First Voice Alliance
Telethon Speech & Hearing is a member of First Voice, a national alliance of oral language early intervention centres from across Australia and New Zealand with one mission - teaching hearing impaired children to speak.
The First Voice Alliance was officially launched by Her Excellency, the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce at Admiralty House in Sydney on 7 October 2010. Professor Graham Clark, inventor of the multi-channel cochlear implant, was also present at the launch as an honoured guest and First Voice Ambassador.
The centres in the First Voice Alliance are:
- Cora Barclay Centre, South Australia
- Hear and Say Centre, Queensland
- The Hearing House, New Zealand
- The Shepherd Centre, New South Wales
- Taralye, Victoria
- Telethon Speech & Hearing, Western Australia
The Alliance fosters auditory based oral language early intervention for young deaf children through cooperative practises. We advance the right of deaf children to the same education and life opportunities as their hearing peers. The Alliance centres are independent not for profit organisations, which are parent founded or have significant parent involvement.
To find out more, click here to visit the First Voice website.