Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018
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Topic: First Nations people
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 September 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018. AIHW, 2019.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report presents information on hearing health outreach services provided to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the Northern Territory. It shows that in 2018, 1,922 audiology; 717 ear, nose and throat teleotology; and 905 Clinical Nurse Specialist services were provided. Among children and young people who received treatment, 57% had improved hearing loss and 68% had improved hearing impairment.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-593-2 (Online)
- Cat. no: IHW 213
- Pages: 68
Findings from this report:
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61% of Indigenous children who received a service were diagnosed with at least 1 ear disease
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Among Indigenous children who had at least 1 ear condition, 2 in 3 experienced hearing loss
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47% of Indigenous children who received a service had hearing loss
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57% of Indigenous children who had hearing loss at their first service showed improvement at their last service