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Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment: Ear and Hearing Health Program—July 2012 to June 2016

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Release Date: 14 Mar 2017
Topic: Indigenous Australians

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2017) Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment: Ear and Hearing Health Program—July 2012 to June 2016, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 11 June 2023.

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This report presents data on the Indigenous children and young people who participated in the audiology, ear, nose and throat (ENT) teleotology and Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) services delivered under the National Partnership Agreement on Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment. During 2012–16, 9,221 outreach audiology services were provided to 5,357 children and young people, and 3,799 ENT teleotology services to 2,434 children and young people. A total of 2,612 children participated in the CNS services and presented for 3,085 visits. Of the children and young people who received audiology services in 2015–16, 31% had a hearing impairment.

  • ISBN: 978-1-76054-088-3
  • Cat. no: IHW 176
  • Pages: 140
Findings from this report:
  • 49% of Indigenous children had some type of hearing loss

  • 32% of Indigenous children had some type hearing impairment

  • 48% of the children who had hearing loss at their first service showed improvement in hearing at their last service

  • 66% of Indigenous children were diagnosed with at least one ear condition

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Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment: Ear and Hearing Health Program—July 2012 to June 2016

14 Mar 2017

Previous releases

  • Hearing health outreach services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the Northern Territory: 2012–13 to 2014–15

    Publication | 10 Nov 2015

  • Hearing health outreach services to Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory 2012–13 and 2013–14

    Publication | 26 Feb 2015

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