A six-year study of older Australians has uncovered an Australian-first association between the impact of hearing loss on cognitive abilities and increased risk for dementia. In Australia, hearing loss affects 74% of people aged over 70. International studies estimate...
A review of the Hearing Services Program (HSP) is underway. A Government-appointed panel is currently reviewing the HSP to identify possible reforms to ensure that the program remains client-focused while modernising key components in the context of policy, markets...
Members and friends of Deafness Forum of Australia are invited to attend the annual general meeting conducted via video conference in early 2021, date and time to be announced after Christmas. The business of the meeting: accept the minutes of the previous AGM accept...
The Government has begun a major review of the Hearing Services Program (HSP). The aim of the HSP is to reduce the incidence and consequences of avoidable hearing loss in the Australian community by providing access to high quality hearing services and devices. The...
Button batteries are lurking everywhere in your home — hearing aids, remote controls, kitchen scales, birthday cards, children's toys and countless other products. If swallowed, a button battery can become stuck in a child’s throat and result in catastrophic injuries...
Like all hearing people in North-East Arnhem land, the head of the local school at Yirrkala grew up using sign language as much as she spoke – in the same way hearing and non-hearing Indigenous people in northern Australia had communicated for 60,000 years. "It was an...