Emergency during the holiday season?

It’s important you ensure you have sufficient batteries and spare parts before Christmas. If you would like to place an order, please contact Donna by Friday, 9th December.

The Hearing House will close for the festive season on Friday 23rd December, 2016 at 2pm and reopen on Monday 9th January 2017, at 8am.

Audiology Services at Greenlane Clinical Centre will reopen on Wednesday 4th January 2017, at 9am. The contact number for Audiology is 09 623 6499.

Christmas Emergency Contact Number 021 579 210 – In case of a technical emergency, our staff will be available to talk with you and manage any issues relating to your child’s device, loaners and/or parts. Please get in touch by either calling or texting 021 579 210

Please be aware that staff will not be available on statutory holidays but will be in touch as soon as possible after these days.

Construction time lapse

Check out this awesome video clip of the construction site of the new Hearing House building:

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)

Click to view the full report