Deaf children

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Journal article

‘Sometimes they’re gammin, playing tricks, but sometimes it’s ears.’ The perspectives of urban parents and carers of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on their journey to diagnosis of persistent ear health and hearing problems

2 Dec 2021

Samantha Harkus,

Kylie Caso,

Sharron Hall,

Carmen Kung,

Toni Manton,

Sarah Murthy,

Giselle Olive,

Trumaine Rankmore,

Nikkita Roberts,

Meagan Ward,

Kelvin Kong

This study investigated how access to, and availability of, ear health and hearing services contributes to the burden of avoidable hearing loss experienced by young, urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.

Working paper

Better off deaf?

25 Jun 2002

Robert Sparrow

Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics

Sharon Duchesneau and Candy McCullough's decision in the US to seek out and employ a sperm donor with a family history of deafness in order to maximise their chances of having a deaf child raises a number of ethical questions. Do parents have an obligation...

Report

Deafness, gastroenteritis and fever

1 Mar 1992

Shirley Aldridge,

Jill Sewell,

Michele Meehan

Centre for Community Child Health

Deafness is often described as a 'hidden handicap'. Even children who are profoundly deaf may not be diagnosed until the second year of life, or later. By this stage, children have already "missed out" on the early sound input so necessary for their normal speech...