Professor Teresa Y.C. Ching is Professorial Fellow at NextSense Institute and conjointly Professor of Education and Disability Studies at Macquarie University.  She is also an Honorary Professor at University of Queensland in Australia. Teresa’s research is dedicated to improving the lives and outcomes of children with hearing loss. Teresa is particularly interested in seeing the results of her research used by policy makers and service providers and manufacturers in hearing rehabilitation to reduce the impact of hearing loss on language, literacy, educational attainment, mental health, and quality of life. Teresa is the lead author or co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed articles.