowledge – how well the words are known – are important.
Upcoming events
- Featured event
2024 Australian Deaf Games
The Australian Deaf Games is the pinnacle multi-sport event for Deaf people in Australia involving up to twenty (20) sports and attracting more than 1000 competitors and participants from all over Australia, some neighbouring Pacific nations and, potentially, one of two other overseas countries.
