What if Missing Sounds Felt Normal?
Help more Year 9 students understand their hearing and know what comes next.
For some young people, hearing difficulties can go unnoticed because they have never known anything different.
They may miss an instruction, struggle to separate voices from classroom noise or seem as though they are not listening.
And neither they nor their family may realise hearing is part of the reason.
Your support can help more Year 9 students understand their hearing and, when a concern is identified, help their whānau know what comes next.
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Account Name: The National Foundation for the Deaf Incorporated
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Double Your Impact Today
Until 31 December, the Speedy Family Foundation will double every donation, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $10,000.
$50 becomes $100
$75 becomes $150
$100 becomes $200
Your gift will help support Year 9 hearing screening, guidance, referral pathways and follow-up for young people and their families.
William Didn't Know he Couldn't Hear
When William missed an instruction, it was easy to think he simply had not been listening.
But after taking part in our Year 9 School Hearing Screening Programme, a potential hearing concern was identified.
For the first time, some of the things William and his family had experienced began to make sense.
The programme also helped his family understand what should happen next, with reassurance, retesting, referral and ongoing support.
More Than a Hearing Check
Identifying a potential hearing concern is only the beginning.
Our Year 9 School Hearing Screening Programme helps young people and their whānau understand what comes next, with screening, retesting where needed, guidance, referral pathways and follow-up support.
SCREEN: Hearing screening delivered at school.
FOLLOW UP: Retesting where further checking is needed.
GUIDE: Helping whānau understand the result and what may happen next.
REFER: Connecting families with appropriate support when required.
SUPPORT: Providing guidance as families move through the pathway.
But the programme also reaches thousands of students whose screening may not identify a hearing concern. Every school visit is an opportunity to share practical safe-listening information and help young people understand how to protect their hearing for the future.
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Every Student Reached Can Learn How to Protect Their Hearing
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If the way you hear has always felt normal,
how would you know something was missing?
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Help More Students Hear Early
William’s family had no reason to suspect that hearing might be contributing to the challenges they were seeing.
There may be other young people sitting in classrooms across Aotearoa in exactly the same position.
Your support can help us reach them. And right now, your gift can go twice as far. Give by 31 December and your donation will be doubled, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $10,000.
$50 becomes $100
$75 becomes $150
$100 becomes $200
Your gift will help support Year 9 hearing screening, guidance, referral pathways and follow-up for young people and their families.
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More Stories From the Hearing Journey
Every young person’s experience is different.
Throughout this appeal, we are sharing stories that show why understanding hearing is about more than identifying a concern. It is also about confidence, support and knowing what you need.
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Give a Young Person the Chance to Know
Sometimes hearing difficulties are obvious. Sometimes they are not.
For a young person like William, finding out can be the first step towards understanding what they need and knowing that support is available.
Your gift can help more Year 9 students understand their hearing and know what comes next.
Give before 31 December and your gift will be doubled, up to a total of $10,000.
Online Bank Transfer
Account Name: The National Foundation for the Deaf Incorporated
Account Number: 12-3011-0519936-51
Reference: Your name
Code: Your name or Supporter ID
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Double my Gift
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