Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Body section
    • Abbreviations
    • Summary
      • Key findings
  • Body section
    • 1 Introduction
      • 1.1 Ear health of Indigenous children
      • 1.2 The impact of ear health on children's development
      • 1.3 Challenges in managing otitis media in the NT Indigenous communities
      • 1.4 About this report
        • Information collected
        • Limitations of data
        • Structure of report
    • 2 Service delivery: Audiology
      • 2.1 Audiology data collection
      • 2.2 Follow-up care for children who received a CHC audiology referral
      • 2.3 Total services provided
      • 2.4 Demographic characteristics of children who received audiology services
      • 2.5 Further action required
      • 2.6 Subsequent audiology services
      • 2.7 Further need for audiology services
    • 3 Service delivery: ENT
      • 3.1 Information collected
      • 3.2 ENT follow-up care for children with an ENT referral from their CHC
      • 3.3 Total services provided
      • 3.4 Demographic characteristics of children
      • 3.5 Type of ENT consultation
      • 3.6 Results of ENT consultations
        • Type of treatment given during ENT consultations
        • Further action required
      • 3.7 Subsequent ENT consultation
      • 3.8 ENT Surgery and procedures
        • Time elapsed between surgery recommendation and operation
        • Follow-up care after ENT surgery
      • 3.9 Further need for ENT services
    • 4 Ear and hearing health status of children receiving ENT and audiology services
      • 4.1 Prevalence of middle ear conditions
      • 4.2 Hearing status and hearing impairment
        • 4.2.1 Methods of audiological assessment
        • 4.2.2 Hearing status and hearing impairment of children
        • 4.2.3 Hearing status and hearing impairment by ear disease
      • 4.3 Other studies of hearing loss in Indigenous children
      • 4.4 Changes in hearing loss, hearing impairment and middle ear condition over time
        • 4.4.1 Prevalence of middle ear conditions
        • 4.4.2 Hearing loss and hearing impairment
  • End matter
    • Appendix 1: Audiology and ENT data collection forms
    • Glossary of audiology data terms
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures