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Biography
Teresa Y.C. Ching's research is dedicated to improving the lives and outcomes of deaf or hard of hearing children. The end goal is community-based strategies that effectively manage childhood hearing loss and associated conditions to reduce their impact on language, literacy, educational attainment, mental health, and quality of life.
My research focuses on investigating the effectiveness of early detection and intervention for populations of children who are deaf or hard of hearing, identifying factors affecting longitudinal outcomes to target intervention; devising and validating novel objective EEG and subjective behavioural methods for assessing sound discrimination ability in children and adults who are deaf or hard of hearing; developing and evaluating methods for prescribing hearing aids and electric-acoustic stimulation (combining cochlear implants with hearing aids) for children and adults; and exploring perspectives of professionals and families to inform family-centred intervention. Recently, I have also developed and validated clinical tools for early detection of hearing and language problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Australia.
Professor Teresa Ching is Professorial Fellow at NextSense Institute (a centre for research and professional education operated by NextSense in affiliation with Macquarie University), and conjointly Professor of Education and Disability Studies in Macquarie School of Education.
External positions
Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2024
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Projects
- 3 Active
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Building on newborn hearing screening success: towards national standards and data management
Sung, V., Beswick, R., Kong, K., Wake, M., Leigh, G., Ching, T., Kluk, K., Parkinson, B., King, A., Shepherd, D., Porter, A., Casey, B., Poulakis, Z., McMahon, C., Gardner-Berry, K., Dettman, S., Lees, H., Harkus, S., Iseli, C. & Liddle, K.
4/09/23 → 3/09/26
Project: Research
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NHMRC TCR 2022 UQ led: Improving access to the hearing services program for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Dawes, P., Scarinci, N., Newall, J., Hickson, L., Ching, T., Armitage, C. J., Waite, M., Orlando, M., Harris-Roxas, B., Timmer, B., Ekberg, K., Barr, M., King, A. M., Scanlan, E., Kruger, J., Beswick, R., Spooner, C., Dib, M. & Ginis, J.
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Predicting language skills from early auditory speech discrimination in infants with hearing loss: implications for early management and intervention
Demuth, K., Ching, T., Rance, G., Van Dun, B., Dillon, H. & Sharma, M.
1/01/15 → …
Project: Research
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A validation and normative study of the Parents' Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children plus (PEACH+) rating scale in Malaysia
Quar, T. K., Ooi, G. H. T., Umat, C., Mazlan, R., Chong, F. Y. & Ching, T. Y. C., Apr 2024, In: International Journal of Audiology. 63, 4, p. 286-291 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coalition for Global Hearing Health Hearing Care Pathways Working Group: guidelines for clinical guidance for readiness and development of evidence-based early hearing detection and intervention programs
Yoshinaga-Itano, C., Carr, G., Davis, A., Ching, T. Y. C., Chung, K., Clark, J., Harkus, S., Kuan, M-L., Garg, S., Balen, S. A. & O'Leary, S., Sept 2024, In: Ear and Hearing. 45, 5, p. 1071–1088 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does childhood cochlear implantation spill over to carers’ employment status?
Sharma, R., Tani, M., Cheng, Z., Ching, T. Y. C., Marnane, V., Mendolia, S. & Parkinson, B., 19 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ear and Hearing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Editorial: early detection and intervention for unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss in children: clinical practices and outcomes
Ching, T. Y. C., Fitzpatrick, E. M., Huttunen, K., Löfkvist, U., Kung, C. & Sung, V., 10 Apr 2024, In: Frontiers in pediatrics. 12, p. 1-3 3 p., 1400074.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Psychosocial skills and quality of life in deaf and hard of hearing children: learning from the first ten years of the Lochi Study
Leigh, G., Ching, T. Y. C. & Cupples, L., 2024, In: Volta Review. 124, 1, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference paper › peer-review
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Activities
- 1 Presentation
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Population outcomes of children with hearing loss: Early treatment is crucial but not sufficient (Invited Marion Downs lecture)
Teresa Ching (Speaker)
2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Impacts
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Hearing aid check for cochlear implant candidacy
Harvey Dillon (Participant) & Teresa Ching (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts
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PLUM and HATS tools for detecting hearing problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Teresa Ching (Participant) & Carmen Kung (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts