The Commonwealth Government's new budget, released on 6 October 2020, will commit $21million in the next 5 years to implement some of the key actions listed in the national Roadmap for Hearing Health in Australia. $5million for a public hearing health awareness and...
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Under-reporting of hearing impairment limits life choices
As part of the 2018–19 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged seven years and over across Australia participated in a voluntary hearing test. The independent hearing test found more than 43 per...
Opioid use can trigger deafness: effects could be permanent
Opioids are often used as medicines because they contain chemicals that relax the body and can relieve pain. Prescription opioids are used mostly to treat moderate to severe pain. Researchers identified 41 people with opioid exposure who experienced full or partial...
Children and young adults fitted with hearing aids or implants
New data - children and young adults fitted with hearing aids or cochlear implants in Australia. This report contains summary data on children and young adults fitted with hearing aids or cochlear implants in Australia. In 2019, Hearing Australia supported the...
Crucial service: Earbus reaches far and wide in Western Australia
Earbus Foundation of WA works with regional, remote (and now metropolitan) communities across Western Australia to treat and reduce the high rates of ear disease and hearing loss in Aboriginal babies and children. Earbus features local Aboriginal schoolchildren’s art...
Questions you always wanted to ask a person with hearing loss
People who don’t have hearing loss might find it hard to imagine what living with hearing loss is like – and might be shy about asking. But understanding hearing loss is a way to break down stigma and dispel misconceptions. Shari Eberts, Gael Hannan, and Nick Tedd...