HCIA Calls for a Government Funded Awareness and Education Campaign to Support Survey Findings Hearing loss in Australia is a relatively common condition that affects approximately one in seven people in Australia. The recently released AustraliaTrak 2021 survey on hearing loss and the use of hearing devices found that 14.2% of adult Australians think they […]
Hearing Awareness Week
Hearing Awareness Week is a vital part of the ongoing effort by the industry to raise the profile of issues faced by people affected by Hearing Loss.
HCIA’s Parliamentary Breakfast – Hearing Awareness Week 2020
On Wednesday 4 March 2020 during Hearing Awareness Week, the Hearing Care Industry Association held its 6th Parliamentary Breakfast at Parliament House. The breakfast was attended by the Hon Mark Coulton MP, Minister for Regional Health, Regional Communications and Local Government; the Hon Chris Bowen MP, Shadow Minister for Health; Senator Richard Colbeck, Minister for […]
Hearing Awareness Week 2018
The Hearing Care Industry Association (HCIA) welcomes the Australian parliament’s current focus on hearing health and calls on Government to declare hearing health a National Health Priority. Australia has a long history of leading the world in hearing care. For example, in 1944 Government established the Acoustic Research Laboratory to investigate the effects of noise […]
HCIA’s Parliamentary Breakfast – Hearing Awareness Week 2015
On Tuesday 18 August 2015, in the week preceding Hearing Awareness Week, the Hearing Care Industry Association held it’s 4th Parliamentary Breakfast at Parliament House. The breakfast was attended by Senator The Hon Fiona Nash, Assistant Minister for Health, and Senator The Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Human Services, Mr Nick Champion, representing the Leader of the […]
HCIA’s Parliamentary Breakfast – Hearing Awareness Week 2014
On Wednesday 27 August 2014, the Hearing Care Industry Association (HCIA) held its 3rd Parliamentary Breakfast at Parliament House. The breakfast coincided with Hearing Awareness Week. The breakfast was attended by Senator The Hon Fiona Nash, Assistant Minister for Health, and Senator The Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Human Services along with over 40 other guests […]
Hearing Awareness Week
Hearing Awareness Week is a vital part of the ongoing effort by the industry to raise the profile of issues faced by people affected by Hearing Loss. Parliamentary Breakfast – Hearing Awareness Week 2020 To help raise awareness of hearing health and impairment this World Hearing Day and during Hearing Awareness Week HCIA commissioned Deloitte […]