Government-funded hearing aid dispensing company in Australia
Hearing Australia
Formation
1947; 77 years ago (1947)[1]
Type
Statutory authority
Services
Assisted hearing solutions
Methods
Hearing Australia centres
Managing Director
Kim Terrell[2]
Chief Operating Officer
Gina Mavrias[3]
Chair of the Board of Directors
Elizabeth Crouch AM[4]
Parent organization
Services Australia
Revenue (2019 FY)
A$241 million[5]
Expenses (2019 FY)
A$226 million[6]
Website
https://hearing.com.au
Formerly called
Australian Hearing[7]
Hearing Australia is a statutory authority constituted under the Australian Hearing Services Act 1991. Hearing Australia is the largest provider of government-funded hearing services in Australia. One of their areas of interest is hearing testing and rehabilitation of children under the age of 26.
Its research division, the National Acoustic Laboratories, broadly focuses its research into the areas of hearing assessment, hearing loss prevention, hearing rehabilitation devices, and hearing rehabilitation procedures.
^"Who we are". Hearing Australia. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
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