Book launch - Hearing the Need
Sun 8th April -
Hearing the Need: The Deafness Foundation 1974 to 2006
                                                                                

Hearing the Need is an account of the momentous changes that have occurred in the lives of deaf and hearing-impaired Australians since the 1950s. It records the achievements of an Australian community organisation whose members volunteered their vision, expertise, commitment and service to issues and projects that have transformed the lives of deaf and hearing-impaired Australians. Established in 1974 as the peak body to coordinate the work of many organisations that supported the deaf, the Deafness Foundation has used its leadership role to successfully draw the attention of governments, industry groups, professional practitioners and the general community to the need for services such as community-wide immunisation against rubella, laws to prevent hearing loss in the workplace and research into new technologies such as the cochlear implant.

The Deafness Foundation's active and successful community fundraising, including its now widely supported Butterfly campaign, has enabled it to raise community awareness of the causes and treatment of deafness and to provide financial encouragement to many projects that assist deaf and hearing-impaired people and their families.

Telling the story of how this community-based organisation has heard and responded to the concerns of deaf and hearing-impaired Australians is an important way of enriching the life of the wider community that has supported it.

This special edition is limited to 1,000 copies

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Contact: Wendy Maher