Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2019) Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 27 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2019). Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018. 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 2018. AIHW, 2019.
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 2018. Canberra: AIHW; 2019.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019, Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2018, 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 2018, 1,922 audiology; 717 ear, nose and throat teleotology; and 905 Clinical Nurse Specialist services were provided. Among children and young people who received treatment, 57% had improved hearing loss and 68% had improved hearing impairment.
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, 2 in 3 experienced hearing loss
47% of Indigenous children who received a service had hearing loss
57% of Indigenous children who had hearing loss at their first service showed improvement at their last service
23 Dec 2019 - update to text on p9 as RAHC is not the only service provider in this area and not the only one affected by a shortage of specialists.
The full data quality statements can be found online for the following three data collections:
Outreach audiology data collection
