Six Centres Alliance
The Hearing House is part of a group of similar centres from Australia and New Zealand that work together to ensure that they are providing the best possible service to their clients. The group meets regularly to share ideas, develop strategies and evaluate services.
The Hearing House is the only centre from New Zealand that is part of this group, which includes:
The Shepherd Centre
Cora Barclay Centre
Telethon Speech and Hearing Centre
The Hear and Say Centre
Taralye
University of Auckland
The Hearing House also has an association with the University of Auckland to assist students studying Speech Science or Audiology.
The Hearing House team has a significant body of knowledge and skill in Auditory-Verbal Therapy. Our professional qualifications and affiliations are internationally recognised and require continuing education on a yearly basis. In order to extend the New Zealand-wide knowledge-base about Auditory-Verbal Therapy, some members of the team are actively involved in educating professionals in related areas. Specifically:
- Lecturing to the Master of Audiology students at University of Auckland.
- Lecturing to the Master of Speech Science students at University of Auckland.
- Providing a subject-base for one Master’s thesis project each year.
- Providing each Master of Audiology student with observation of Auditory-Verbal Therapy sessions.
- Providing Teacher of the Deaf course students with observation of Auditory-Verbal Therapy sessions.