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Why music is important in working with young deaf children

A new conference will explore how children under five with hearing loss can enjoy and benefit from music.

The Music to Young Ears conference, which has been organised during Deaf Awareness Week (6-12 May 2013), is the culmination of a music and hearing research project, which has looked at the provision of music opportunities for deaf children under five years old in York, the east Riding of Yorkshire, Hull, and Lincolnshire.

It is aimed at people who work in the early years sector, early years music provision and with deaf children under the age of five. Parents and carers of deaf children as well as students studying music, community music and music technology may also find it beneficial.

The conference will explore some of the ways professionals and practitioners can engage deaf children in music effectively and provide delegates with inspiration and information about why it is important to do so.

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