The summit will discuss not only who can provide care, but how hearing health is identified, responded to, referred, rehabilitated, followed up and measured across every major life stage. Image: ACAud inc. HAASA. ACAud inc. HAASA is convening a hearing health workforce summit and is inviting submissions to help shape the agenda and identify the people and perspectives needed for a focused roundtable....
Continue reading at Hearing Practitioner Australia
✦ The floor
Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable clinical change at this stage; this is a workforce planning and policy initiative, not a guideline update or research finding.
A coordinated national workforce strategy could reshape how hearing healthcare is delivered, funded, and staffed across Australia's entire lifespan continuum.
- 01ACAud inc. HAASA is convening Australia's first Hearing Health Workforce Summit.
- 02The summit covers the full care pathway: identification, referral, rehabilitation, follow-up, and outcome measurement.
- 03Eight life stages are addressed, from newborn screening through to entering aged care.
- 04The initiative aims to ensure every hearing check connects to an accessible response pathway.
- 05Workforce readiness and capacity are central themes alongside care delivery reform.
