Hearing impaired kids starting school on par with their peers

By Lisa Wachsmuth
January 18 2017 - 5:30pm
Early intervention: Ruby Sainsbury has a hearing impairment but will be on par with her peers at Mount Terry Public School thanks to programs delivered at the Wollongong Shepherd Centre. Picture: Adam McLean
Early intervention: Ruby Sainsbury has a hearing impairment but will be on par with her peers at Mount Terry Public School thanks to programs delivered at the Wollongong Shepherd Centre. Picture: Adam McLean

Ruby Sainsbury is busy learning how to write her name, how to unfasten her lunchbox – and how to hear her teacher in a classroom full of noisy schoolkids.

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