taralye: oral language school for the deaf

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Taralye (pronounced Taralee) is one of the worlds leading early intervention centres for children with hearing loss and their families. We have been teaching children with hearing loss to listen and speak since 1968, and currently we support more than 260 children and their families across Victoria. The role of the parent and family is regarded as pivotal in every aspect of our work and we are highly committed to supporting and fostering the wellbeing of families of young children with hearing loss. Every day babies all over Australia are born into a world of silence or become deaf through illness. Hearing impairment is a significant condition in newborns, and permanent hearing impairment affects approximately 250-400 babies in Australia each year. Our philosophy is to help hearing impaired children to listen, learn and speak like their hearing peers to give them the same life opportunities in education and employment and enable them to reach their full potential. Taralye advocates for early diagnosis of hearing loss, prompt fitting of hearing aids and/or cochlear implants and high quality early childhood intervention services. Without professional intervention children with hearing loss can experience delays in their speech, language, learning and social development.