So how much does, and will, the National Disability Insurance Scheme actually cost? Who is supposed to pay for it and why is there debate over the funding? These are difficult questions to answer because we lack high-quality data about the extent and nature of disability in Australia. The information we do have is based […]
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If you are a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme your NDIS Planner may refer you to the Australian Government 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 […]
Huey Lewis & The News has cancelled its 2018 tour. Billboard magazine reported that the lead singer, Lewis, said in the statement that he has lost most of his hearing due to an inner ear disorder. “Two and a half months ago, just before a show in Dallas, I lost most my hearing,” Lewis said […]
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The 20th annual Libby Harricks Memorial Oration will be presented in 2018 by Dr Graeme Innes AM. Watch it ‘live’ on the internet or be part of the audience free. Graeme Innes has been a human rights practitioner for more than thirty years. He was a Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission, […]
The Federal Government will introduce changes to make Private Health Insurance simpler and more affordable. The Government set up a Taskforce to work out the detail of these reforms. This Taskforce has finished its investigation. Among the recommendations is a proposed change that could reduce people’s access to implanted devices for hearing loss surgery. What […]
If you are healthy and “out of the blue” one ear suddenly feels blocked, regard it as a medical emergency. That’s the message in the Medical Journal of Australia Insight. A blocked or full sensation can be a forerunner of hearing loss or tinnitus in that ear, unless treated swiftly. The feeling of an ear […]