Hearing loss is costing Australia $15 billion a year in health system costs and lost productivity.
Australia needs a national strategy to address the high social and economic costs of hearing loss.
More common than heart disease, cancer and diabetes. 500,000 hearing aids are bought every year in Australia.
Hearing loss affects 70% of people over the age of 70 and it has a huge impact on quality of life.
10,000 people whose first language is Auslan deserve better access to education, jobs & community life.
The peak national body representing the interests of Australians who are concerned with the quality of their hearing and the effects it has on their lives and the people around them.
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The Audiology Australia 2020 Conference in Perth, ‘Audiology at the Cutting Edge: Shaping Your Future’ will bring audiologists and other professionals together to forge a proactive and positive approach to the future, by sharing and expanding current knowledge, skills...
Help fix Disability Royal Commission submission form
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Parents vocal about hearing loss
Beth Leipholtz writes, Our three-month-old baby Cooper is profoundly deaf. When I heard that for the first time, when it became real to us, I was terrified. In retrospect, I think much of that fear stemmed from my lack of knowledge. I didn’t know what that diagnosis...