GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO LAUNCH ‘HEAR AND SAY WORLDWIDE’

23 October 2007

MEDIA ADVISORY

The Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC, will officially launch the Hear and Say Worldwide program tomorrow (24 October) at Admiralty House in Sydney at 10am.

Hear and Say Worldwide aims to improve spoken language and communication outcomes for children with hearing loss by training teams of hearing health professionals from other countries in the Hear and Say model.

The Hear and Say Centre is one of the leading charitable Paediatric Auditory-Verbal and cochlear implant centres in the world, teaching children who are deaf or hearing impaired to listen and speak since 1992.

Hear and Say Centre founder Dimity Dornan has developed and implemented a world-first model that will now be available to up to 760,000 deaf children globally.

Media are invited to attend the launch but will need to register their interest with the contact below and be in position by 9.45am.

Media Contact:
Stephen Jiggins
0408 480 779
Admiralty House
23 October 2007