A PARLIAMENTARY committee report has revealed up to 70 per cent of children in Western Australia's northwest have hearing problems that are affecting their ability to learn.
The Legislative Assembly's Education and Health Standing Committee tabled its 18th report on Thursday and chairwoman Janet Woollard said she was shocked at the "Third World prevalence" of otitis media, commonly known as glue ear, in many regional communities and the Health Department's inadequate response to the treatable condition.
"Children with recurrent otitis media can be severely impacted in the classroom where they cannot hear the teacher," she said.
"As a result, they may opt out or act out and disrupt the class.
"Their subsequent lack of learning damages their future life prospects."
Dr Woollard said the government needed to address deafness by medical or surgical intervention as a matter of priority.
"The government should establish a mobile surgical bus to treat children with hearing problems in remote and rural areas," she said.
"If the Fred Hollows Foundation can restore sight in the field in Third World countries, then we as a First World country should be able to restore hearing using a mobile surgical bus."
The committee also found the government should prioritise the use of phonics in the teaching of literacy in all schools to improve learning, and expand programs for gifted students.
It also found unacceptably high rates of non-attendance at schools.
"The Department of Education's response to attendance issues is fragmented and ill defined," Dr Woollard said.
"School principals carry the overwhelming responsibility for attendance with little support from the department.
"The Education Department needs to implement a structured intervention policy to give all children a good start to life."
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