The Renwick Centre conducts research in areas relating to the education of children with sensory disabilities.
Follow these links to view listing on the latest Research Projects, Publications (Books, Books Chapters, Journal Articles, Conference Addresses) and Editorial Responsibilities for 2010 (as of 7th June, 2010).
Current research projects include:
Development of adaptive assessment procedures for hearing-impaired children
PhD project - Rebecca Bull
Supervisor/s: Assoc. Prof. Norm Erber and Prof. Greg Leigh
Auditory-Oral progress of infants in a Deaf family environment: Three parallel case-studies
Dr Robyn Cantle-Moore
Development of the Infant Monitor-Production (IMP) as an evaluation protocol for infants with impaired hearing
Dr Robyn Cantle-Moore
Online training material is available to interested parties. You may register on http://www.ridbcrenwickcentre.com/imp/.
Deaf people in colonial Australia: Access to justice, education and employment
Dr Breda Carty and Darlene Thornton
The influence of mandatory language assessments on the service delivery of itinerant support teachers of deaf and hard of hearing students
PhD project - John Davison-Mowle
Supervisor/s: Dr Jill Duncan and Prof. Greg Leigh
Research supported by the Carrie Smith Fund.
Defining historical and current auditory-verbal pedagogy
Dr Jill Duncan
Evaluation of the accessibility of children’s television programs using simulated hearing loss
Assoc. Prof. Norm Erber
An interactive auditory-visual laboratory for communication research
Assoc. Prof. Norm Erber
UEB Braille for Beginners—Modules 1, 2 & 3: Training programs for families of children with vision impairments and paraprofessionals
Frances Gentle
A Management Framework for Inclusive Education of Children with Disabilities in Timor-Leste
PhD project - Frances Gentle
Supervisor/s: Drs Mike Steer and Rod Beattie
Research supported by the Buckle Family Trust Scholarship.
Paediatric hearing assessment with tele-audiology: An investigation in rural and remote populations
Prof. Greg Leigh, Kim TerHorst, Genelle Cook, Prof. Philip Newall
HEARing Cooperative Research Centre Project R4.5.2.
Survey of Australian health professionals’ knowledge of and attitudes towards newborn hearing screening
Dr Michaela Murray, Prof. Melissa Wake, Prof. Greg Leigh, & Dr Zeffie Poulakis
A comparison of the NAL-NL1 and DSL 5 prescriptive hearing procedures in severely deaf children in Malaysia
Philip Newall
A review of the Low Cost Hearing Aid project in the Philippines
Philip Newall
The development of speech testing materials to assess tonal language perception in Mandarin
Philip Newall
The development of standards for family-centred early intervention practice with children with impaired hearing
John Richards
Profiling children with vision impairment in Australia (Oz Vizkids)
Sue Silveira
The Register collects accurate information on children who have been formally diagnosed. This information is used to establish the number of affected children, the causes and levels of vision impairment and whether these children have additional disabilities. The information is vital when planning for better services and treatment for children. To register or for more information, visit the site http://ridbc.org.au/renwick/research/ozviskids.asp
"Eye Play Safe": The development of a resource package of eye-safe play strategies
Sue Silveira
Supported by NSW Health.
Reference book for itinerant teachers of vision impaired
Drs Mike Steer and Gillian Gale
