Our Technology Consultant Paul Harris has been involved in developing an innovative new test rod to allow users to monitor their bone anchored hearing aids (BAHAs). For the past year, Paul has been working with audiology supplier Graham Bath to create the rod for use with a single test rod adaptation. It is compatible with…
Our Con Powell Memorial Scholars, past and present, have reunited for a special afternoon tea to celebrate ten years of the Scholarships programme for trainee Teachers of the Deaf. During the event in York, Scholars developed a giant time line marking their progress over the last decade, noting the defining moments in their personal journeys…
Our wonderful Education Advisor Joyce Sewell-Rutter has retired after twenty years with the Ewing Foundation and an incredible fifty years in deaf education. Colleagues gathered to celebrate her achievements and to wish her well for her next adventures, all the while reminding her that, as a lifelong member of the Ewing Foundation family, she is…
Thank you to our friends at BATOD Cymru (British Association of Teachers of the Deaf, Cymru) for inviting us to their study day at St Fagan’s National Museum for Wales on 4 July. It was wonderful to meet the delegates and share news of our heavily-subsidised services for deaf education professionals. We also had the…
Members of our Greater London Affiliation for Deaf Education (GLADE) have recently met together to share a special day of presentations and updates about the sector. The event also provided an opportunity to celebrate GLADE facilitator Joyce Sewell-Rutter (pictured presenting here) who is retiring from Ewing Foundation next month after an amazing fifty years in…
Monday 2 May – Sunday 8 May 2022 marks Deaf Awareness Week, the UK Council on Deafness’s annual campaign to highlight the experiences of deaf people. If you are an education professional working with deaf children and young people, we have a range of free resources to support you during Deaf Awareness Week and throughout the…
This April, staff from the Ewing Foundation took part in an event at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service (USAIS). The event, aimed at education professionals supporting deaf children and young people, provided an opportunity to review the latest research on speech tests, learn about speech tests in educational settings and look at assessment…
Many congratulations to our five Con Powell Memorial Scholars who have all recently become Qualified Teachers of the Deaf (QToDs). Our Ewing Foundation team were delighted to support the students during their studies. They have all shown great dedication during these challenging times, and, in recognition of their achievements, their Ewing mentors organised an online…
Would you like to help deaf children and young people learn and achieve at school? The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) is offering five scholarships for teachers to train to become Qualified Teachers of the Deaf (QToDs). The Con Powell Memorial Scholarships, named after BATOD’s first President and Ewing Foundation’s first Chief…