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Funding awarded for hearing related projects
Tens of thousands of dollars of funding awarded for hearing related projects
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The Oticon Foundation New
Zealand
Tuesday 28 February
2012
Tens of thousands of dollars have been awarded to projects as diverse as research at the University of Auckland to an education programme for young people in the Wairarapa, as part of the Oticon Foundation’s grants in the past year for projects to help the hearing impaired.
The Oticon Foundation New Zealand has now opened applications for grants for 2012. Applications close on 31 March 2012.
“The Foundation is looking for new initiatives that help contribute to improving the lives of those with hearing impairment,” says Karen Pullar, Secretary to the Trustees. “There has been an impressive line up of activity that has been supported over the past 12 months and we want to ensure a high calibre of projects for the next year.”
In the past year the Oticon Foundation
has awarded grants to:
Dr Suzanne Purdy at the
University of Auckland. The $100,000 is for specialised
hearing research that is expected to benefit people with
hearing loss by providing a better understanding of speech
processing in noisy situations, which can be used in future
studies of infants with hearing loss and helping
manufacturers enhance speech processing in hearing
aids.
Victoria University School of Architecture
– design and testing of acoustic design solutions. The
next step in this project is to test the acoustic solutions
in five Wellington schools this term.
The
Wairarapa Hearing Association Dangerous Decibels programme
which aims to educate young people about the prevention of
noise induced hearing loss and hearing loss
prevention.
Project Hiedi – supporting the
ongoing monitoring and evaluation of newborn hearing
screening.
BWB Publishing Trust – for a
dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language in intermediate
schools.
Nelson Hearing Association – for
education posters.
The Foundation has provided ongoing
funding for:
The University of Auckland Oticon
Foundation Hearing Education Centre
University of
Canterbury for research into methods to monitor hearing and
reduce hearing loss
during otologic surgery – or ear
micro-surgery. The research is continuing despite disruption
from the earthquakes and the impact this has had on the
people needed to take part in the research.
More information, including a full list of the projects awarded funding in the past 12 months can be found in the Foundation’s Soundscape newsletter at http://www.oticon.org.nz/pdf/Soundscape_March_2012.pdf
Information about how to apply for 2012 grants is also available from www.oticon.org.nz.
The Oticon Foundation in New Zealand was established in October 1976. It is a charitable trust of Oticon New Zealand Limited and aims to improve the lives of the hearing impaired in New Zealand through communication and knowledge. It is committed to finding better solutions to hearing loss and strives to increase public awareness and understanding of hearing impairment.www.oticon.org.nz
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