Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2016
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Topic: First Nations people
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2016, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 09 September 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2017). Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2016. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2016. AIHW, 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2016. Canberra: AIHW; 2017.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2017, Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2016, 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 2016, 2,452 audiology, 1,020 ear, nose and throat teleotology and 1,156 Clinical Nurse Specialist services were provided. Of those children and young people who received treatment 51% had improved hearing loss and 62% had improved hearing impairment.
- ISBN: 978-1-76054-242-9
- Cat. no: IHW 189
- Pages: 60
Findings from this report:
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63% of Indigenous children were diagnosed with at least 1 ear condition
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45% of Indigenous children had some type of hearing loss
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28% of children had some type of hearing impairment
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51% of children who had hearing loss at their first service showed improvement at their last service