Hearing loss is an important component of healthy ageing. Yet, the current hype is focused on the association between hearing loss and cognition, in particular, risk of dementia. One could be forgiven for thinking it is only worth addressing hearing loss because of...
Hearing loss affects communication and social engagement and limits educational and employment opportunities. Effective treatment for hearing loss is available in the form of communication training (for example, lipreading and auditory training), hearing aids and...
You can access a free preview of our Read Our Lips Australia online lipreading course to see what it is all about. Read Our Lips Australia is a self-paced online learning platform that is dedicated to supporting those with hearing loss and their families, by improving...
State and Territory Health Ministers have agreed to consider options for regulating the audiology profession in the future, including regulation under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. Audiology is currently a self-regulating profession. Occupational...
The new Aged Care Act, which will come into effect later this year, states that one of its objectives is to assist individuals accessing funded aged care services to live active, self-determined, and meaningful lives. But how are we going to achieve this, while we...
Deafness Forum Australia hosted a roundtable meeting with a select group of influential stakeholders with a shared aim of helping to address the ear care and hearing health disparities in First Nations communities. The Roundtable, in March 2024 in Canberra, was...