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Hearing impairment

Alternative labels
Children with a hearing impairment
Hard of hearing
People with a hearing impairment
Hearing disorder
Subject Hierarchy
Broader terms
Sensory disability
Current term
Hearing impairment
Narrower terms
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Journal article

‘Sometimes they’re gammin, playing tricks, but sometimes it’s ears.’ The perspectives of urban parents and carers of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on their journey to diagnosis of persistent ear health and hearing problems

This study investigated how access to, and availability of, ear health and hearing services contributes to the burden of avoidable hearing loss experienced by young, urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families.
Report

Voice of the patient report: living with sensorineural hearing loss


There is a continued unmet need for solutions to support people with hearing loss. The information in this report, gathered from people living with hearing loss, will be used to guide drug and technology development and inform the U.S Food and Drug Administration’s benefit-risk evaluations when reviewing technologies and therapeutics to address hearing loss.
Report

Queensland’s Deadly Ears Program


Queensland’s Deadly Ears Program aims to reduce the impact of ear disease and hearing loss on Indigenous children by providing a range of frontline services in remote areas. This report summarises the services provided by the program between 2007 and 2019.
Discussion paper

Inclusive juries – access for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision: consultation paper


The Victorian Law Reform Commission has released this consultation paper as part of their consideration over what changes to legislation and practices should be made to enhance access for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have low vision who wish to serve as jurors in Victoria.
Journal article

The impact of hearing impairment on early academic achievement in Aboriginal children living in remote Australia: a data linkage study

This study aimed to investigate prevalence of otitis media (OM) and related hearing loss in Aboriginal children living in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia.