Hearing Matters

Over two years ago, I wrote a piece on this blog about hearing loss. I’ve raised it once or twice in speeches and in the Senate since then, but it’s still an issue which doesn’t have a particularly high public profile, despite the very large numbers of being affected â€" estimated to currently be about one in six Australians, rising to about one in four by 2050. My blog post led â€" no doubt through the beauty of Google - to me being interviewed for Radio National’s Life Matters program on the top