REPORT 2010 - Telethon Speech and Hearing

Telethon Speech + Hearing 2010 Annual Report
There was a high level of agreement with the majority of
the statements in the survey, which is extremely positive.
In addition, this is the first year that every mean score for
every item in every program has been 4-5.
Responses from Chatterbox and School Support
parents were similar to the high levels achieved in 2009,
but there is a noticeable improvement in the rates from
parents in the Talkabout program.
Response Rate
Table 2 presents the response rates for 2006-2010.
There is a marked improvement in the response rate
between 2006 and 2007, particularly for the Talkabout
Program, but the overall response rate declined in 2008
and 2009 and again in 2010. An overall return rate of
28% means that the results cannot be relied upon to
reflect the overall parent population. They are only an
indication of the third of the parents who participated
and generalisations cannot be made with accuracy.
Table 2
Program
Responses
received
%
Response
2010
%
Response
2009
%
Response
2008
%
Response
2007
%
Response
2006
Talkabout 42 32% 34% 50% 66% 30%
Chatterbox 14 27% 37% 52% 62%
School Support 6 15% 38% 47% 42%
Overall 62 28% 35% 54% 60% 39%
47%*
* Chatterbox/School Support Combined
20