2002

The Oticon Foundation in New Zealand (2002)
Classroom Acoustics: A New Zealand Perspective
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This short report is a summary of a larger report of a research project addressing classroom acoustics in New Zealand. The research addressed the following questions: what makes a good classroom for listening, hearing and teaching in; and, can Kiwi kids hear their teachers? In particular, they wanted to know what children with mild, temporary, permanent or severe hearing loss experience in classrooms in New Zealand.

• Contact: The Oticon Foundation in New Zealand, PO Box 9128, Wellington, New Zealand, ph: +64 4 473 3330 or 0800 OTICON (684 266), fax: +64 4 473 4440 or 0800 FAX OTICON (329 684), email info@oticon.org.nz

2001

Commonwealth Department of Education Science and Training (2001)
The national Indigenous English literacy and numeracy strategy.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
View report (PDF - 165KB)
(There are six key elements one of which is 'Overcoming hearing, health and nutrition problems'.)

1999

Northern Territory Department of Education (1999)
Learning lessons: an independent review of Indigenous education in the Northern Territory.
Darwin: Northern Territory Department of Education
View report (PDF - 1.6MB - large file warning!)

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Key references - communication and learning

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Bibliography - communication and learning

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Theses - communication and learning

References and links for theses that we have identified to date are provided below. To search for other relevant theses go to the Australasian Digital Theses Program database and search for keywords.
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Aithal S (2004)
Perceptual consequences of conductive hearing loss: speech perception in Aboriginal students learning English as a 'school' language.
Unpublished Master of Public Health thesis, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales

Doyle JE (2007)
The reach and efficacy of ear health programs in primary school children in the Goldfields South East Health region.
Unpublished Master of Rural Health thesis, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
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Howard D (2006)
Conductive hearing loss and behaviour problems amongst urban Indigenous students.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy by Research thesis,
Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory

Indigenous people in Australia experience multiple forms of disadvantage including endemic childhood middle ear disease (otitis media) that is associated with factors such as poor housing and nutrition. The educational consequences of the conductive hearing loss that results from this middle ear disease are poorly understood. This project used an embedded case study, mixed methods research design to consider issues fundamental to the improvement in the educational support for Indigenous students in cross cultural classrooms with conductive hearing loss. The research evaluated a class based game than can be used to identify children with current conductive hearing loss. It also examined how children’s classroom responses that are viewed by teachers as behaviour problems can be related to hearing loss. The research outcomes provide a framework of knowledge that has been used to develop more effective classroom behaviour management strategies that cater for the communicative and educational needs of the many Indigenous children with conductive hearing loss.

Abstract reproduced with the permission of the author