Dimity Dornan

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Dr Dimity Dornan AO

Dimity Dornan AO is a speech pathologist, author, social entrepreneur, bionics advocate, researcher, and businesswoman in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is the founder of the Hear and Say Centre for Deaf Children on 6 July 1992 and helped initiate newborn hearing screening in Queensland hospitals, the first such program in Australia. She has received Australian of the Year for Queensland in 2003, and the Suncorp Queenslander of the Year in 2010. [1] [2] Griffith University offers a Dimity Dornan Hear and Say Master of Speech Pathology Scholarship for second year students who have an interest in paediatric speech pathology and working in a regional area. [3]

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Career

Dornan was the first speech pathology graduate at the University of Queensland, and the first speech pathologist to work at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. [4]

Dornan has been attributed for her ground-breaking auditory verbal work which has assisted families and hearing-impaired children throughout Queensland. Hear and Say is now a global Hearing Health Education and Development Program with six centres across Queensland, including a telepractice for remote regions of Queensland. [5] [6]

Dornan is the founder of Bionics Queensland (BioniQ) which was established to promote the development of the human bionic industry in Queensland. [7]

Dornan is also the founder of Human Bionics Interface, which an international network of bionics researchers, clinicians, businesses that share projects to delivery bionics solutions. [7] [8]

Dornan retired from the role as Executive Director, Hear and Say, and moved into an ambassador role in 2022.

Achievements

In 2017, Dornan was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. [9] [10]

In October 2017, Dornan was elected to the University of Queensland Senate by the graduates of the university. [11]

In 2003 she received Australian of the Year for Queensland, and in 2010 the Suncorp Queenslander of the Year. [1] [2]

Criticism and controversy

In 2007, Dornan drew the ire of many in the Deaf community for labelling deafness as "a scourge" and for comparing advances in cochlear implants and hearing technology to the eradication of Polio, [12] [13] with one Deaf writer describing Dornan's remarks as "vilification" and accusing her of promoting "cultural genocide". [14]

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dimity Dornan awarded Queenslander of the Year". Courier Mail. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. 1 2 Kelly, Fran (6 January 2005). "In Conversation with Dimity Dornan". ABC Radio National. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Dimity Dornan Hear and Say Master of Speech Pathology Scholarship". Griffith University. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dr Dimity Dornan AO". 2013 Queensland Greats recipients. 14 August 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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  6. ↑ "2022 Australia Day Ambassador Program Biography Dimity and Peter Dornan". Isaac Regional Council. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Meet Dr Dimity Dornan". Bionics Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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  12. ↑ Griffin, Michelle (13 October 2011). "Deaf groups angry at comment by disabled children's educator". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  13. ↑ Carty, Breda (17 October 2011). "Strong and proud: Deaf community has no need for self-appointed champions". The Conversation. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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