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Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2021
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2022) Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2021, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 20 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2022). Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2021. Canberra: AIHW.
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 2021. AIHW, 2022.
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 2021. Canberra: AIHW; 2022.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2022, Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2021, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report is part of a series of annual reports that present information on hearing health outreach services provided to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the Northern Territory. In 2021 there were: 2,290 audiology services; 703 ear, nose and throat teleotology services; and 1,139 Clinical Nurse Specialist visits. Among children and young people who received at least 2 services between 2012 and 2021, 63% had improved hearing loss and 73% had improved hearing impairment.
In 2021, 1,987 Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory received hearing health outreach services
In 2021 among Indigenous children in the NTRAI program who had at least 1 ear condition, 1 in 2 experienced hearing loss
In 2021, 56% of Indigenous children who received NTRAI services had an ear condition diagnosed – down from 66% in 2012
In 2021, 39% of Indigenous children who received outreach audiology services had hearing loss – down from 55% in 2012
Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2021