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Welcoming today’s release of the Report of the Independent Review of the Hearing Services Program, Audiology Australia (AudA) says the Hearing Services Program’s (HSP) success and effectiveness in meeting individuals’ hearing health needs is dependent on holistic service delivery.

Audiology Australia (AudA) has announced changes to its Board this week following the re-election of Dr Barbra Timmer and Dr Bec Bennet, and the appointment of new Director, Next Sense Area Manager and Clinical Audiologist, Cleon Kirby.

Audiology Australia (AudA) has backed calls urging the Australian Government to embed the rights of older people in a reformed Aged Care Act, as one of over 25 signatories to a joint statement with The Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) released today.

Launching today, Audiology Australia’s (AudA) National Competency Standards for Audiologists (NCS) will provide consumers, audiology students, professionals and the Australian Health and Aged Care sectors greater transparency on contemporary audiology training and practice in Australia.

Audiology Australia has developed a client guidance on self-fitting hearing devices to assist with understanding what self-fitting hearing devices are and some of the challenges that may be associated with purchasing, fitting and adjusting a self-fitting hearing device.

From 22 June 2022, manufacturers, importers, wholesalers and retailers of button batteries or consumer goods that contain button batteries supplied to Australia must comply with the applicable Australian mandatory safety and information standards.

The Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS has been conducting an inquiry into the NDIS workforce. As part of the inquiry, a National Workforce Plan has been released which sets out the Australian Government’s vision to build a responsive and capable workforce to support NDIS participants.

Audiology Australia is developing guidelines for hearing health care practitioners and hearing services providers to support the safe and effective delivery of hearing services by telehealth to people wherever they live.

In 2019, the Australian Government established the Primary Health Reform Steering Group (Steering Group) to provide independent expert advice to guide the development of the Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan for primary health care reform and implementation of the voluntary patient registration measure for all Australians.