High rates of hearing loss among Indigenous people

Indigenous children have high rates of middle ear infections and hearing loss, a report says. (HANDOUT/HEARING AUSTRALIA)

Hearing loss is the main ear and hearing-related condition among Indigenous adults, while middle ear infections are still high among Indigenous children, a report says.

More than 40 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Islander people aged over seven years old have hearing loss, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.