HNY2026Happy New Year!

The NatSIP Steering Group wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2026.
Thank you to for your support of NatSIP during 2025 and for all you do for children and young people with deafness, multi sensory and vision impairment.  
We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at NatSIP and NatSIP partner events in 2026.

Lindsey Jane Rousseau
NatSIP Facilitator

 

Two Top 10 research priority lists in Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss

Deaf children and people with experience of childhood deafness from across the UK have come together to highlight what matters most to children affected by deafness and hearing loss, as part of a project funded by the National Deaf Children’s Society and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

On September 18th they published the two Top 10 research priority lists in Childhood Deafness and Hearing Loss! You can find the official press release from NDCS here: https://www.ndcs.org.uk/about-us/news-and-media/deaf-children-share-insights-what-researchers-should-study-next [ndcs.org.uk]

Alongside sharing the results, they have also announced the launch of the exciting legacy group Childhood Deafness Research Network, which will bring people together to address the research priorities on childhood deafness that were identified. Here are the links to the network and the two lists of Top 10 priorities:

https://childdeafnessresearch.co.uk/

https://childdeafnessresearch.co.uk/top-10-priorities-ranked-by-adults/

https://childdeafnessresearch.co.uk/top-10-priorities-ranked-by-children/