Cost per hearing aid (without insurance) in Australia

ㅡ  Public insurance: certain groups have partial to full coverage of costs. Pension concession cardholders and war veterans are covered through the Office of Hearing Services Voucher Scheme. 

*  Children aged 26 years or younger and at-risk patients with complex disease and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are covered through the Community Service Obligation scheme. 

*  Older patients with disabilities are covered through the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Majority of adults over 26 years of age pay out-of-pocket

Insurance coverage for hearing aids in Australia

Hearing aids are regulated by Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia. 

Regulation of hearing aids approved for sale in Australia

Patients must have medical clearance from a physician before referral to an audiologist or hearing aid audiometrist.

Hearing aid purchasing pathways in Australia

1) Cost per hearing aid (without insurance)

2) Insurance coverage for hearing aids

3) Regulation of hearing aids approved for sale

4) Hearing aid purchasing pathways

Pepperdine University

While research has shown that age-related hearing loss is the single greatest modifiable risk factor for dementia, use of hearing aids remains low worldwide, even in many middle- and high-income countries. 

Access to adults’ hearing aids: Policies and technologies used in eight countries

Yong, M., Willink, A., McMahon, C., McPherson, B., Nieman, C. L., Reed, N. S., & Lin, F. R. (2019). Access to adults' hearing aids: policies and technologies used in eight countries. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(10), 699–710. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.18.228676

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