Hear and Say

Hear and Say is a world-leading Paediatric Auditory-Verbal and cochlear implant centre. They have been teaching deaf children to listen and speak since 6 July, 1992.

Founded by Brisbane Speech Pathologist Dr Dimity Dornan AO, Hear and Say’s name was chosen to emphasise that children living with hearing loss can learn to listen and speak. Their blue butterfly logo is a symbol of the deafness our children overcome, as butterflies can’t hear.

Hear and Say now employs more than 70 staff across five centres around Queensland, and via a Telepractice Program servicing rural, remote and international children and families.

They work with more than 900 children enrolled in their targeted Early Intervention Program, provide specialist support through our Cochlear Implant Program, and deliver their school hearing screening Program, Hear to Learn, to more than 10,000 school students each year.

The clinical services encompass Audiology, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Social Skills Programs, and Listening and Spoken Language Therapy. Hear and Say is also the only centre in Australia to run a Program dedicated to the rare conditions Microtia and Atresia.

They are proud to partner with local Auditory-Verbal centres through our First Voice Alliance. Hear and Say also collaborates internationally through our Research and Innovation division. We also offer professional development accreditation courses which are facilitated through Hear and Say Worldwide.