Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2022
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Topic: First Nations people
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2023) Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2022, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 October 2024. doi:10.25816/6e9a-g413
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2023). Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2022. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/6e9a-g413
MLA
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 2022. AIHW, 2023. doi:10.25816/6e9a-g413
Vancouver
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 2022. Canberra: AIHW; 2023. doi:10.25816/6e9a-g413
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2023, Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2022, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/6e9a-g413
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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 2022 there were: 1,956 audiology services; 575 ear, nose and throat teleotology services; and 941 Clinical Nurse Specialist visits. Among children and young people who received at least 2 services between 2012 and 2022, 64% had improved hearing loss and 73% had improved hearing impairment.
- ISBN: 978-1-923085-13-8
- DOI: 10.25816/6e9a-g413
- Cat. no: IHW 280
- Pages: 81
Findings from this report:
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In 2022, 1,751 First Nations children and young people received hearing outreach services in the Northern Territory
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In 2022, 34% of First Nations children who received outreach audiology services had hearing loss – down from 55% in 2012
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In 2022, 55% of First Nations children who received hearing outreach services had an ear condition diagnosed
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In 2022, 1 in 2 First Nations children in the NTRAI program who had at least 1 ear condition experienced hearing loss