Funders: 
  • Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
  • Northern Territory Government, through the Child and Youth Development Research Partnership (CYDRP)
Collaborators:
  • Dr Catia Malvaso, University of Adelaide
  • Dr Damien Howard, Phoenix Consulting, Nightcliff, NT
  • Kylie Stothers, Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA)
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The study will describe the effects of diagnosed hearing loss on children’s life course trajectories of development into adulthood. This will include outcomes in school attendance and academic performance, contact with child protection services and with the youth justice system.

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The project ran from 10 April 2018 – 27 July 2019.

 

  1. Su JY, Guthridge S, He VY, Howard D, and Leach AJ. The impact of hearing impairment on early academic achievement in Aboriginal children living in remote Australia: a data linkage study. BMC Public Health. 2020;20(1):1521.
  2. Su JY, Guthridge S, He VY, Howard D, and Leach AJ. Impact of hearing impairment on early childhood development in Australian Aboriginal children: A data linkage study. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020;56(10):1597-1606
  3. He, V.H., Su, J.Y., Guthridge, S.L., Malvaso, C.G., Howard, H., Williams, T., & Leach, A. (2019). Hearing and justice: The link between hearing impairment in early childhood and youth offending in Aboriginal children living in remote communities of the Northern Territory Australia. Health & Justice,7,16.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0097-6. 
  4. Su, J.Y., Guthridge, S., He, V., Howard, D., & Leach, A. (2019). The impact of hearing impairment on Aboriginal children's school attendance in remote Northern Territory: a data linkage study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.  Online. doi/full/10.1111/1753-6405.12948.
  5. He, V.Y., Guthridge, S., Su, J. et al. (2020). The link between hearing impairment and child maltreatment among Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory of Australia: is there an opportunity for a public health approach in child protection?. BMC Public Health, 20, 449. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8456-8.
  6. Su, J.Y., He, V.Y., Guthridge, S.L., & Silburn, S. (2020). The impact of hearing impairment on the life trajectories of Aboriginal children in remote Australia: protocol for the hearing loss in kids study. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(1), e15464. doi: 10.2196/15464.