Future of hearing services in Australia
Clients of the Australian Government Hearing Services Program who meet the eligibility criteria for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will transition to the NDIS by 2019-20.
Selected category: Hearing A-Z
Poor quality automated online captions
Deafness Forum is part of a group of not for profit organisations representing people who rely on captions for information, which draws attention to the growing issue of inaccessibility of online audio/visual content.
What is captioning?
Captioning is the text version of speech and other sounds that can be provided on television, DVDs, videos on the internet, cinemas, theatres and public places like museums.
Fact sheet: Protection for your ears
Wearing protective equipment can help to prevent damage to one of your most important senses.
Fact sheet: Treating hearing impairment
How hearing impairment is treated will depend on the underlying cause of the condition. For people with sensorineural hearing loss, the condition is permanent.
Fact sheet: Different causes of hearing loss
Otosclerosis is a disease that causes bony growth on the ossicles and causes the stapes to become immobile, thus not allowing sound to be transferred into the cochlea.
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