Cross-cutting research
Multi-disciplinary research and reports on deafness and hearing loss in children and young people.
Priority setting partnership in childhood deafness and hearing loss (2024 to 2025)
Find out about our work with researchers from 3 universities to discover which questions matters most to the children affected by childhood deafness and hearing loss.
Learn more about our priority setting partnership project.
Deaf children from ethnic minority groups (2021)
Our literature review sought to explore what research says about outcomes for deaf children from ethnic minority groups and their experiences in accessing public services.
Temporary hearing loss: a literature review (2020)
Our literature review summarises our understanding of what research says about the impact that temporary hearing loss has on children’s language development. It also considers what good support to families might look like and the challenges they may face in accessing information and advice.
You can also read the results of surveys sent to parents and professionals on support for children with temporary hearing loss.
Telling it like it is: experiences of families living on a low income with deaf children (2019)
This report, produced by the University of Edinburgh and commissioned by the National Deaf Children’s Society, looks at the views and experiences of families living on a low income and with deaf children.
In particular, it explores the information and support families have about language development to meet the needs of their deaf child.