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Hearing aids are provided free of charge to all children in Australia. Digital technology allows each hearing aid to be programmed to suit your child’s hearing needs.

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What do hearing aids do?

The process of getting the right hearing instruments

How do audiologists select hearing aids?

Assessing a child’s aided hearing

Can hearing aids damage hearing?

Using hearing aids with babies aged 0 – 6 months

Using hearing aids with babies over 6 months

Handling your baby’s hearing aids – a checklist

Looking after hearing aids

Hearing aid care

Handy hints about ear moulds

Hearing aid troubleshooting

Getting used to hearing aids

Enhancing communication with hearing impaired children and wearers of hearing aids

Real Life Tips

Keeping hearing aids on babies

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We are all ears: Learning from parents’ experiences about hearing aid use in their young children