The Hearing House - enabling deaf children to speak

Our ServicesAlex is a gorgeous and content little boy. Alex has a hearing loss as well as other challenges that contribute to his language delay. After not responding well to hearing aids, Alex received a cochlear implant. Now, a few months after receiving a cochlear implant, he is responding well to sound and making some early vocal responses.
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Our Services



The Hearing House offers the following services to children with a hearing loss and their families:

  • Auditory-Verbal Therapy: Regular one on one Auditory-Verbal Therapy sessions with an internationally certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist or therapist in training. In these sessions the therapist works with the child and the parent/s (or caregiver/s) for up to an hour, depending on the child’s age and needs. The parent, as the natural teacher of the child’s language, is the main client of the therapist. They are taught skills and strategies to teach their child how to listen and speak, which they can implement in every day activities.

  • Audiology: The Hearing House Audiology is where children on The Hearing House programme can receive audiological services from a qualified audiologist. This includes hearing testing, hearing aid services and specialised cochlear implant services.

  • Preschool: The Preschool is an acoustically designed, purpose built, centre for children with a hearing loss and their hearing peers that focuses on developing language skills. It takes the principals of Auditory-Verbal Therapy into a nurturing, language-rich environment where children with a hearing loss learn alongside their hearing peers.

  • Family support: Family support and guidance is offered to each family on The Hearing House programme. It includes home visits; regular Parent to Parent support group meetings and discussion forums; accompanying parents to meetings with other medical and social services; attending hospitals; and support through The Hearing House programme.

  • Transition to School Programme: The Hearing House provides a Transition to School Programme to support the parent, child and new school through the child’s transition into mainstream school. This is to ensure that the school can offer the child appropriate support to enable him or her to continue to develop language.

  • Training and Development: This is offered through supervision; seminars; University Research Programmes and associated professional groups; and staff working with para professionals by visiting schools and other care facilities to make observations and pass knowledge and specialised methodologies for child’s treatment.