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Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2018) Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017. AIHW, 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017. Canberra: AIHW; 2018.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018, Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017, 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 2017, 1,870 audiology, 876 ear, nose and throat teleotology and 876 Clinical Nurse Specialist services were provided. Among children and young people who received treatment, 55% had improved hearing loss and 65% had improved hearing impairment over subsequent visits.
61% of Indigenous children who received a service were diagnosed with at least 1 ear disease
Among Indigenous children who had at least 1 ear condition, 4 in 5 experienced hearing loss
45% of Indigenous children who received a service had hearing loss
55% of Indigenous children who had hearing loss at their first service showed improvement at their last service
Northern Territory Outreach Hearing Health Program: July 2012 to December 2017