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Did you know that 80% of people with hearing loss live in countries with low to medium income and very often have zero access to audiological and medical care? As a result, only one in 40 people with hearing loss in developing countries wears a hearing aid.

Hearing Awareness Week is an annual Australian event that seeks to raise greater awareness of the hearing loss community, and the issues affecting it, and to share tips for how people can protect their hearing for longer.

While hearing loss is most commonly considered a condition for the older population, youth hearing loss is actually becoming increasingly common across the world. Our parent company, Sonova, reports that approximately 660,000 children are born with significant hearing loss annually – 80% of which live in low-to-medium income countries.

My father had hearing loss but never discussed it. His mother had hearing loss but pretended she did not. I spent 10 years in denial about my own hearing loss, and then another 10 years hiding it. So how did I become this new person, a hearing health advocate, the Board Chair of Hearing Health Foundation and the writer of a blog entitled Living With Hearing Loss? Here is my story.

We’re joining forces with our sister company Blamey Saunders hears so that we can provide accessible hearing care for even more Australians, in person, over the phone and online. Read on to find out more about our new partnership.

Diplacusis is generally a symptom of unilateral or bilateral hearing loss. Onset is usually sudden and can be caused by exposure to loud noise, an ear infection, an obstruction in the ear canal (such as compacted earwax), or head trauma. People who develop diplacusis may also notice tinnitus in the affected ear.