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The Dutch Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child, abbreviated to NSDSK, is a healthcare provider and knowledge institution founded on July 9, 1953 in Amsterdam. The NSDSK provides treatment for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and/or have a language development disorder (DLD). Contents

1 Organization 2 Neonatal hearing screening 3 Treatment groups 4 Dutch Sign Language 5 Recognized courses 6 Part power 7 Publications 8 External link

Organization

The NSDSK consists of four departments: Early Treatment, Audiological Center Holland North, Research and Development and Early Recognition of Hearing Disorders. The Audiological Center Holland North (ACHN) in Alkmaar diagnoses and provides hearing rehabilitation for children and adults. The research department of the NSDSK conducts practice-oriented scientific research into auditory and communication disabilities. The department is also committed to developing treatment methods and measuring their effects. Neonatal hearing screening

NSDSK collaborates with youth health care (JGZ) in the field of neonatal hearing screening.[1] NSDSK developed the screening software and administration system - the Neonatal Hearing Screening Information System (CANG/NIS) - but also became responsible for training employees to carry out the screening. After parental consent, the data from the screening is passed on by the audiological center to NSDSK, which maintains the diagnostic database for the Netherlands.[2][3] Treatment groups

NSDSK has a treatment group for deaf and hearing-impaired toddlers from one and a half to four years old at four locations: De Knipoog is located in Amsterdam Oud Zuid and Zuidoost, Alkmaar and Haarlem. She has treatment group De Ster at eighteen locations for TOS toddlers. Dutch Sign Language

In 1981, the NDSDK carried out the KOMVA project[4] in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam, the first national inventory of signs with the aim of compiling a sign dictionary. Signs were asked based on 2,000 words from groups of deaf people in the five regions. This ultimately resulted in 15,000 gestures on video. Not only regional differences were found, but also many differences between older and younger sign users. Recognized training courses

In collaboration with the Bascule, an academic center for child and adolescent psychiatry, the NDSDK may offer the training to become a clinical psychologist from 2015 to 2019. In collaboration with the University Audiological Center (VUmc), the ACHN of the NSDSK offers a four-year training course as a clinical physicist-audiologist.[5] In addition, the NSDSK has an Academy where education and training is offered for professionals and parents/carers of clients. The training and (re)authorization of neonatal hearing screeners is also done through the NSDSK Academy.[6] Part power

Just like Kentalis and Auris, the NSDSK is an expertise organization recognized by ZonMw in the field of auditory and communication disabilities. Since 2020, the three organizations have been working together under the name Deelkracht, which other organizations active in the sector have also joined. The collaboration consists of various sub-programs: deaf/hard of hearing, language development disorder, deaf-blindness and multiple communication disabilities.[7] Publications

The overview of publications below is not complete.

1988 - Notation system for Dutch signs, KOMVA, Stroombergen, M., Schermer, G.M., published by NSDSK (Amsterdam) 1993 - Emotional gestures from Dutch Sign Language, KOMVA, R. Harder, G.M. Schermer, published by NSDSK and Van Tricht. 2006 - National implementation of neonatal hearing screening, Kauffman-de Boer MA, Uilenburg N, Schuitema T, Vinks E, Brink van den G, Ploeg van der CPB, Hille E, Verkerk PH., published by NSDSK (Amsterdam) ​