Improvements Reported in Ear Conditions Among Indigenous Children
Thursday, 26 February, 2015
Outreach services have produced positive outcomes when it comes to improving hearing loss and ear conditions common to Indigenous children.
In the latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report, Hearing health outreach services to Indigenous children and young people in the Northern Territory: 2012-13 and 2013-14 looks at ear and hearing outreach services delivered between July 2012 and June 2014 under the Australian Government's National Partnership Agreement on Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory and the Healthy Ears-Better Hearing, Better Listening Programs.
As services are targeted towards children with high need, the report's findings are not representative of the total NT Indigenous population under 21, but it does show that in 2013-14, 2,122 outreach audiology services were delivered to 1,764 Indigenous children and young people. Hearing loss was found in 55 per cent, but hearing health improved for a large proportion of the children who received two or more services.
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