Outcomes of Children
Staff Profiles
Dr. Teresa Ching
Senior Research Scientist
Teresa leads the Outcomes study. She received her PhD in Phonetics and Linguistics from the University of London. Her areas of specialty include amplification for children, speech intelligibility and the joint use of hearing aids and cochlear implants. She is the editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology. Teresa frequently speaks at national and international conferences, and has authored more than 40 articles in scientific journals.
Kate Crowe
Research Speech Pathologist
With a double degree in Speech Pathology (Honours) and Arts from the University of Newcastle, Kate is a NAATI accredited interpreter in Auslan-English and also gained a Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. Kate has worked as a Speech Pathologist in schools for hearing impaired children and is currently a research speech pathologist at NAL. Having taugh linguistics at TAFE and the Auslan program at the University of Newcastle, she is now dedicating much of her time to her PhD assessing language skills of CALD children. She is a current member of Speech Pathology Australia and participates in the continuing professional development program.
Vivienne Martin
Research Speech Pathologist
In late 2007, Viv dived into her role on the Outcomes project with great enthusiasm and energy. After graduating from the University of Sydney as a Speech Pathologist, her time has been divided between DADAC and the private sector, working with both children and adults with speech, language, voice and swallowing.
Julia Orsini
Research Speech Pathologist
After gaining her Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) from the University of Sydney, Julia has focused her time on clinical work with children until joining NAL in 2009.
Vicky Zhang
Research Paediatric Audiologist
Vicky joined the LOCHI Study in early 2009 after completing her PhD in Audiology from the University of Hong Kong. Vicky has over 8 years clinical, training and research experience in the area of hearing assessment and rehabilitation for infants and children. She has co-authored more than 10 articles published in academic journals, and was awarded several prizes from a variety of international conferences and academic institutes. Her current research interests include amplification for children, electrophysiology, effective screening techniques in neonatal hearing screening. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, playing badminton, travelling and photography.
Sanna Hou
Paediatric Audiologist
Sanna juggles her time between the LOCHI study at NAL and Liverpool Australian Hearing centre in Liverpool. She is tireless in her dedication to her field and has a great passion for the children and families who come under her care. Since joining the LOCHI team in 2008, Sanna has become and invaluable source of experience, insight and smiles.
Angela Wong
Paediatric Audiologist
Gerrie Krynda
Paediatric Audiologist
Samantha Youn
Project Manager
Sam joined the team in 2007 to help manage the information and data that is inevitably produced by a research project of this magnitude. Now she works with Teresa to manage the project as its scope and scale becomes more complex and demanding. With an Arts degree in European languages, 10 years of experience in data management, work process optimisation, training and project management she brings a variety of skills to complement the rest of the research team.
Jessica Sjahalam
Research Officer
With a degree in Anthrology from University of Macquarie, Jess is now studying a Masters in Social Development at UNSW. After volunteering with the LOCHI afternoon tea in 2008, she joined the team full time in June 2009 and further diversies the talent pool of researchers working on this project.