The Hearing House - enabling deaf children to speak

Isla

Isla was born profoundly deaf and received cochlear implants when she was five months old. Each week she comes to The Hearing House for specialised auditory-verbal therapy, which helps her learn to listen and speak like hearing children. Isla is the new face of deaf children in New Zealand, with 92% of parents in Auckland choosing to encourage their deaf children to speak.

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Children who are deaf CAN learn to listen and speak. 

The Hearing House is a charity for deaf children and their families. 

Our mission is to enable deaf or hearing impaired children to listen and speak. We aim to give deaf children the ability to fulfil their potential and live an independent life in a hearing and speaking world. Learn more...

The Hearing House relies on independent funding to provide its services to deaf children. Please help The Hearing House enable deaf children to listen and speak. How you can help.

Latest news and events at The Hearing House: The Hearing House has launched a new Tele AVT service so deaf children living in remote areas are able to receive therapy via Skype or video conference.  These new services use technology to help deaf children learn to listen and speak.  With a simple switch of a button deaf children who are unable to attend the Hearing House in Auckland can receive regular therapy via a computer.   The Hearing House has been evaluating the Tele AVT programme and collecting information about how it works for families, for therapists and for other professionals such as advisors on deaf children.   More work will be done in the next few months with the hope of getting more deaf children in remote areas to benefit from this exciting new service. National Park toddler Rome is the first Hearing House child to benefit from our new Tele AVT service. 

 

With special thanks to photographer Rory Thomson for the great photos on this website.