Australia urgently needs a national strategy to address the social and economic costs of hearing loss.
People who communicate in Australian Sign Language need better access to education, employment and community life.
Hearing loss affects 70% of people over the age of 70 and it has a huge impact on quality of life.
Hearing loss is costing Australia $15billion a year in health system costs and lost productivity.
Hearing loss doesn't discriminate. It is more common than asthma, heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
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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Notice of Annual General Meeting
Members and friends of Deafness Forum of Australia are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting. Friday 7 December 2018 from 12 noon. Australian Hearing Hub, 16 University Ave at Macquarie University in Sydney. HEARnet CRC seminar room. Agenda approve the minutes...
What’s going on with My Health Record?
What’s going on with My Health Record? You will get one automatically next year. But if you don’t want a My Health Record, complete the online process by 31 January 2019. The deadline for opting-out was to have been this month (Nov 2018) but the Government responded...
NSW Parliamentary Friends of Hearing Health & Deafness
Fifteen organisations in the hearing health sector met with parliamentarians in Sydney at the inaugural gathering of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Hearing Health & Deafness at the NSW Parliament building. Felicity Wilson MP, member for North Sydney is the Chair...