Whispers Speech & Hearing Centre
"Where deaf children SPEAK"
Welcome to Whispers Speech & Hearing Centre.
Whispers Speech and Hearing Centre officially opened its doors under new management and a new name on 1 April 2014. This was mostly just an administrative change, as the important part of what we do had remained exactly the same… to provide early intervention, care, education and most of all language to hearing impaired children.
Whispers Speech and Hearing Centre now functions as a Not for Profit Section 21 Company under a Board of Directors whose diversity reflects the many communities that we work in. The Centre is registered as a Non-Profit Organization (NPO 126-074), a SARS Public Benefit Organization (PBO 930 046 427) and is BEE level 1 compliant.
Our mission
To foster and support the development of functional language in children with any degree of hearing loss, using any type of hearing technology, who may also have one or more additional challenges. Working with a natural developmental pattern, in collaboration and respecting the parent’s role as their child’s primary decision maker. To allow each child to become the unique talented person they were meant to be. In so doing we wish to share our experience and knowledge with other professionals in the field by way of training and participating in research.
Our Vision
To be a Centre of excellence, where hearing and language impaired children’s listening and spoken language potential are maximized, along with their general development, from birth to school placement and beyond.
Values
- To always act in the most professional way possible.
- To always serve & work within a relationship of trust & respect.
- To always serve & function as a team.
- To always be led by the parents we serve, to honour their role as their child’s primary case managers.
Services we provide at Whispers Centre include:
- Early Childhood Development
- Parent Guidance
- Skype Intervention
- Mainstream/School Support
- Professional Development and Student Training
