The SLHF supports charities working in the following areas:

 

• Children who have hearing impairment, speech delay, language or communication difficulties, or who have complex needs. 

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• Medical innovation and new developments relating to these children.

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• Research in all topics relating to these children.

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Projects funded by the SLHF include: 

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• Part time speech and language therapists for schools with high levels of deprivation and children who do not meet the criteria for EHCP’s.

 

• Post graduate training in Educational Audiology at Mary Hare School. 

 

• The acoustic treatment of classrooms by The Jewish Deaf Association.

 

• Research into Childhood Deafness by RNID. 

 

• A Pilot project for ICAN’s Award winning ‘Tots Talking’ Programme

 

• The provision of laptops for speech and language therapy. 

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Although the majority of the donations go to local projects, the SLHF has supported inspiring projects further afield, such as:

 

• Hearing aids to a medical centre in India and a School for the Deaf in South Africa.  

• Technological development for online learning at a Centre for disabled children in Israel.