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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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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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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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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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A cross-language and cross-cultural validation of the parents' evaluation of aural/oral performance of children plus (PEACH+) rating scale in Singaporean children
Yong Sheng, L., Tian Kar, Q., Foong Yen, C., Ching Yee, C. & Ching, T. Y. C., 2026, In: Speech, Language and Hearing. 29, 1, p. 1-14 14 p., 2697916.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An inductive qualitative analysis of hearing health care professionals' perspectives on delivery of culturally responsive care in Australia
Furze, C., Newall, J., Nickbakht, M., Dawes, P., Ching, T. Y. C., Sharma, M. & Scarinci, N., Mar 2026, In: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR. 69, 3, p. 1133-1150 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Developmental trajectories and influencing factors of aural/oral performance in Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants using the PEACH scale
Bai, J., Li, Y., Lin, Z., Jin, X., Zhang, V. W., Ching, T. Y. C. & Liu, H., Jan 2026, In: Trends in Hearing. 30, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factors influencing the use of hearing services by diverse ethnic communities in Australia
Nickbakht, M., Furze, C., Nisar, M., Waite, M., Scarinci, N., Newall, J., Hickson, L., Armitage, C. J., Ching, T. Y. C. & Dawes, P., Mar 2026, In: Ear and Hearing. 47, 2, p. 363-377 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Language, speech production, functional performance, and social skills of 3-year-old children with congenital unilateral hearing loss: a randomized controlled trial of hearing intervention
Ching, T. Y. C., Cupples, L., Zhang, V., Hou, S., Flynn, C., Leigh, G. & Dillon, H., 12 Mar 2026, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 69, 3, p. 1116-1132 17 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
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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