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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ranjana Srivastava

Why Australia must break the conspiracy of silence and restore hearing to the most vulnerable

A woman with a hearing aid
‘The Australian government funds the Hearing Services Program to a tune of more than $531m dollars but, established in 1997, it still has no statement of purpose or specific objectives.’ Photograph: Rawpixel/Getty Images/iStockphoto

“If I don’t do something about my hearing, I fear I could lose my mind.”

While hearing loss is indeed a strongly modifiable risk factor for dementia, it shouldn’t have taken this pronouncement for me to pay attention.

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