Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title and verso pages
    • Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abbreviations
    • Symbols
    • Summary
  • Body section
    • 1 Introduction
      • 1.1 Background
      • 1.2 Australian government funded hearing health programs in the Northern Territory
      • 1.3 How services are provided
      • 1.4 Data collection, management and reporting
      • 1.5 Report structure
    • 2 Preventive interventions and ear health promotion
    • 3 Audiology services
      • 3.1 Audiology services provided
      • 3.2 Results of hearing assessment
      • 3.3 Changes in hearing loss and impairment
      • 3.4 Demand for audiology services
    • 4 Ear, nose and throat teleotology services
      • 4.1 ENT teleotology services
      • 4.2 Demand for teleotology services
    • 5 Clinical Nurse Specialist services
      • 5.1 Children and visits
      • 5.2 Types of services provided
      • 5.3 Ear health of service recipients
    • 6 Ear conditions
      • 6.1 Types of ear conditions diagnosed
      • 6.2 Hearing status of children and young people with ear conditions
      • 6.3 Changes in ear conditions
      • 6.4 Disease progression of chronic otitis media
    • 7 Special analyses: young people who exited the hearing health programs
      • 7.1 Number of services received
      • 7.2 Changes in ear and hearing health for young people who exited hearing health programs
      • 7.3 Further actions and recommendations for young people who exited hearing health programs
  • End matter
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: Data item summary for hearing health data collections
      • Appendix B: Data collection forms and information collected
      • Appendix C: Data quality statements
        • Northern Territory outreach audiology data collection
        • Northern Territory ENT teleotology data collection
        • Northern Territory Clinical Nurse Specialist data collection
      • Appendix D: Hearing facility locations in the Northern Territory
      • Appendix E: Comparison of hearing impairment standards
      • Appendix F: Additional tables
    • Glossary
    • References
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • List of boxes
    • Related publications