1. Hearing matters: What stops children hearing well in the classroom? Harvey Dillon National Acoustic Laboratories

2. What can go wrong? Permanent hearing loss Middle ear infections Auditory processing disorder Specific language impairment English as a second language Attention deficit disorder Poor classroom acoustics

3. Permanent hearing loss 1 in a 1000 births 3 more in a 1000 by 6 th class

4. Middle ear disorders

5. Auditory processing disorders

6. 6 Spatial Processing Disorder

7. 7 LiSN & Learn Auditory processing disorders Spatial Processing Disorder

8. Specific language impairment

9. Attention deficit disorder Auditory processing deficit Understanding is difficult Don’t pay attention Attention deficit disorder Don’t pay attention

10. Poor classroom acoustics Noise from outside school Noise from other classes Noise from inside class Reverberation Open plan! Kiri Mealings

11. Problems in combination Aboriginal children all too often have – Middle ear infection  “temporary” hearing loss Spatial processing disorder Learning in a second language Noisy classroom