Anne McGrath is Education Manager at Media Access Australia (MAA) and also works as a Teacher of the Deaf. Anne combines her experience with students who are deaf and those who have hearing impairment, to inform her role at MAA. Media Access Australia’s comprehensive Education Strategy includes the exploration and development of a best practice model for accessibility to captioned educational multimedia. Anne has worked as a primary school teacher in mainstream schools and with the NSW Department of Health. Anne also currently works with the Catholic Education Office Sydney, as a Teacher of the Deaf; and has worked in that role with the NSW Department of Education and Training and the Royal Institute of Deaf and Blind Children. Anne has personal experience of hearing impairment, growing up with a deaf mother and being hearing impaired herself. Anne uses hearing instruments and assistive listening devices as part of her daily life.