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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 2027
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Building on newborn hearing screening success: towards national standards and data management
Sung, V. (Chief Investigator), Beswick, R. (Chief Investigator), Kong, K. (Chief Investigator), Wake, M. (Chief Investigator), Leigh, G. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ching, T. (Chief Investigator), Kluk, K. (Chief Investigator), Parkinson, B. (Chief Investigator), King, A. (Chief Investigator), Shepherd, D. (Chief Investigator), Porter, A. (Associate Investigator), Casey, B. (Associate Investigator), Poulakis, Z. (Associate Investigator), McMahon, C. (Primary Chief Investigator), Gardner-Berry, K. (Associate Investigator), Dettman, S. (Associate Investigator), Lees, H. (Associate Investigator), Harkus, S. (Associate Investigator), Iseli, C. (Associate Investigator) & Liddle, K. (Associate Investigator)
4/09/23 → 3/09/26
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. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ching, T. (Chief Investigator), Rance, G. (Chief Investigator), Van Dun, B. (Chief Investigator), Dillon, H. (Chief Investigator) & Sharma, M. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/15 → …
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. (Chief Investigator), Scarinci, N. (Chief Investigator), Newall, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Hickson, L. (Chief Investigator), Ching, T. (Chief Investigator), Armitage, C. J. (Chief Investigator), Waite, M. (Chief Investigator), Orlando, M. (Chief Investigator), Harris-Roxas, B. (Chief Investigator), Timmer, B. (Associate Investigator), Ekberg, K. (Associate Investigator), Barr, M. (Associate Investigator), King, A. M. (Associate Investigator), Scanlan, E. (Associate Investigator), Kruger, J.-L. (Associate Investigator), Beswick, R. (Associate Investigator), Spooner, C. (Associate Investigator), Dib, M. (Associate Investigator) & Ginis, J. (Associate Investigator)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Anxiety and depression in adolescents with prelingual hearing loss: prevalence and risk factors
Easwar, V., Gavrilis, J., Söderström, P., Ching, T., Leigh, G. & Zhang, V., Nov 2025, In: Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14, 21, p. 1-17 17 p., 7538.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A systematic review of barriers and facilitators for ethnically diverse communities in accessing adult and paediatric hearing services
Furze, C., Newall, J., Nickbakht, M., Dawes, P., Ching, T. Y. C. & Sharma, M., 31 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Audiology. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review 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., Mar 2025, In: Ear and Hearing. 46, 2, p. 277-285 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early intervention influences 9-year speech, language, cognitive, and quality-of-life outcomes in deaf or hard-of-hearing children
Ching, T. Y. C., Cupples, L., Seeto, M., Zhang, V., Hou, S., Wong, A., Flynn, C., Marnane, V., Leigh, G. & Dillon, H., 1 Sept 2025, In: Ear and Hearing. 46, 5, p. 1174-1188 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influence of electrical dynamic range in cochlear implants of children at age 3 years on speech perception, vocabulary and quality-of-life outcomes at age 9 years
Ching, T. Y. C., Hou, S. & Incerti, P., 14 May 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Audiology. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Population outcomes of children with hearing loss: Early treatment is crucial but not sufficient (Invited Marion Downs lecture)
Ching, T. (Speaker)
2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Impacts
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Hearing aid check for cochlear implant candidacy
Dillon, H. (Participant) & Ching, T. (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts
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PLUM and HATS tools for detecting hearing problems in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Ching, T. (Participant) & Kung, C. (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts