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Hearing well keeps you connected

Hearing well keeps you connected with family and friends, community and culture. One in six people in Australia have problems with their hearing, but you can get help.

Have a yarn with your doctor or health worker or visit health.gov.au/hearing to find out more.

Harder to hear

It is getting harder to hear things?

As you get older, you (or the people around you) might start to notice changes to your hearing such as:

• Not answering questions when asked
• Asking for things to be said again
• Having trouble hearing on the phone
• Not being able to hear in noisy places
• Not wanting to be with family or friends because it’s hard to hear

If some or all of these things are happening to you, it might be early signs of hearing loss.

To know for sure, you can get your hearing checked.

Have a yarn with your doctor or health worker or visit health.gov.au/hearing to find out more.

Hearing check

If you think your hearing has changed, your doctor or health worker can help you get a hearing check. This may be done by an audiologist or audiometrist— health workers that specialise in hearing—at your local Aboriginal Medical Service, your local clinic or by visiting a hearing service provider, depending on where you live.

For Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people 50 years and over, hearing checks are free through Hearing Australia, under the CSO component of the Hearing Services Program.

Have a yarn with your doctor or health worker or visit health.gov.au/hearing to find out more.

Help for hearing loss is available at our clinic

When you can’t hear well, it can make you feel like you’re missing out on things—like yarns with family and friends, important news at work or from your health worker, or even the referee’s call at the footy. But you don’t have to miss out because help for hearing loss is available.

Have a yarn with your doctor or health worker or visit health.gov.au/hearing to find out more.

What was that?

Do you feel like you can’t hear as well as you used to? If you think your hearing has changed, your doctor or health worker can help you get a hearing check. You can get help.

Have a yarn with your doctor or health worker or visit health.gov.au/hearing to find out more.

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