Please visit the websites below for further information:
National Foundation for the Deaf The NFD (National Foundation for the Deaf) is an incorporated society that supports about 450,000 deaf or hearing impaired New Zealanders. The NFD also represents six key member groups that either provide support, or are active in areas related to hearing and hearing loss.
(www.nfd.org.nz)
Gillies Hospital
Gillies Hospital is a private surgical hospital that is a joint venture between Surgical Group Ltd (a group of specialist surgeons) and Southern Cross Health Trust.
(www.gillieshospital.co.nz)
University of Auckland
The Hearing and Tinnitus Clinic is part of The University of Auckland's Section of Audiology. The clinic offers the full range of audiology services including hearing, tinnitus and auditory processing assessment, hearing aid fitting, and cochlear implant services. The clinic also participates in research in the areas of tinnitus, hearing aids, assistive devices and cochlear implants.
(www.auckland.ac.nz)
The Hearing House
The mission of The Hearing House is to achieve miracles for children with a hearing loss. We aim to provide these children the same potential of their hearing peers by enabling them to listen and speak.
(www.hearinghouse.co.nz)
Kelston Deaf Education Centre
Kelston Deaf Education Centre provides services to deaf
and hearing impaired students throughout
New Zealand's upper North Island.
(www.kdec.co.nz)
Project HIEDI – Hearing Impairment, Early Detection and Intervention
Project HIEDI was established to see the introduction of a nationwide programme to screen newborns for hearing loss, enabling access to early intervention services. Introduction of such a programme is important as it will remedy New Zealand’s late age of detection for congenital hearing loss.
(www.nfd.org.nz/...projecthiedi/)
New Zealand Audiological Society
The New Zealand Audiological Society represents the vast majority of New Zealand based audiologists. Audiologists are the only professionals qualified to assess, diagnose and provide intervention services for those with hearing loss. They are Masters qualified, commit to ongoing professional development and must comply with a strict Code of Ethics.
(www.audiology.org.nz)
The Bionic Ear Institute The Bionic Ear Institute is home to some of Australia’s finest scientists and research staff. Established in 1983, we are an independent, non-profit, medical research organisation. Our aims are to give deaf children and adults the opportunity to participate as fully as possible in the hearing world and to find new ways to restore brain function.
(www.bionicear.org)
Cochlear Limited The global leader in innovative, implantable hearing solutions. Connecting thousands of people to a world of sound and delivery technology for a lifetime of new opportunities.
(www.cochlear.com)
The Pindrop Foundation believes that all those in the community who are severely to profoundly deaf and who are clinically suitable, should have access to the cochlear implant technology as of right to allow them to reach their full potential.
