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Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Deafness Forum Australia

Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Deafness Forum Australia

Dear members, This is to advise you of the upcoming Annual General Meeting of the members of Deafness Forum Australia. It will be held online on Wednesday 30 November 2022 at 3pm AEDT, 2.30pm ACDT, 12pm AWST. At the meeting, members will have the opportunity to: find out and ask questions about Deafness Forum’s operations […]

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It’s not bad enough to qualify me for the NDIS

It’s not bad enough to qualify me for the NDIS

My experience with hearing loss support shows ‘fixing’ Labor’s NDIS will be no easy feat By Annabel Hennessy writing for The West Australian I was 21 and just about to graduate from university when I was first diagnosed as hearing impaired. When he looked at the scores from my hearing test, the audiologist said he […]

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Help develop best practice guidelines for adults with hearing loss

Help develop best practice guidelines for adults with hearing loss

Calling all adults interested in being part of a working group to develop best practice guidelines for adults with hearing loss. A number of representatives from the ANZ hearing community have gathered in order to provide recommendations on how to develop and implement meaningful, patient-centred best practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of adults […]

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Focus on noise in National Safe Work Month

Focus on noise in National Safe Work Month

Everyone has the right to be safe at work. The first week of National Safe Work Month focuses on some common health and safety risks and how to control these to keep workers safe. Noise can damage your hearing if it’s too loud. Both sudden, loud noises, like an explosion, and constant, loud noise, like working near industrial machinery, can […]

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Auslan users in Australia today: new Census snapshot

Auslan users in Australia today: new Census snapshot

The Australian Census report shows slightly more than 16,000 people use Auslan. The number includes people for whom Auslan is their primary or only language, and also people who use Auslan at home to communicate with native Auslan users, such as children of Deaf adults. A majority of Auslan users were living in Queensland, Victoria […]

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