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Hearing services for young adults

Young adults aged between 21 and 26 can continue to receive access to hearing services through Hearing Australia.

Hearing Australia is funded by the Australian Government to look after the hearing needs of children and young adults who have a permanent or long-term hearing loss.

Services from Hearing Australia include:

  • Regular monitoring of your hearing and hearing needs
  • Hearing aid fitting and maintenance
  • Assistance with maintenance of cochlear implant speech processors
  • Cochlear implant speech processor upgrades
  • Replacement of lost or damaged cochlear implant processors

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