In March 2021, the Hearing Care Industry Association (HCIA) published a white paper, Dementia, Hearing Loss and Hearing Care: Saving Australia’s Minds. Prepared by Mark Laureyns, the paper highlights the scientific link between hearing loss and cog...
An Assistive listening device (ALD), or hearing assistance technologies (HATs), are pieces of equipment designed to help people who are hard-of-hearing. ALDs can be classified into three categories: ALD for Face-to-face communication and the receptio...
Freedom Hearing supports the World Health Organisation’s call for action to address hearing loss across the life course with regular hearing tests. World Hearing Day is celebrated on 3 March every year and this year, the theme is: Hearing Care for ...