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Read about the assistive hearing technology being used by services for deaf children
A teacher, supported by both Ewing Foundation and our grant making partner Ovingdean Hall Foundation, has recently published important research exploring the assistive hearing technology used by services for deaf children. Carly Humphries, a Qualified Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People at Wandsworth Sensory Support Service, has carried out the research as part of…
Please nominate us to win £1,000!
£1,000 could make a big difference to our work at the Ewing Foundation. That’s why we’d be really grateful if you could nominate us in Benefact Group’s 12 Days of Giving. Your nomination could be the one that wins us £1,000. Benefact’s Movement for Good will be donating a total of £120,000 to 120 lucky …
Thank you to all attendees
Thank you to everyone who joined our bite-size online training this autumn. Over 100 people came along to our free sessions on target setting and ‘Success from the start’. Now in its second year, our convenient 30-minute bite-size training sessions are fast becoming one of our most popular services. This is just one part of…
Sharing research synopses
Our Education Advisor team have prepared some synopses of useful research to help you in your work with deaf children and young people. Ewing Foundation’s synopsis of ‘Home Literacy Experiences and Shared Reading Practices: Preschoolers with Hearing Loss’ by Jean L. DesJardin, Carren J. Stikka, Laurie S. Eisenberg, Karen C. Johnson, Dianne Hammes Ganguly and…
Support for Early Career Teachers
Are you an Early Career Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People (ECToD)? Are you working in a resource provision with deaf children and young people? If you are working in isolation, in a resource provision on your own, as an unqualified Teacher of Deaf Children and Young People, or in training or newly qualified, then…
A day in the life of a Ewing Foundation Technology Consultant
Would you like to learn more about the work of our Technology Consultants? In their latest magazine, the British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD) have included an interview with our Technology Consultant, Abul Hussain. In the article, Abul talks about his day-to-day work supporting teachers and deaf children and young…
BATOD Cymru’s Study Day 2024
Thank you so much to BATOD Cymru for inviting us to their fantastic Study Day at All Nations Centre in Cardiff on 8th July. The theme of the day was Hear Me, See Me, Free To Be Me, and featured a series of powerful and inspiring stories from deaf children and young people and their…
Benefact Group’s Children and Young People Special Draw
Thank you to everyone who nominated us in Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Special Draw for charities supporting children and young people. Fingers crossed we may be one of the lucky winners! The Special Draw has now closed, but you can still nominate us to receive £1,000 in Benefact Group’s year-round draw by clicking here.…
Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs conference 2024
Thank you to all of the delegates, speakers and exhibitors who attended our Ewing Foundation and Burwood Park Foundation conference: ‘Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs. A sharing of good practice.’ The sold-out event was a tremendous success with over 70 people attending the conference at the National Centre…
Listening to Learn
Our Education Advisor Katy Mitchell has produced a helpful guide for teachers who are supporting children with glue ear. Listening to Learn focuses on the impact of glue ear, a form of temporary hearing loss common amongst children. The guide explores interventions, symptoms, and shares tips for supporting pupils and creating a calmer classroom. Click…
Help shape future research in childhood deafness and hearing loss
Deaf children and young people, their families, and the professionals who support them, have been invited to share suggestions for childhood deafness research. The National Deaf Children’s Society have teamed up with The University of Manchester, Aston University and Lancaster University to find out what the research priorities are in childhood deafness, according to the…
Bite-size training for summer 2024
We are delighted to announce summer dates for our free online bite-size learning opportunities for deaf education professionals. Each online session will include an introduction to the topic, time for discussion and a take-home summary of the session. These sessions are all free of charge, and provide a great bite-size opportunity to network and share…
Celebrating Deaf Awareness Week 2024
This year, Deaf Awareness Week, the annual campaign to highlight the experiences of deaf people, takes place from 6th to 12th May. At Ewing Foundation, we have been helping deaf children and young people and their teachers for over 70 years. Find out more about our services to support you in the classroom. In addition…
Speakers and exhibitors announced for London conference
We are delighted to confirm speakers and exhibitors for our ‘Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs’ conference in London on 12th June 2024. The one-day event will take place at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), a short walk from Kings Cross and St Pancras Stations, and overlooking the Regents Canal. All…
Future Proof in Manchester
Thank you to Helen and Lindsey in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester for inviting us to exhibit at their fantastic Future Proof conference this month. The event provided a valuable opportunity to learn about the new Mandatory Qualification for trainee Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (ToDs).…
Teaching deaf children through speaking and listening
This summer, Mary Hare School will be holding a conference at their Arlington Arts Centre in Newbury. The event, which takes place on Saturday 29th June, is titled ‘Teaching deaf children through speaking and listening: a one-day conference examining practical approaches to oral education’. The programme for the day includes speakers and group sessions covering…
London conference – SOLD OUT
We are busy preparing for our ‘Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs’ conference in London on 12th June 2024. The one-day event will take place at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO). The NCVO’s offices are a short walk from Kings Cross and St Pancras Stations, and overlook the…
World Hearing Day 2024
Sunday 3rd March is World Hearing Day! Led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), this global advocacy event calls for action to address hearing loss and related issues. Its aim is to raise awareness of hearing loss and promote hearing care across the world. The theme for 2024 is: ‘Changing mindsets. Let’s make ear and…
Vote for hearing dog Gordon in Hero Dog Awards
A much-loved hearing dog called Gordon has been nominated in this year’s Crufts Kennel Club Hero Dog awards! Gordon belongs to Elyana, 12, who is profoundly deaf. Gordon helps Elyana with practical tasks and also provides emotional support: ‘Gordon gives me a sense of comfort and just makes me happy,’ says Elyana. Her mum Silvie…
International Cochlear Implant Day 2024
Sunday 25th February marks International Cochlear Implant Day (ICID), a global campaign to raise awareness of cochlear implants. A cochlear implant is an electronic medical device designed to produce hearing sensations in a person who has severe to profound hearing loss. The cochlear implant works by stimulating nerves within the person’s inner ear. ICID is…
Ewing Foundation News 2024
Our Ewing Foundation News 2024 is ready to read! It features details of our training courses, our free online learning opportunities, and our conference ‘Working with deaf children with additional or complex needs’ in London on 12th June 2024. Our News also includes information about Scholarships for teachers to train to become Qualified Teachers of…
Supporting students in Birmingham
Members of the Ewing Foundation team have supported students training to become Qualified Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People as part of their residential course at The University of Birmingham. Our Technology Consultants Abul, Jeremy and Mark, together with our Audiologist James, demonstrated how to use a variety of test boxes to check that…
Early Bird booking for conference now open
We are now welcoming Early Bird bookings for our ‘Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs’ conference in London on 12th June 2024. Tickets will be just £50 until 28th March 2024, £70 thereafter. The event will take place at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), just an eight…
A new home for your old test box
Do you have an Aurical HIT test box you are not using? Or an FP35 Hearing Aid Analyzer you no longer need? If so, please consider donating them to us. We carry out test box demonstrations as part of the training we provide for student teachers. The more boxes we have, the more hands-on experience…
Benefact Group’s Movement for Good 2024
Benefact Group’s have launched their Movement for Good for 2024, with gifts of of £1,000 and £5,000 to give away. Please can you help us to be one of the lucky charity winners by nominating us here. The link will take you to a nomination page that has already been pre-filled with our details. It’s…
Scholarships for trainee Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People
Would you like to help deaf children and young people to learn and achieve at school? If so, the British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD) is offering five scholarships for teachers to train to become Qualified Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (QToDs). The Con Powell Memorial Scholarships, named…
Happy New Year!
Wishing all of our Ewing Foundation family and friends a Happy New Year! Thank you so much for all your support over the last year. We look forward to working with you in 2024.
Breakfast bite-size training for early 2024
Get some knowledge with your porridge with our breakfast bite-size training! Following the success of our events last autumn, our team of Education Advisors are pleased to announce four more dates to help you get the New Year off to a great start. Each online session includes an introduction to the topic, time for discussion…
Benefact Group’s 12 Days of Christmas
This December, Benefact Group’s Movement for Good is giving away a festive £1,000 to ten charities every day over their ’12 Days of Christmas’ campaign. Nominations are open until 17th December 2023, so please can you help Ewing Foundation to be one of the lucky charities this Christmas by nominating us here. The link will…
Save the date for our conference in London, 12th June 2024
Save the date for our ‘Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs’ conference on 12th June 2024. Following the success of our event in York, our next conference will take place at the offices of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) in London next summer. The NCVO offices are…
In memory of Paul
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of our dear friend Paul Simpson, the National Executive Officer of the British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD). Paul was a great advocate and ambassador for the Ewing Foundation and our sister charities, Ovingdean Hall Foundation and Burwood…
Benefact Group’s Movement for Good 2023
For one week only this November, the Benefact Group’s Movement for Good campaign is giving away an amazing £5,000 to ten charities working with children and young people. Please help Ewing Foundation to be one of these lucky charities. Nominations are only open for five days – from 6th-10th November 2023 – so please help…
Breakfast bite-size learning
This autumn/ winter, our Ewing Foundation team are pleased to offer deaf education professionals breakfast bite-size learning opportunities to get the day off to a great start! Each online session will take place from 8.30am to 9am and will include an introduction to the topic, time for discussion and a take-home summary of the session.…
Supporting you at school
Are you a deaf education professional returning to school this autumn? If so, the Ewing Foundation is here to support your work helping deaf children and young people to learn and achieve at school. We provide audiology technology services and education advice. We also offer bespoke training opportunities and a wealth of free resources. If…
Hearing to Succeed and Achieve
Our Education Advisor Katy Mitchell has produced a helpful and practical guide for families and early year practitioners to support young children with a hearing loss. ‘Hearing to Succeed and Achieve’ provides clear information on why so many young children have a hearing loss and the impact this has on their ability to listen to…
Oticon Study Days for Education, September and October 2023
Our Technology Consultant Paul Harris will be taking part in four Oticon UK Study Days for Education this autumn. The free events, which are aimed at teachers and education professionals, will include: Hearing aid signal processing for children Oticon hearing aid portfolio and practical aspects of hearing aids Bluetooth and wireless devices New Oticon Companion…
Deafness and Additional Needs Conference
Thank you to all of the delegates and speakers who attended our Ewing Foundation and Burwood Park Foundation conference: ‘Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs. A sharing of good practice.’ The sold-out event was a tremendous success with over 60 people attending the conference at the Radisson Hotel in…
GLADE meeting for deaf education professionals in the Greater London area
Thank you to members of our Greater London Affiliation for Deaf Education (GLADE) who joined us for on online meeting on 25 May to learn about and share sector news. The event included a presentation on OFSTED and the new Education Inspection Framework (EIF), and provided a brief overview of the EIF and how it…
Training sessions launched during Deaf Awareness Week 2023
Monday 1 – Sunday 7 May marked Deaf Awareness Week, the annual campaign to highlight the experiences of deaf people. To mark this year’s Deaf Awareness Week, we launched a range of training sessions for deaf education professionals. Our bespoke and specialist training is offered by our new team of Education Advisors, who are all…
Please nominate us to win £1,000!
The Benefact Group’s Movement for Good has returned! Please can you nominate us to be one of the charities to benefit from a £1,000 share of £1 million being given away by the Benefact Group this year. The more nominations we receive, the greater our chance of winning, so please nominate Ewing Foundation today. It’s…
Deafness and Additional Needs Conference, 7 June 2023 – SOLD OUT
We are delighted to announce further details of our Ewing Foundation and Burwood Park Foundation Conference: ‘Working with deaf children and young people with additional or complex needs. A sharing of good practice’ This one-day event will take place at Radisson Hotel in York on 7 June 2023, from 9.15am – 4pm. The programme includes…
World Hearing Day 2023
Friday 3rd March is World Hearing Day! Led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), this global advocacy event calls for action to address hearing loss and related issues. Its aim is to raise awareness of hearing loss and promote hearing care across the world. The theme for 2023 ‘Ear and Hearing Care for all! Let’s…
International Cochlear Implant Day 2023
Friday 25 February marks International Cochlear Implant Day (ICID), a global campaign to raise awareness of cochlear implants. A cochlear implant is an electronic medical device designed to produce hearing sensations in a person who has severe to profound hearing loss. Fitted in an operation, the cochlear implant works by stimulating nerves within the person’s…
NICE recommends a genetic test that can prevent deafness in newborn babies
A genetic test to determine if a newborn baby is vulnerable to deafness if treated with a commonly used antibiotic has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in draft guidance. If a newborn baby develops a bacterial infection, they are often treated with Gentamicin. This antibiotic carries the risk…
Preparing the next generation of Qualified Teachers of the Deaf
Members of the Ewing Foundation team have supported students training to become Qualified Teachers of The Deaf (QToDs) as part of their week-long residential course at the University of Birmingham. The trainees, all students on the University’s Hearing Impairment Mandatory Qualification course, took part in a combination of practical sessions and lectures. Technology Consultants Abul,…
Train to become a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf
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…
Listening to a Cochlear Osia and Med-EL Bonebridge
Our Technology Consultant Paul Harris has developed a simple and safe method to monitor the Cochlear Osia or Med-EL Bonebridge devices. These devices are bone conduction implants placed fully under the skin, and combined with a small external magnetic processor held onto the head. The processor receives sounds through the microphone, converts them into a…
Save the dates for GLADE 2023
We are delighted to announce the following meeting dates in 2023 for our Greater London Affiliation for Deaf Education (GLADE): Wednesday 8th February. Thursday 25th May. We look forward to confirming venues and further details in early 2023. GLADE is our popular networking group for staff in resource provisions across Greater London. The meetings will…
Support Us at 70
Over the next year, we will be celebrating 70 amazing years of supporting deaf children and young people and their teachers. Malcolm and Sheila McAlpine set up the Ewing Foundation in 1952, naming it in honour of the audiologists Sir Alexander and Lady Irene Ewing. The Ewings had been of enormous help to the McAlpines…
New test rod for bone anchored hearing aids (BAHAs)
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…
Celebrating The Con Powell Memorial Scholarships for Teachers of the Deaf
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…
Thank you to Joyce!
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…
Diolch yn fawr BATOD Cymru
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…
Deaf education professionals gather for GLADE
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…
Free resources for Deaf Awareness Week and beyond
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…
Supporting deaf education professionals
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…
Resources for World Hearing Day and beyond
Wednesday 3rd March is World Hearing Day! Led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), this global advocacy event calls for action to address hearing loss and related issues. Its aim is to raise awareness of hearing loss and promote hearing care across the world. The theme for 2022 ‘To hear for life, listen with care!’…
Congratulations to our Con Powell Memorial Scholars
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…
Train to become a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf
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…
Remembering Shirley
We are saddened to learn that our friend and former Trustee Shirley Metherell MBE has passed away. Over the years, Shirley generously shared with us her experience of supporting deaf children. In 1981, she and her husband David (pictured above) established The Elizabeth Foundation after their daughter was diagnosed as profoundly deaf at 22 months.…
Resources for Deaf Awareness Week and beyond
Tuesday 4 May – Sunday 9 May 2021 marks Deaf Awareness Week, the annual event to highlight the experiences of deaf people. If you are an education professional working with deaf children and young people, we have a wide range of resources to support you during Deaf Awareness Week and throughout the year. These include…
Supporting deaf children
Our Technology Consultant Paul Harris has been working with the charity Chloe and Sophie’s Special Ears Fund (CSSEF) to develop technology to help deaf children in the classroom. CSSEF’s is committed to supporting the emotional wellbeing of deaf children. During the pandemic, they have provided hearing aid batteries and facemasks free of charge. Now, with…
Training scholarships
Are you a teacher who would like to train to become a Teacher of the Deaf? If so, scholarships are available for your training. Funded by our partner Ovingdean Hall Foundation, The Con Powell Memorial Scholarships are managed by British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD), with support provided by the Ewing Foundation team. The…
Preparing the teachers of the future
During January 2021, we will be supporting trainee Teachers of the Deaf studying at the University of Birmingham. We have created presentations about hearing aids, radio aids and hearing aid test boxes which, due to Covid-19 restrictions, will be made available to students online. Members of our team will also be taking part in live…
Introducing our Collect and Return Service (CaRS)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our team member Paul Harris has developed a mobile monitoring, test and repair service that allows some of the work previously required in schools to be carried out from the lower risk environment of the car. While some tasks require more involvement with the staff and young people, our…