Better Hearing Australia is a non-profit, self-help organisation controlled by its members and provides an Australia-wide community support service of rehabilitation and help for Australia's hearing impaired.
The organisation traces its beginnings to 1932, in Victoria, and now Better Hearing Australia has 18 Branches (located in the principal cities, with over 100 venues in city, suburban and country areas). Each of these Branches is incorporated, and controlled by an elected Committee of Management. Better Hearing Australia has a National Council as its controlling body, comprising a Board of Directors of National Council, and accredited national councillors appointed by each Branch.
The objects of Better Hearing Australia are -
- To encourage the preservation of hearing of all people.
- To encourage the use of preventative measures to lower the prevalence of deafness and hearing impairment in the Australian community.
- To improve the communication of hearing impaired people, their families and friends.
To achieve its objectives Better Hearing Australia Inc -
- co-operates with relevant authorities in research and action directed towards the preservation of hearing and the prevention and alleviation of deafness;
- encourages all people to have regular audiometric tests;
- arranges conferences of like minded organisations and co-operate with kindred bodies;
- serves as an Information Centre on all problems of impaired hearing;
- establishes programs for the rehabilitation of hearing impaired people;
- obtains and disseminates information and advice on hearing aids and assisitive devices and systems.
- encourages improved access to educational opportunities for hearing impaired people;
- encourages hearing impaired people to participate in social interaction;
- promotes and assists in the establishment of new Branches and Groups; and
- promotes public awareness of the problems associated with hearing impairment.
Pursuant to these objectives, Better Hearing Australia Branches provide, directly or indirectly, assistance and help, information and training services to many thousands of Australians with hearing impairment and disorders of the ear, and to their partners, family and friends and to those who work with people with hearing disabilities.
Specific details of the support and assistance available are to be found on other pages within this web site.
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