Challenges Faced by Hearing Families with Deaf Children
More than 90% of deaf children are born to hearing parents who have limited knowledge about deafness and require comprehensive support and information to communicate with their deaf child. However, little is known about the systems that support hearing families with...
Regulating Audiologists to align with other healthcare professionals
Deafness Forum Australia is committed to supporting the registration of audiologists and audiometrists in Australia under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme, emphasising the benefits it would bring to public safety.
Funding Cuts to Community Supports
Specialist community-based supports for people who are D/deaf or have hearing loss are vital to our communities. If you are concerned about future funding for citizen representative organisations, help us understand the issues by sparing a moment to take our Survey:...
World Hearing Day: ‘No research about us, without us’ launched
‘No research about us, without us’ is Deafness Forum Australia’s good practice guide for citizen and community involvement in health, disability and medical research. Updated and launched to mark World Hearing Day in 2025, this landmark statement explains the...
World Hearing Day: safer listening for Gamers
To mark World Hearing Day on 3 March, the World Health Organization highlights the first global standard for safe listening in video gameplay and esport activities, which aims to reduce the risk of and prevent hearing loss among gamers. Previously, no safe listening...
Differences between audiometrists and audiometrists
In this editorial piece, Deafness Forum Australia shares its opinion on the importance of clearer distinctions between the roles of audiometrists and audiologists. Members of the community may encounter both audiometrists and audiologists when they seek hearing...