Deafness is the most common diagnosed disability in newborns, with one in every 300 babies born with a hearing impairment. This year approximately 1000 newly diagnosed deaf babies will be born in Australia.
From infancy, hearing is essential to the development of spoken language skills. It is crucial that we teach these hearing impaired children to listen and speak as early as possible to ensure their integration into the hearing world.
It costs a minimum of $10,000 per annum to provide each child with these transformational services.
With minimal government funding, we rely very heavily on support from the community through fundraising initiatives like
Loud Shirt Day.