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2014-2015 Annual Outcomes Report

The hearing house has officially released our first annual outcomes report which aims to provide useful information to stakeholders about our families, services and outcomes.

Here are a few facts taken from the report:

  • Did you know that 69% of our #deaf and hearing-impaired clients attend mainstream school with no additional support by the time they graduate the hearing house at the age of five. Read more (pg 18)

  • From 2009 – 2015 the number of #deaf children requiring support from the hearing house has almost doubled. Read more (pg 15)

  • The average language score of all #deaf children who graduate the hearing house – including those with additional disabilities – is 86%. Children who don’t suffer from any additional disabilities average language score is 97%. (scores between 85% – 115% are considered age-appropriate) read more (pg 23)

  • 74% of our deaf and hearing-impaired clients use spoken language only, with no use of sign. Read more (pg 18)

  • 39% of the hearing house clients suffer from disabilities additional to their hearing loss. Read more (pg 20)

  • Deaf children who receive services from the hearing house are represented across the board on the deprivation scale, taken from the score of their first parent. Read more (pg 16)

  • In a recent survey families of children who received cochlear implants recent to 2014, 100% satisfaction was reported for their experience with the hearing house services. Read more (pg 26)

Our mission is to work to achieve the very best speech and language possible for each child receiving services at the hearing house read more (pg 21)

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Dr Julia Sarant – Understanding the Evidence

Dr Julia Sarant from Australia conducted a review about how using spoken language, or combining spoken language with sign language, affects outcomes for children with hearing loss. This morning she presented the results to a variety of people at The Hearing House, including parents and speech therapists, with the help of our habilitation team leader Alexandra Crosbie.

You can find the full report and a summary document here:

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Building construction is underway!

Good news! The construction of the new Hearing House building is underway.

The new building will be a wonderful development for all our families – with so many benefits. It will cover 1,000sqm and feature therapy rooms, audiology booths, a sensory integration room and a home education suite. It will be modern and convenient, and best of all, all our services will be under one roof again.

The construction is expected to take 12 months and began this week. It starts with the demolition of the two houses beside the original Hearing House building.

We have gratefully received $5.6 million of donations and grants from individuals, trusts and companies towards the project. We need to raise a further $2 million to close the gap. We will be working hard over the next two years to raise the final amount to cover the total cost of the project.

To make a donation to our capital project please contact Fundraising and Communications Manager Melanie Louden – 09 579 2333, or melanie@hearinghouse.co.nz

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