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RIDBC offers diagnostic and educational support for children with hearing impairment.
Diagnostic services, offered through the RIDBC Jim Patrick Audiology Centre, reflect the extreme importance of early diagnosis, or fluctuations in hearing loss, followed by quality intervention programs. This is crucial to a child’s ability to learn language.
RIDBC’s educational services begin as early as possible in a child’s life, with assessment and planning services, home-based family support, playgroups and preschools. RIDBC’s special educational programs continue throughout a child’s schooling, either at our own special schools, or through support for children at regular schools.
Even more importantly, we offer support for the whole family. We believe parents and families play the most important role in a child’s education.
- Advice for parents with a newly diagnosed child
- What degree of hearing impairment does RIDBC deal with?
- What is the impact of hearing impairment on children, and why is early diagnosis so important?
- Services for children with hearing impairment
- RIDBC Jim Patrick Audiology Centre
- RIDBC Early Learning Programs
- Preschools and preschool support
- School-aged services
- Help for parents
- Information about hearing impairment
- General information
- Fact sheets on different types of hearing impairment
- Learning to listen and talk
- Lipreading
- Auslan (Australian Sign Language)
- Internet resources
- Other families and children, and their stories
- Who to talk to for more information or to enquire about enrolling your child
