Research participation – Does your child wear hearing devices?
Childhood Listening and Environmental Acoustics in Real-life (CLEAR) Study – National Acoustics Laboratories (NAL) About the study: National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL), the research division of Hearing Australia, is inviting families to help them explore how young children (0-6 years old) who are deaf or hard of hearing. Your voices will help shape a new tool […]
Research participation – Enabling remote screening of childhood hearing loss using AI
Chatterbugs Study – National Acoustics Laboratories (NAL) About the study: We’re using a fun smart phone App to collect speech samples from around 1000 children (aged 2½ to 3½) with and without hearing loss. The goal is to develop an AI-powered convenient app, parents and caregiver can use at home to screen for hearing loss in young children […]
Research participation – Help us improve hearing care for babies
Paediatric Hearing Study at National Acoustics Laboratories (NAL) What is the study about? Our goal is to ensure babies hear well in their first year to support age-appropriate speech and language development. We are developing clinical tests to measure how accurately children track speech during conversations including voice. Unlike current availabletests, this will indicate a […]
Research participation – Conversations: Understanding the Lived-Experiences of Children and Young People who are HoH
Lived experience study The University of Sydney would like to share information with you about a research study being conducted by Jenna Bongioletti as part of her PhD. The study, titled “Conversations: Understanding the Lived-Experiences of Children and Young People who are Hard of Hearing” is all about listening to the voices of children and […]
Information for researchers
Aussie Deaf Kids receives frequent requests from researchers to assist them in recruiting participants for their studies. We encourage parents and their children to participate in studies with ethics approval and seek to improve the lives of children with hearing loss and their families. If you would like Aussie Deaf Kids to assist in recruiting […]
Research participation – Seeking individuals for auditory brain research
Seeking individuals for auditory brain research. The University of Melbourne are recruiting individuals who have been diagnosed with auditory neuropathy and/or hearing loss for a brain research study. This research study aims to develop ways to study the auditory system using state of the art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that have recently been developed […]
Research participation – Perspectives of caregivers who use augmentative and alternative communication systems (AAC) with DHH children
Are you the caregiver of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing and who uses an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system in Queensland? Researchers in the School of Education at the University of Newcastle are exploring how eligibility for AAC is assessed, and how systems are chosen and used with children who […]
Research participation – Digital tool to help support future parents and caregivers of children with cochlear implants
Do you care for a child with a cochlear implant? The University of Melbourne invites you to participate in a research project exploring the views of parents and caregivers of children who received a cochlear implant at a young age (under 3 years old). The purpose of this research project is to ask parents and […]
Research participation – ANCHOR (Australian National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry)
Invitation to take part in the ANCHOR: Outcomes Matter eDelphi Surveys. ANCHOR (Australian National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry) is a research project to develop the foundations of a national registry for deaf and hard of hearing children. The registry is a way of collecting information about child hearing. The aim of the ANCHOR: Outcomes […]
Research participation – Hearing healthcare transition experiences for emerging adults with hearing loss
Invitation to Participate in Research: R U Ready? How young people who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing experience hearing healthcare changeovers. A team at the University of Queensland are exploring how young people who are deaf or hard of hearing move from childhood to adult hearing care. This is the first study in a series […]