Dimity Dornan

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]

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]

Awards

Churchill Fellowship 1992
Member of the Order of Australia 1998
Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia 1999
Australian Medical Association (AMA) Award for Distinction for Services to Medicine 1999
Australian of the Year for Queensland 2003
Ernst & Young Australian Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2005
Suncorp Queenslander of the Year 2010
University of Queensland Alumnus of the Year 2011^[12]
Telstra Business Women’s Awards Business Woman of the Year for Queensland and White Pages Community and Government Award (2011)
Queensland Greats 2013
Dame of Honour 2013
Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller) 2013
Officer of the Order of Australia 2014
Lord Mayor's Business Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award 2014
McCullough Robertson Life Sciences Queensland Industry Excellence Award 2015
Women in Technology Life Sciences Award 2016
Brisbane Women in Business Award (Innovation and Technology) 2016
Women in Technology Life Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award 2016
Women in Business Innovation and Technology Award 2016 ^[13]
Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2017
Queensland Senior Australian of the Year 2018 ^[14]

References

^ a b "Dimity Dornan awarded Queenslander of the Year". Courier Mail. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ a b 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.
^ "The Dimity Dornan Hear and Say Master of Speech Pathology Scholarship". Griffith University. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ "Dr Dimity Dornan AO". 2013 Queensland Greats recipients. 14 August 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ "Family training sessions in listening and spoken language therapy". John Villiers Trust. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
^ "2022 Australia Day Ambassador Program Biography Dimity and Peter Dornan". Isaac Regional Council. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ a b "Meet Dr Dimity Dornan". Bionics Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "The listening brain". Apple Podcasts. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
^ "Dr Dimity Dornan AO". Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. State Library of Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ State Library of Queensland (12 May 2022). "Game Changers : in conversation with Queensland entrepreneur Dr Dimity Dornan AO". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "Elected positions to the 34th Senate (2018-2021)". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^ "Dr Dimity Dornan AO - Alumni & Community - University of Queensland". The University of Queensland. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
^ "Ambassadors - Australia Day". Australia Day. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Australian of the Year Awards". National Australia Day Council. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.

External links

State Library of Queensland - Dr Dimity Dornan AO digital story and oral history : Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame 2017
Women in Technology
Disability and carers
State Library of Queensland - The Petrie Family
State Library of Queensland - Alice with eyes a-shine
State Library of Queensland - Proquest - Social inclusion for children with hearing loss in listening and spoken Language early intervention: an exploratory study
State Library of Queensland - Proquest - Exploring the impact of spoken language on social inclusion for children with hearing loss ...
Hear and Say
Bionics Queensland
The University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences - Profile - Dr Dimity Dornan, Adjunct Professor
Senior Australian of the Year Awards
Churchill Trust Fellow - Dimity Dornan

[:1-1] "Dimity Dornan awarded Queenslander of the Year". Courier Mail. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[:2-2] 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.

[5] "Family training sessions in listening and spoken language therapy". John Villiers Trust. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

[6] "2022 Australia Day Ambassador Program Biography Dimity and Peter Dornan". Isaac Regional Council. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.

[:0-7] "Meet Dr Dimity Dornan". Bionics Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[8] "The listening brain". Apple Podcasts. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[9] "Dr Dimity Dornan AO". Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame. State Library of Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[10] State Library of Queensland (12 May 2022). "Game Changers : in conversation with Queensland entrepreneur Dr Dimity Dornan AO". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[11] "Elected positions to the 34th Senate (2018-2021)". University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[12] "Dr Dimity Dornan AO - Alumni & Community - University of Queensland". The University of Queensland. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[13] "Ambassadors - Australia Day". Australia Day. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.

[14] "Australian of the Year Awards". National Australia Day Council. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.