Deaf children around Northland and New Zealand will benefit from proceeds raised on Loud Shirt Day this month.
Each year people at hundreds of schools and companies around New Zealand find their loudest shirt and wear it on Loud Shirt Day where money raised helps deaf children with cochlear implants or hearing aids learn to listen and speak like their hearing friends.
Thanks to cochlear implant technology and specialised therapy called Auditory-Verbal Therapy, deaf children can develop clear, natural-sounding speech.
The Hearing House which along with the Southern Cochlear Implant Programme benefit from funds raised on Loud Shirt Day, next Friday, and use the funds to help profoundly deaf children.
This year will be the tenth year that Loud Shirt Day has raised funds to help deaf kids to learn to listen and speak. Last year it raised over $220,000 which was the best year so far. Registrations are open and already more than 500 organisations across NZ are keen to put on their onesies and loud shirts.
