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Fact sheet: Make your venue hearing friendly
Hotels, motels, and serviced apartments should provide hearing access facilities and special services to their guests.
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Fact sheet: What is Meniere’s disease?
Meniere’s disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness (vertigo), ringing in the ears (tinnitus), hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear. Meniere’s disease usually affects only one ear. Attacks of dizziness may come on suddenly or after a short period of tinnitus or muffled hearing. […]
Fact sheet: What is tinnitus?
Tinnitus is commonly described as a ringing in the ears, but it also can sound like roaring, clicking, hissing, or buzzing. It may be soft or loud, high pitched or low pitched. You might hear it in either one or both ears.
Captioning in education
This study investigated the effects of closed-captioned TV (CCTV) on the listening comprehension of intermediate English as a second language (ESL) students.
Hearing services in the NDIS
If you are a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme your NDIS Planner may refer you to the Hearing Services Program to receive certain hearing services and devices until mid-2019. The program is administered by the Department of Health. The Department contracts approximately 280 service providers to deliver fully subsidised hearing services and devices […]