The CEO of Kelston Deaf Education Centre in New Zealand has welcomed the new information booklets printed in the Samoan and Tongan languages.
The booklets Au Meafaalogo and Ko Ho'o Me'a-Fanongo which took two years to complete was developed and launched by the Oticon Foundation during Deaf Awareness week.
Among other things the booklet provides tips and hints on how to look after hearing aids.
And David Foster says he's more than pleased with the booklets because it shows that there's no barriers when it comes to deafness.
"New Zealand's educational environment is multicultural is multi-ethnic and it's multi-lingual, and so to reach out to families by giving them information in a language in which they're comfortable can only benefit."
And because many children are not diagnosed with deafness until they are four or five and starting school, Oticon New Zealand is now working with the government who has an initiative to screen all newborn babies within hours of birth.
