Posts Tagged ‘hearing’
July 31st, 2010
This week Hope has been pursuing her “free” hearing aids. After the hearing test and consultation on 14 June, Hope was given to understand that her aids would be free under the Federal Government scheme. Then the rules change after the 1 July, according to the audiologist, and Hope is asked to pay $800 for the aids, plus a $1000 “care plan” to cover loss, damage and maintenance over three years. This necessitated three phone calls to the Office of Hearing Services. The jury is still out.
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Tags: advisory, audiologist, australia, care, care plan, chronic conditions, communication, consultation, consumer, experience, federal government scheme, free, government, health, health provider, hearing, hearing aids, information, office of hearing services, perspective, rule, self management, test, treatment | 
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July 31st, 2010
Today Hope submitted her abstract for the Australian National Conference on Evidence-Based Clinical Leadership. The title of her paper is “Chasing the rainbow – the difficulties experienced in accessing age and condition-specific programs”. These programs include oral health, hearing services and Enhanced Care Plans. The conference is to be held in Adelaide, one of Hope’s favourite places, in November.
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