Research Project on Children's Early Language Development

Hi everyone, anyone keen on participating in a study with their child? We are particularly looking for children with hearing aids aged 6-9 years.

Kia ora koutou,
We are currently working on publishing the speech sound results from Hamimah Ahmet's PhD, and also on a study on parent child interaction. Let me know if you'd like more details!

Research opportunity - please see below

Parents & caregivers’ knowledge and beliefs about how Deaf or hard of hearing children learn to talk/sign.

Survey link: http://canterbury.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1BSi0tg7q8eaVj8

Kia ora,

I am a speech-language therapist and am interested in what helps Deaf or hard of hearing children learn to talk/sign. You are invited to complete my anonymous survey if you are aged 18 years or older and are a parent/caregiver of a Deaf or hard of hearing child aged 0 to 5 years, living in New Zealand. The survey will contribute toward my Master of Audiology research at the Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha - the University of Canterbury. If you or anyone you know match this description, I would greatly appreciate it if you could complete/share my survey.



For more information or if you have any questions please contact:

Project researcher [email protected]

Project supervisors [email protected] or [email protected]

____________________________

All participants are given the option to receive a summary of the findings of the research as well as to go into a draw to win 1 of 4x $50 gift vouchers. I also planned to do an online presentation of the findings which I am happy to share with your group.

Ngā mihi nui,


Ellen McKee

Master of Audiology student

Speech-language therapist

Phone: 021 066 2463

Email: [email protected]

Kia ora - this is a great study to support to promote language equity! We are looking for parents/caregivers of Deaf or hard of hearing children aged 5 and under to fill in a quick survey :-)

Research opportunity - please see below

Parents & caregivers’ knowledge and beliefs about how Deaf or hard of hearing children learn to talk/sign.

Survey link: http://canterbury.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1BSi0tg7q8eaVj8

Kia ora,

I am a speech-language therapist and am interested in what helps Deaf or hard of hearing children learn to talk/sign. You are invited to complete my anonymous survey if you are aged 18 years or older and are a parent/caregiver of a Deaf or hard of hearing child aged 0 to 5 years, living in New Zealand. The survey will contribute toward my Master of Audiology research at the Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha - the University of Canterbury. If you or anyone you know match this description, I would greatly appreciate it if you could complete/share my survey.



For more information or if you have any questions please contact:

Project researcher [email protected]

Project supervisors [email protected] or [email protected]

____________________________

All participants are given the option to receive a summary of the findings of the research as well as to go into a draw to win 1 of 4x $50 gift vouchers. I also planned to do an online presentation of the findings which I am happy to share with your group.

Ngā mihi nui,


Ellen McKee

Master of Audiology student

Speech-language therapist

Phone: 021 066 2463

Email: [email protected]

Jayne has just submitted her PhD thesis based on the first 79 participants! Two more PhD students have just had their proposals accepted to conduct further studies on this cohort of children!

We have seen the majority of the children back again now for their assessments. Thanks heaps everyone for your commitment. Just a few more children to see over the next few months.

A stunning effort from the first 78 families!! We have seen the first half of the children again to measure their language outcomes. VERY interesting!! Big thanks for the effort parents went to to be available before Christmas. From February we will start seeing the second half of the children for their reassessments...

First two children have come back and completed their part in the study. It is most exciting and interesting to see how they are doing now!

Next month we will excitedly welcome our first child back for her final assessment in the study after an 18 month delay!

The study is in full swing again with plenty of little people coming in everyday :-)