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Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2019
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2019, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 July 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2019. 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 2019. AIHW, 2020.
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 2019. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2019, 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 2019, 2,156 audiology; 770 ear, nose and throat teleotology; and 1,119 Clinical Nurse Specialist services were provided. Among children and young people who received treatment, 61% had improved hearing loss and 71% had improved hearing impairment.
62% 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, 1 in 2 experienced hearing loss
42% of Indigenous children who received a service had hearing loss
61% of Indigenous children who had hearing loss at their first service showed improvement at their last service
Hearing health outreach services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in the Northern Territory: July 2012 to December 2019