What are the benefits for children?

Potential for listening and speaking for 200 children with hearing loss in 2-3 years for every professional team of thirteen trained and provided with a technology package.
The potential for listening and speaking for many more children with hearing loss because trained teams can train other professionals in their own region or country.
Most children born or acquiring hearing loss at an early age will listen and speak like children with normal hearing if detected by six months of age.
Increased auditory-neural capacity of children’s key brain areas.
Greatly increased literacy rate from a maximum age equivalent of eight or nine years to capacity for literacy within the normal range or above, including tertiary level literacy.
Increased educational, economic and cultural opportunities.
Increased economic and cultural progress in global markets.
Increased development and prosperity for the region.
Opportunity for a region to enter the international arena as a global player.
Individuals and nations have a better ability to communicate and develop international relations that are conducive to understanding and peace.
Immediate propagation of learned professional techniques to other professionals.
Many more children will benefit from greater numbers of available, trained professionals. It is estimated that at least 600 children can be assisted over six years for every three professional teams of thirteen individuals trained.
Benefits for adults with hearing loss with more trained professionals.
Benefits for Queensland Hear and Say Centre children through income from training fellowships.