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25.01.2022 It was so nice to finally catch up and have a volunteer committee meeting tonight. Due to Covid-19 we havent met since March. Therese showed us the lovely Aboriginal print material she has seen on puppets Sam and Lucy and we welcomed new member Trish Henry. Helen, Amy and Jason attended via zoom. Stay tuned for an online auction later in the year we will be organising to raise money and spread the word about hearing loss prevention.

25.01.2022 Hello Facebook Friends, its Virginia HoH Media Officer here, We would like to thank one of our charities long time supporters today. Officeworks Dubbo has been an unwavering supporter of Hear our Heart Ear Bus Project since practically its inception back in 2012 and we can not thank them enough for their generosity shown to our charity. Its another example of COMMUNITY SPIRIT and PARTNERSHIPS that make a real difference to our Communities. If you can please support those... that support us and shop locally at Officeworks Dubbo. Pictured is Elpida & Tim from Dubbo Officeworks who seriously have the BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE IN TOWN. Thanks Officeworks. See more

25.01.2022 Hi, Its Amy Barling the Hear our Heart Ear Bus media and sponsorship officer. I’m just touching base to make you aware of the importance of keeping your children’s ears dry while swimming if they have had ear health issues (ear canal sensitivity, perforations) or had grommet surgery. Especially now the hot weather has hit us! By keeping them dry, you are preventing possible infection. The bacteria that lives in (including swimming pool water with leaves/debris) can get into ...the middle ear, which may cause nasty infections. You can buy swimming ear plugs from the chemist. There are a few choices, but they can be quite costly. Another way which is a lot cheaper, and easily accessible is to use blue tack as the ear plug. Here is a lovely little video I found on YouTube that demonstrates how to use the blue tack. https://www.youtube.com/watch (Please note we do not have any affiliation with Dr Clancy, ENT Surgeon). See more

24.01.2022 Hands on learning a success for our Audiologist Hope! Last week Dr Ridha saw some of our children with our volunteer Directors Rachel and Donna through their Department of Education Ear Specialist program. This ‘Schools Day’ program is a supported appointment with Dr Ridha and healthy ears education / support provided before and after the child’s appointment. For our Hope this was a perfect opportunity to see the end results of her hard work and a great way to learn more fr...om the best in the west- Dr Hayder Ridha. We had HoH children from Orana Heights, Dubbo West Public and West Preschool in Baird Drive, Dubbo Aboriginal Medical Service, Dubbo Public and Dubbo Christian School. A big shout out to Dr Ridha’s lovely office staff who always go out of their way to accommodate our needs. Thank you also to Dr Ridha’s Registrar Dr Joe Jabbour who is now a big fan of our work. Please share with you friends. See more

24.01.2022 Hello Its Virginia Hear our Heart Media Officer here, This week we had the pleasure of testing at Trangie Preschool, St Johns Trangie, Warren Preschool, Little Possums Warren & playmates Cottage Dubbo. It was a fun week, lots of hearing tests & Ear Health Checks, early mornings & long drives, but we loved visiting all of you. ... Thanks to all of our schools & preschool helpers that make our visit possible, we cant thank you enough. Remember to keep blowing your nose & washing your hands to help keep your ears healthy. Stay safe & healthy. Enjoy your children.

23.01.2022 Will be in Dubbo...

22.01.2022 Enjoy looking at the wonderful kids and educators at Dubbo District Preschool raising money for us.

22.01.2022 Hello, its Virginia, HoH Media Officer here, It was another exciting week in the HoH Ear Bus. We were thrilled to WELCOME Burrabadine Christian School to the Bus route. It was also great to catch up with the beautiful kids and staff, when we tested at Wellington Christian School and then we finished of the week with a Community Day at our Dubbo Office. ... Our beautiful Healthy Ears educators Therese & Anita caught up with all of your cherubs from Trangie Preschool with some educational but fun Puppet Shows with Sam & Lucy. It was another great week. If we havent returned to testing at your childs school or we missed seeing your child due to the increased cleaning processes COVID 19 has caused, please contact our office. We will add your child to the wait list for the next available Community Day. Please note, Community Days are only held when theres enough demand. The Bus will be testing next week at Peppercorn Childcare Centre and Playmates Cottage. Please contact your childs Preschool for what days we will be at your childs service. Youre welcome to bring your child in, if its not their day at Preschool. Enjoy your Children.

22.01.2022 Hello It’s Virginia, Hear our Heart Program Manager here, Here’s last week’s WEEKLY WRAP of Ear Bus Testing. Last week the Bus caught up with some of the students at Peppercorn Childcare Centre, Playmates Cottage & we also had a Community Day at our Dubbo Office which was very well supported. We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Sydney Audiologist Louise Rimmer who volunteered her time to test with us again last week. This was Louise’s fourth visit to Dubbo in... the last few years. Not only was Louise helping out with hearing testing, she also was an invaluable support to our Audiologist Hope assisting her with some mentoring as Covid has caused a disruption this year to both testing in some of our Schools on the Bus route and Personal Development for the staff. Thank you so much Louise. This week the Ear Bus will testing at Wellington Public School, Wellington Preschool & St Mary’s Wellington. Here’s some of the kids the Hear our Heart Ear Bus tested last week. That’s all from the Ear Bus Testing Team. Enjoy your children.

21.01.2022 Hello, Virginia, Media Officer here, The Hear our Heart Ear Bus would like to advise we have several Community Days coming up, including some on the School Holidays. Community Days will be held in Dubbo, Wellington, Nyngan & Warren and in Term 3 - Yeoval. ... If your a parent or carer of a child aged 6 months to 18 years and youd like your childs ear health or hearing checked then wed like to hear from you. Spaces are limited, please call our office on 68848751 to go on the wait list.

21.01.2022 Hello Virginia here, Hear our Heart Ear Bus Media Officer. They say a picture speaks a thousand words, then take a look at these photos. These were taken this past week at Orana Heights Public School, Dubbo. When our Healthy Ears Educator from Hear our Heart Ear Bus and Dept of Education Hearing Support Teachers caught up with the kids, teaching them the importance of keeping their ears healthy though nose blowing, hand washing & the Breath, Blow, Cough, Chew Program they teach. By all accounts the kids loved the informative visit from Sam, Lucy and the Healthy Ears Educators. Enjoy the photos.

19.01.2022 Hello Its Virginia, Media Officer with HoH Ear Bus here, I caught up with Rex Ridley from the Dubbo Motorcyclist & Drivers Club Inc. this week, as they had a very generous donation for the Hear our Heart Ear Bus. Heres their story. Each year the Dubbo Motorcyclist & Drivers Club Inc. holds a Show & Shine at the Ballimore Pub for their Car & Bike enthusiasts. At the conclusion of the day they donate the proceeds to a charity. Dubbo Motorcyclist & Drivers Club have made ...pledge to help a LOCAL charity, & for the past 3 years have decided to donate the proceeds of the day to the Hear our Heart Ear Bus Project. Special thanks to all participants of the 2019 Show & Shine, as it was a particularly difficult year as the Show & Shine continued on despite a HUGE dust storm. Thankfully, it didnt dampen the enthusiasm!! We are so very thankful to the Dubbo Motorcyclist & Drivers Club Inc. enough for choosing to keep their fundraising LOCAL and supporting us. We are humbled & grateful for their ongoing generosity. Pictured is Rex Ridley from the Dubbo Motorcyclist & Drivers Club Inc handing over the proceeds from the Show & Shine held in September 2019 to Virginia , Program Manager from Hear our Heart Ear Bus Project.

19.01.2022 From our friends at Sound Scouts

18.01.2022 Hello It’s Virginia, Hear our Heart Program Manager here, Here’s our WEEKLY WRAP of Ear Bus Testing. Monday the Ear Bus pulled in to Orana Heights Public School in Dubbo. Tuesday & Wednesday the Bus stopped at Dubbo West Public & Preschool for 2 days of testing. Thursday the Ear Bus ventured out to our awesome little friends at Warren Preschool for another busy day of testing before some of their students head off to BIG School. ... For those heading off to BIG school, if the Hear our Heart Ear Bus doesn’t test at your school please contact our office on 68848751 if you’d like to be put on the wait list for Community Day appointment at Warren MPS, when the Bus visits Warren in 2021. Next week the Ear Bus will be visiting Dubbo & District Preschool on Monday 9th, Wednesday 11th & Friday 13th November and Wellington Christian School on Tuesday 10th November. Below are a few of the gorgeous cherubs the Hear our Heart Ear Bus tested this week. That’s all from the Ear Bus Testing Team. Enjoy your children.

17.01.2022 Hello Its Virginia, Media Officer here. What a wonderful/ busy week it was for Hear our Heart this past week. Week 8 each term, the HoH Ear Bus usually heads out each day to test all the Schools in Gilgandra & Gulargambone including the Public School, High School & St Josephs at Gilgandra. The Central School at Gulargambone, as well as all the child care facilities including Gular Preschool, Aussie Kindies & Gilgandra Preschool. ... This term things were a little different due to COVID. We certainly missed our gorgeous Nurse Audiometrist Rachel Kirsop & volunteer retired Nurse Audiometrist Margo Piggott & some of our normal stops at schools, but we still were able to test at most of the schools & centres we normally test at. The Hear our Heart Ear Bus would also like to acknowledge & thank Gilgandras CWA for their assistance in providing us with a venue this week to catch some of the children we werent able to test at their school due to COVID restrictions & the parents that took the time to personally bring their children to the Bus. The HoH Ear Bus would also like to thank all the wonderful Directors, Principals & Learning & Support Teachers (LaSTs) from these schools for their amazing organisation, in this current COVID crisis to assist HoH Ear Bus so testing could safely proceed. Even though things were a little different, we loved testing & providing Healthy Ears Education/ Puppet Shows in Gilgandra & Gulargambone this week. Our Puppets Sam & Lucy also enjoyed escaping our office where they have been during lockdown & again spreading the word of the importance of daily nose blowing to keep our ears healthy to lots of your beautiful children at Gilgandra Preschool. It was truly a wonderful week. Heres some of the beautiful children we caught up with this past week. Enjoy your children.

17.01.2022 Thanks Playmates Cottage, For another day of beautiful smiles from beautiful children. How lucky they are to have such a wonderful community of caring people to ensure their children grow up to be the best than can be.

17.01.2022 Hello, its Virginia, Media Officer here, Were here at the Hear our Heart Office today (Saturday) for a Dubbo Community Day. Being School holidays we have held several Community days this week. Hear our Heart Ear Bus in conjunction with the Wellington Community Health Centre held a Community Day at Wellington on Monday & wed like to thank Wellington Child & Community Health Nurses Tessa & Jessie for their help in organising that days testing. We also visited Playmate...s Cottage this week and saw more beautiful children there, while we tested their hearing and reminded everyone to keep blowing their noses and washing their hands to keep their ears healthy. Next week for week 2 of the School Holidays, the HoH Ear Bus will visit Nyngan & Warren for Community Days in their towns and continue to spread our message of healthy hands & nose blowing keeps our ears healthy. Enjoy your children.

17.01.2022 Something cute to start your weekend. One of the Hearing Teachers from Dubbo Public sent us this wonderful poster of how to make a tissue ear spear for cleaning ear canals. Thank you Amelia from Dubbo West Public for allowing us to use your poster. Its a great example of how to clean your ear canals safely. Our local Ear Specialists say cotton buds are NOT recommended anymore for cleaning ear canals.

17.01.2022 Hello, its Virginia, HoH Media Officer here, Oh my, what a DELIGHTFUL week it was, Term 3 Week 1, it was a treat !!! The Hear our Heart Ear Bus visited Rainbow Cottage, Narromine Preschool, Narromine Christian School & Dubbo & District Preschool. Thank you must go to all of our testing helpers that go the extra mile to ensure your kids have healthy ears and good hearing outcomes. ... The Hear our Heart Ear Bus promotes good ear health by blowing their nose and washing their hands, twice or more daily. Please help us to help their ear health & hearing and encourage them to blow their nose, eat lots of crunchy foods and keep their hands clean. Enjoy your children.

17.01.2022 Thank you Gilgandra High School. We enjoy coming to your school every term to check the progress of your students hearing and ear health. Gilgandra High School is a great school, understanding and being proactive about their students Ear Health & Hearing.

16.01.2022 Hello Virginia HoH Media Officer here, Please take a few minutes to watch this.

16.01.2022 Hi its Virginia Media Officer here, Can we please advise our upcoming Community Days in Dubbo & Wellington are FULLY BOOKED. If you have concerns for your childs hearing or ear health, could you please ring our office on 6884 8751 and we will put your childs details on our wait list for future Community Days.... More Community Day dates for Dubbo, Warren, Gilgandra, Wellington, Narromine, Yeoval & Nyngan will be advertised here, so watch this space!!

15.01.2022 Hello its Virginia, Hear our Heart Media Officer here. Heres a little SHARE THE LOVE story for you. HoH Healthy Ears Educators Therese & Anita visited Trangie Preschool this week. Our Puppet shows with Sam & Lucy teach the children about keeping their ears healthy and teaching them effective nose blowing and hand washing techniques. ... It was such a delight for our Healthy Ears Educators to not just teach the children our program, but be taught by them. In the middle of our Puppet Show it was the students of Trangie Preschool teaching us a little song they sing whilst cleaning their hands. So here it is for you all to use with your children. Well done Trangie Preschool, your GREAT teachers.

15.01.2022 Hello it’s Virginia Testing Manager for Hear our Heart Ear Bus Project. I’d normally write Media Officer, but I’ve passed that role on, to our new Media Officer Amy. Congratulations & Welcome to Amy. You’ll be seeing and hearing from Amy in the coming days & weeks & I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing her all the very best in her new & exciting role. ... I will still do the Weekly Wrap of the testing and Healthy ears education for the Bus that week. So here’s it is. This past week the Hear our Heart Ear Bus visited Orana Heights, Dubbo West Public School & Preschool, Burrabadine Christian School & St Mary’s Parish School in Warren. Providing around 100 children with an Ear health Check and or a full Hearing Screen. It was 4 seasons in one week, with what seemed like a day of torrential rain while testing at Orana Heights & gusty winds that made testing a challenge at St Mary’s in Warren although another opportunity to view some stunning countryside on route to Warren. Wet & windy weather aside, we all agree we love what we do in delivering Healthy Ears Education and hearing testing to as many children as possible to ensure normal hearing & learning outcomes to all that pass through the Bus. Next week the HoH Ear Bus will finish off Term 4 testing for Orana Heights, Dubbo West Public School & Preschool and visit our little friends at Warren Preschool. Our Healthy Ear’s Educators will be delivering Puppet shows/ healthy Ears education to Mungrey & Tottenham. That’s all from us, enjoy your children.

15.01.2022 Our volunteer Director Donna Rees daughter Hayley has written a moving post on her own Facebook page about her struggle being deaf and the use of face masks. With her permission we are sharing. It makes you stop and think! Maybe now would be a good time for our local member of Parliament to take this on board too? Is wearing a face mask being inclusive for the many people in our community that are hard of hearing, use english as a second language or have a language disorder that RELY on lip reading to communicate. Good on you Hayley for sharing your story. It seems helping others with hearing loss runs your family!

14.01.2022 This women is based in Perth. She can make many things for those of you with a BAHA oticon or cochlea. Her daughter has microtia atresia just like mine. Note the cute boy headbands! Sharing as many people have asked me about different bands

14.01.2022 Hello, Its Virginia, HoH Media Officer here, This past week, the Hear our Heart Ear Bus travelled out to our school partners St Marys Wellington, Wellington Public Preschool & Wellington Public School. HoH is always very thankful to our wonderful supporters, thank you to Mr Darryl Thompson, Sharon King, Allison Grant, Leanne Clarke, Jennifer Quirk, Jacob & Sophie from Wellington Preschool who all go above and beyond to ensure Hearing testing of your beautiful precious chil...dren. If we werent able to test your child and youd like your childs ear health or hearing checked, Hear our Heart Ear Bus & Wellington Community Health will be holding a Community Day on the grounds of the Wellington Hospital adjacent to Wellington Community Health Centre on Monday 28th September from 9.00am. Simply call our office on 6884 8751 for appointments and more details. Next week the Ear Bus travels to Gulargambone on Monday and Gilgandra Tuesday to Friday, please speak to your childs school for details. Heres some of this weeks cherubs.

14.01.2022 This is something we are passionate about with the ten age generation. A good read.

13.01.2022 Hello its Virginia, HoH Media Officer here. Another fantastic week of testing again this week on the Ear Bus. The Ear Bus visited Dubbo West Public School and was able to test many of the Preschoolers, Infants & Primary kids. The Ear Bus will be returning to Dubbo West Public School on Tuesday 25th & Thursday 27th August 2020, so please return your childs permission notes so we are able to test your child at our next visit. The Ear Bus also held a Community Day at Yeov...al Preschool & tested the Preschoolers and other children from Yeoval. A very special thank you to Yeoval/ Cumnock Child and Community Nurse Jo Davies and Yeoval Preschool Director Jenny Burke who both assisted in organising a very successful Community Day. Your children are truly blessed to have such caring people in their communities. The week ended with a trip to St Marys Warren where we caught up with the kids enjoying a WHACKY HAIR DAY. The trip to Warren was a glorious drive as its absolutely gorgeous to see fields of green & gold and table drains & dams full of water. What a spectacular sight to see!!! Enjoy your children.

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09.01.2022 Hi its Virginia, HoH Media Officer here, This past week we have been very busy back testing at Schools. We were excited to be again testing at the wonderful Wellington Public School & Preschool. Yes things were a little different due to Covid, as all the kids who asked for Sam & Lucy know, ... Sam & Lucy arent able to come & play in the playground at recess & lunch. However Sam & Lucy said to say Hello to all their friends and they hope to soon be allowed back on the Bus. They asked me to remind everyone to keep blowing their nose to help keep their ears healthy. Thanks must be mentioned to our wonderful helpers at Wellington Public, without your help testing would not be possible. Thanks to Principal Mr Thompson, LaST Mrs King and the Preschool Director Ms Grant. Heres some photos of the kids we tested this week. Enjoy your children.

09.01.2022 Partnerships are what make our project so successful. Over the past 2 weeks out teacher Therese Quigley has partnered with Dubbo Public Teachers of the Deaf Donna and Rachel to deliver hearing loss education at Dubbo College. We used our Sound Scouts devices that Walter and Eliza Hall Charitable Foundation bought for us to teach Senior, Delroy and South High Campuses about teenage hearing loss. It was a pleasure to work with both Aboriginal organisations Clontarf and Girls Academy and we have made plans for hearing checks with them using Sound Scouts next year. Pictured are staff from Clontarf and Girls Academies from all 3 campuses.

09.01.2022 Hello Its Virginia, Hear our Heart Media Officer Here, Its with greatest pleasure, I tell all of you our lattest addition to the Hear our Heart Ear Bus family. We warmly welcome Burrabadine Christian School to the Ear Bus Testing Route. The Ear Bus held its first testing day at Burrabadine Christian School this week after Puppet Shows with Sam Lucy & our Healthy Ears Educators Therese & Anita a few weeks ago. We are overwhelmed with the amount of support & commitment fr...om the families at Burrabadine Christian School who have embraced all aspects of our program. We were thrilled to hear that their first awareness day, a Pizza Day & Free Clothes was a huge success, and wed like to thank everyone that participated in anyway, by all accounts a very successful day. Congratulations & Welcome aboard!!! See more

08.01.2022 Hello Its Virginia, Media Officer for Hear our Heart Ear Bus. What an exciting week for the Ear Bus, holding our first Community Day at the WARREN MPS. Hear our Heart would like to thank all the dedicated community members that did all the ground work to getting the Ear Bus testing there, to benefit your precious children. Thank you ... It was a fabulous first day and we couldnt be happier with the support shown and the amount of people wanting to access our service. Once again proving that Community partnerships are invaluable. The Ear Bus has another date booked and will be returning to Warren MPS on Tuesday 6th October 2020. If you like an appointment or more details, please contact our office on 6884 8751. Our office admin can add your childs details to the wait list and you will be called closer to the date and offered an appointment for your child.

07.01.2022 Hello its Virginia Media Officer from Heat our Heart Ear Bus here. CUTENESS OVERLOAD WARNING. This past week the Bus visited two of our Childcare Centres here in Dubbo. Peppercorn Childcare Centre & Playmates Cottage. Thanks to Directors Nick & Danielle Sykes & Christine Castlehouse and their fabulous teams for all the work they do behind the scenes before the Bus arrives to ensure Hearing Testing and Healthy Ears Education is available for your children. ... It was a wonderful week and we caught up with loads of your GORGEOUS kids. Enjoy your children

06.01.2022 As Speech Pathology Week draws to a close, this ones for all our #speechies. Our #ScientificSunday is Auditory Perception vs Speech Production in Children, w...hich explores the support of auditory and speech outcomes for children with hearing loss and the overarching benefits of both hearing technology and speech therapy for speech development. Whats the verdict? A child with normal hearing learns to imitate speech through babbling. They will develop an understanding of speech and language and eventually learn to produce words. Children with hearing loss will not progress like hearing children do without supplementary support. But if they are fitted with the right technology and provided with support, they can develop spoken language "similar to that of their typically hearing peers". This support includes (but is not limited to) an audiologist, who will test, assess speech perception, and provide the appropriate hearing technology. A speech-language pathologist (SLP) will work to help a child with hearing loss develop essential auditory skills through speech production, motor, visual, or tactile means. SLPs across the globe wear many hats in their role, devoting their profession to help their patients communicate with confidence. What should I do? Ensure that you test your childs hearing regularly. This means that if a child does develop a hearing loss, you can detect it early on and get them the support that they need.

05.01.2022 Hello its Virginia, Media Officer here, It was a great week again in the Hear our Heart Ear Bus. We called in on Orana Heights & Redgum Child Care Centre and tested over 100 children this week. A fantastic week, however a reminder to all the parents and carers out there, now that winter is truly upon us, were seeing lots of kids with Eustachisn tube dysfunction which often leads to fluid in the middle ear space. This fluid impacts on the mobility of the Tympanic Membrane... (the ear drum) and potentially impacts on your childs hearing. This then can have the domino effect on their speech, language and overall education. So its a good time to remind you all to practice nose blowing with your little ones or remind the older ones, to blow their noses, to help keep their middle ear healthy. Just like good oral hygiene we clean our teeth twice a day to keep our teeth healthy, its also important to keep our middle ear nice and healthy, so blowing your nose twice daily (at least) is recommended for healthy middle ears. Till next week. Cio And enjoy your children. See more

05.01.2022 Hello Its Virginia, Media Officer here. WOW what a week it was in the Hear our Heart Ear Bus. Monday the Bus caught up with the kids from Gulargambone Central and a few of the Gular Preschoolers. It was an awesome drive to again see some beautiful country side. Tuesday the Bus payed a visit to Aussie Kindies, my goodness the kids there had all grown up so much since we were there 3 months ago. Hope & I couldnt believe our eyes. We then headed off in the Bus and spent th...e afternoon with Gilgandra Public. Wednesday the Bus was back out to Gil where we saw the kids and the magnificent updated Gil Preschool in the morning and off to Gil high for the afternoon. Thursday we again headed for Gil to see our friends at St Josephs. We had a great day of testing and even recruited some of the next generation, to be our Audiologists of the future. See pics below of the fun we had with the kids of St Joeys. Our week was capped off with a another full day at Gil Public. It was one very busy week, but it was wonderful to work with so many wonderful Principals, Directors, LaSTs and support teaching staff. Needless to say the best part of the week was seeing all of the beautiful children that we have the honour & pleasure of testing and spending time with. Heres just a few of the cheeky cherubs we caught up with this past week. Enjoy your children

05.01.2022 Hi its Virginia, Hear our Heart Media Officer here, This week the Bus was back testing at Dubbo West Preschool Inc. It was a fantastic week catching up with the kids there, with lots of kids tested. Thanks DWPS Inc, the amazing kids & all the wonderful parents that stopped to enquire about their kids ear health & hearing. Your all doing an awesome job, ensuring your keeping your ears healthy. Heres a few of the gorgeous kids we caught up with this week. ... Enjoy your children. See more

04.01.2022 Its Virginia, Media Officer here, Happy Friday everyone, this week is a wrap! A fabulous 5 days of testing with Dubbo & District Preschool & Dubbo West Public School & Preschool. We were super busy with well over 100 children through the doors of the Bus this week, ensuring that their ear health, hearing & learning outcomes are on track. ... Thanks to all the amazing helpers that assist us day in day, day out, your passion, dedication and assistance is greatly appreciated by us all. Heres a few photos of some of your gorgeous kids who paid us a visit this week. The Ear Bus will be calling in on our Wellington School friends at St Marys & Wellington Public & Preschool next week. Stay safe and enjoy your children.

04.01.2022 Hello, its Virginia, Hear our Heart Media Officer here, As Schools and Preschools/Childcare are taking enrollments for 2021, you may be thinking its a good time to assess your childs hearing and ear health & tick it off your School/Preschool readiness checklist? Following are a few common signs or symptoms that may indicate your child may not be hearing as well as they could, or their ear health could be the cause of them not being well. ... What are some signs of hearing loss? Often say what? eh? or pardon? Give inappropriate replies to questions? Misunderstand instructions or appear lost when asked to do something? Ask for things to be repeated? Stare intently at your face, or strain to hear you? Have difficulty following what you say in noisy environments or large rooms? The effort of concentrating can make a child very tired by the end of the day and they may be grumpy. Seem to have hearing ability that fluctuates from day to day, especially in winter? Show signs of frustration or anxiety? Appear withdrawn or seem to daydream? Speak with an unnecessarily loud voice? Mispronounce words or miss out parts of them? Have difficulty with reading? Have a limited vocabulary and difficulty learning new words? Hearing loss symptoms with general health and Well-being Sore, red or runny ears May have frequent colds and runny noses (often clear runny noses) Sensitive to loud noises May appear to have a blocked nose and breathe through the mouth Poor balance May lack confidence, be quiet and withdrawn If your child ticks any of these boxes maybe its time for an Ear Health Check (6 months to 3 Years old) or a full Hearing Test (3 years -18 years). Hear our Heart Ear Bus Project holds Community Days in Dubbo, Wellington, Warren, Nyngan & Yeoval. Call our office on 6884 8751 and leave your childs details with us for our next Community Day appointment availability. Appointments are free and COVID safe.

04.01.2022 Meet our new team member. Amy Barling. Amy will be taking over Virginia’s role of Media/ Sponsorship Officer. You may remember a lovely story about Amy in the Narromine News around June this year. The Newspaper article told of Hearing Loop Australia sponsoring Amy to complete her Audiometry Nurse course. CEO of Hearing Loop, Ian Riddle, said he is proud to be sponsoring Amy as Audiometry Nurses are scarce in the country and being able to detect and overcome children’s hea...ring problems when they are young is imperative as this is when their brain is developing. To complete her audiometry degree Amy has been doing her practicum at Coonamble Community Heath Centre last term under the guidance of Audiometry Nurse trainer Robyn Hull. Amy thoroughly enjoyed her many hours with Robyn. Pictured below is Amy during her Prac. Amy was inspired to study as an Audiometry Nurse because of her experience with her daughter Matilda, being born deaf. Amy has been volunteering for us for two-years. So it is with much pleasure we offered her the media/sponsorship role to start off her career with us before eventually moving into the hearing testing side of things in the future. Welcome Amy :) See more

03.01.2022 Media officer Amy here! Just thought I would share these dolls as Christmas is only 50 days away. How beautiful are they! Might have to get my Tilly one

03.01.2022 Hi, its volunteer Directors here Donna and Rachel. We have been busy behind the scenes working on making videos to put in with a grant application we are currently working on. We came across this one that we made for the Rural Farmers grant back in 2017 and it bought a big smile to our faces. We thought we would share it again with you. Lovely to see our retired Audiologist Robyn Little feature in it. She helped our project grow and we miss her.

03.01.2022 Partnerships and trust are what makes a difference. Thats what we find in our project anyway! In the last week of school Learning and Support Teacher Liz Ede from Gulargambone Central and our volunteer Director Rachel Mills who works for Department of Education as a Teacher of the Deaf made a visit to Dr Ridha just happen in 48hrs for young JaKeal. And why not squeeze in a visit to Hearing Australia before seeing Dr Ridha at 9:30!!Sam Wellman and Kayla McDonell made thi...s happen for us. JaKeal was such a happy young chappy and enjoyed all the attention. His hearing journey is now well underway thanks to our wonderful testing staff Virginia and Hope who initially followed him up. Next stop for JaKeal is back to Hearing Australia to get his new hearing aid in a hat to help him hear while he is waiting for his ear surgery. We will let you know how he goes. Local partnerships are gold! #doingitforthekids See more

02.01.2022 Hello, its Virginia, HoH Media Officer here, Its with great pleasure I bring you this little story, as its the thoughtfulness and generosity of some of our smaller towns and centres, that make you thankful and really appreciative of their tremendous efforts. Yesterday the Ear Bus tested at Yeoval Preschool. A little preschool that operates 3 days per week. ... And at the time they did their fundraiser & Hear our Heart awareness day, they had 8 enrolled students. Mind you this was on the back of a once in a 100 year drought and what seemed like daily dust storms. But despite these factors, the fantastic team at Yeoval Preschool did a week of pancakes & milkshakes for morning tea which required a gold coin donation to enjoy the morning tea treat. Yeoval Preschool, we are so very humbled, thankful and inspired by your determination. And the support you show of our Hearing Bus. Pictured is 3 of the little cherubs from Yeoval Preschool handing over their wonderful fundraising efforts to Virginia from Hear our Heart Ear Bus.

01.01.2022 Thanks to our service, this year alone we have helped 5 children qualify for Teacher of the Deaf Support with the wonderful team at Dubbo Public School. They travel out to schools, childcares and homes to provide specialised programs.