Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People

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Hats for hearing aids!

Do you struggle to keep hearings aids from falling off tiny ears? If so, Glue Ear Together, a small charity supported by our grant making partner Ovingdean Hall Foundation, may have a solution. The charity is highlighting the benefits of hearing aid hats, which help a baby’s hearing aids to stay in place. The hats,…

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Celebrating Deaf Awareness Week 2025

Early May marks Deaf Awareness Week, the annual campaign to share and highlight the experiences of deaf people. 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 to hearing technology support and education advice, we also…

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BATOD and BAEA Conference

Thank you to everyone who visited our Ewing Foundation stand at the BATOD (British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People) and BAEA (British Association of Educational Audiologists) national conference in Exmouth on Saturday 22nd March. The event provided us with a great opportunity to let delegates know about our hearing technology support,…

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Save the date for our webinar on supporting deaf children and young people with Autism Spectrum Condition

Save the day for an online event where we will look more closely at how we can best support deaf learners with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC). The half-day webinar, which will be held on 14th May 2025 (12.30-3.30pm), is called: Let’s look a little closer…  Working with deaf children and young people with Autism Spectrum…

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Scholarships for trainee Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People 2025

Would you like to help deaf children and young people to learn and achieve at school? 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 after BATOD’s…

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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…

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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…