Organization: The Kids Research Institute Australia
Title: Discovering World Hearing Day 2026
Al title (for format and translation – not permanent:
Discovering World Hearing Day 2026
Description:
The Kids Ear and Hearing Health and Discovery Centre teams, Perth Children’s Hospital Audiology Department and University of Western Australia Audiology students hosted a fun activation to engage children and their families attending the hospital to provide education and share resources. This activation included:
• Video otoscopy, run by University of Western Australia Audiology students showing children and parents what inside of ear looks like
• “Ear-goo” activity, demonstrating biofilm present in the middle ears of children with otitis media. This was very well received by the daycare group that visited the Discovery Centre
• Didgeridoo performance by Dylan Shillito, proud Wadjak Balardong Noongar man, in the Perth Children’s Hospital Atrium, attended by daycare children and public
• Story time – ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ (by Julia Donaldson, Lydia Monks), also attended by pre-kindy children
• World Hearing Day flyers, developed by a University of Western Australia student, advocating for childhood hearing loss prevention and early detection
• A Cochlear Implant Audiologist provided information to families about care pathways within the hospital on the day too
• The team also had QR codes available with referral pathways for any parents concerns about children ear health and/or hearing
Primary site: WPR – Australia
Region: WPR
General Photos
Children participating in Story Time
University of Western Australia Audiology Students
Types of Engagement:
Live event: Yes
Screening: No
Traditional media: No
Social media: Yes
Special needs populations: persons with disabilities (including hearing loss), children and adolescents, indigenous communities
Met with individual policymaker: No
Participation of policy makers: No
Participation of influencers: No
WHO technical tool used: Yes
WHO educational and social media used: Yes