Copyright Australian Hearing Demographic Details

1 Demographic Details Of young Australians aged less than 26 years with a hearing loss, who have been fitted with a hearing aid or cochlear implant at 31 December 2016

2 Summary: This circular contains summary data on children and young adults fitted with hearing aids or cochlear implants in Australia, who were under the age of 26 years at 31 December 2016 and who were provided with audiological and hearing aid or speech processor support services through Australian Hearing. On January 1, 2012, the upper age limit for eligibility for Australian Hearing s paediatric program was extended from 21 to 26 years of age. While the demographic data in this document can be considered to cover all young Australians under the age of 21 who use a hearing aid or cochlear implant, the same cannot be said for those in the older age group, since some of this older age group may have elected to continue services with their existing private provider or may have not yet established contact with Australian Hearing. The data provides information at national and state / territory level and has been collated from Australian Hearing s electronic client and record management system databases (as a snapshot ) and includes: o o o o Number of hearing impaired children Number of newly fitted children in the 2016 calendar year Fitting rates of children and young adults with hearing impairment Hearing loss distribution of aided/implanted children and young adults Differences in other data and calculations shown for similar birth years in previous reports prior to 2007 are due to the timing of the snapshot nature of the report (data were previously collated on 31 March each year) i.e. the dynamics of the child population characteristics and demography in the database, updated information and calculation rounding at the time the report was compiled. In particular, actions across the organization that have taken place to review and update the information on all aided child clients in the database, have also affected the snapshot counts and calculations. In 2016 Australian Hearing undertook a periodic review of the client base, removing duplicate records and changing the status of children and young adults who had ceased using their hearing aid or cochlear implant. The major characteristics of the report show: All aided and implanted children and young adults less than 26 years of age at 31 December 2016 who are identified as being current and active as at 31 December 2016 Data on children and young adults who were first fitted with hearing aids from 1 January to 31 December 2016. Care should be taken when comparing information from previous reports, and particularly prior to 2007, due to their differing parameters. Taking the above comments into account this report shows that on 31 December 2016 Australian Hearing provided audiological services, hearing aid and cochlear implant support to 23,203 citizens and permanent residents under 26 years of age, of which 2,054 (8.9%) were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. 20,384 were aged under 21 years; o 51.9% were male o 9.5% were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander 2,819 were aged from 21-25 years o 48.0% were male o 3.9% were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders During 2016 a total of 2949 clients were fitted with hearing aids for the first time. 326 of these were children born in 2015. Of the clients first fitted during 2015, 2713 were aged under 21 at the time of first fitting 236 were aged 21-25 years at the time of first fitting

3 Profile of the total client base. At 31 December 2016, Australian Hearing supported the hearing rehabilitation needs of 23,203 citizens and permanent residents under 26 years of age. Figure 1 and Table 1 show the distribution of clients by state/territory of residence at 31 December 2016. Table 2 displays the distribution of clients aged less than 21 years, which can be assumed to represent all aided/implanted children. Table 3 displays the distribution of clients aged 21-25 years, but may not necessarily represent all Australians with hearing loss in that age group, since some may not have returned to receive service from Australian Hearing following the extension of eligibility during 2012. Figure 1: Aided/Implanted Young Australians less than 26 years of age, by state/territory. Quantity NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Number 6721 5458 5201 2604 1549 432 568 670 23203 Percentage 29.0 23.5 22.4 11.2 6.7 1.9 2.4 2.9 100.0 Table 1: Distribution of Aided/Implanted Young Australians under 26 years of age, by state/territory. Quantity NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Number 5841 4718 4625 2347 1348 367 517 621 20384 Percentage 28.7 23.1 22.7 11.5 6.6 1.8 2.5 3.0 100.0 Table 2: Distribution of Aided/Implanted Young Australians aged less than 21 years by state/territory

4 Quantity NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Number 880 740 576 257 201 65 51 49 2819 Percentage 31.2 26.3 20.4 9.1 7.1 2.3 1.8 1.7 100.0 Table 3: Distribution of Aided/implanted Young Australians aged from 21 to less than 26 years by state/territory Nationally 12.1 % of clients are Young Adults aged from 21 25 years. The proportion of the aided client base who are Young Adults has increased slightly since this new eligibility category was introduced in January 2012 (Figure 2). This is consistent with expectations; in the early years this client group comprised mainly clients who had left service after turning 21, and who had chosen to return when the new eligibility was announced. Now the majority are clients who have transitioned from the Aided child program to the Aided Young Adult program. Figure 2: Proportion of total Aided/Implanted Young Australians in each state/territory who are aged 21 to under 26 years comparison between first year of the new eligiblity criteria (December 2012) and current client base.

5 Table 4 provides further detail about the distribution of aided clients by year of birth, state and territory. Birth year NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National 1991 184 143 132 48 39 15 11 14 586 1992 171 142 103 49 39 7 6 9 526 1993 157 149 114 53 41 12 9 11 546 1994 184 147 109 43 31 10 13 7 544 1995 184 159 118 64 51 21 12 8 617 1996 248 223 154 88 56 25 30 14 838 1997 271 228 168 92 63 22 26 15 885 1998 304 234 169 113 65 22 19 10 936 1999 301 250 187 122 62 22 26 15 985 2000 299 227 232 146 67 16 23 25 1035 2001 328 268 231 135 85 15 20 24 1106 2002 337 247 244 141 70 11 30 18 1098 2003 334 246 238 137 101 25 25 34 1140 2004 301 278 270 140 86 24 27 37 1163 2005 327 278 304 151 78 26 28 43 1235 2006 360 267 298 148 85 31 35 42 1266 2007 345 273 335 158 81 26 40 52 1310 2008 350 260 311 137 73 16 28 53 1228 2009 333 269 319 137 86 25 35 73 1277 2010 288 230 254 108 74 14 32 48 1048 2011 274 208 209 100 59 17 21 49 937 2012 217 176 192 62 39 8 15 28 737 2013 180 162 146 59 45 5 14 13 624 2014 165 162 139 64 36 9 21 12 608 2015 190 143 140 74 25 6 15 9 602 2016 89 89 85 35 12 2 7 7 326 Total 6721 5458 5201 2604 1549 432 568 670 23203 Table4: All clients aged less than 26 years who have been fitted with a hearing aid and/or cochlear implant, National Summary by State/Territory and Birth Year at 31 December 2016 While over half (51.5%) of the total client base is male, this ratio is not preserved for the clients aged 21 25, of whom 48.0% are male. (Tables 5-7) Gender NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Male 53.0 51.5 50.9 51.2 49.8 50.7 48.2 48.5 51.5 Female 47.0 48.4 49.1 48.8 50.2 49.1 51.2 51.5 48.5 Intersex 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 Table 5: Gender of aided/implanted clients under 26years of age by State/Territory as a percentage of the client base.

6 Gender NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Male 53.7 51.8 51.5 51.3 50.1 51.5 48.7 49.1 51.9 Female 46.3 48.2 48.4 48.7 49.9 48.2 50.7 50.9 48.0 Intersex 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 Table 6: Gender of aided/implanted clients under 21years of age by State/Territory as a percentage of the client base. NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Male 48.0 50.0 45.7 51.0 47.8 46.2 43.1 40.8 48.0 Female 51.9 50.0 54.3 49.0 52.2 53.8 56.9 59.2 51.9 Intersex 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Table 7: Gender of aided/implanted clients 21 to <26 years of age by State/Territory as a percentage of the client base. Hearing Loss The vast majority of clients who use amplification have a 3 Frequency Average Hearing Loss (3FAHL) of 0 to 60 dbhl; that is their better ear hearing loss ranges from within normal limits to a moderate degree (Figure 3). Figure 3: Distributionof hearing loss amongst total aided clients aged under 26 years at 31 December 2016 (3-Frequency Average Hearing Loss in the better ear) The hearing loss profile for each state and territory is shown in Tables 8 & 9.

7 Better Ear 3FAHL (dbhl) NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National 0-40 3811 3160 3349 1734 996 246 354 489 14139 41-60 1454 1057 973 435 275 109 109 129 4541 61-90 804 651 490 226 161 43 60 30 2465 91+ 648 589 384 198 117 34 45 17 2032 Unknown 4 1 5 11 0 0 0 5 26 Total 6721 5458 5201 2604 1549 432 568 670 23203 Table 8: Latest 3FA Hearing Loss of aided/implanted young Australians under 26 years of age Better 3FAHL NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National 0-40 56.7 57.9 64.4 66.6 64.3 56.9 62.3 73.0 60.9 41-60 21.6 19.4 18.7 16.7 17.8 25.2 19.2 19.3 19.6 61-90 12.0 11.9 9.4 8.7 10.4 10.0 10.6 4.5 10.6 91+ 9.6 10.8 7.4 7.6 7.6 7.9 7.9 2.5 8.8 Unknown 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.1 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Table 9: Latest 3FA Hearing Loss of aided/implanted young Australians under 26 years of age, Percentage distribution The hearing loss distribution amongst clients aged 21-25 differs from that of the younger age cohort, showing a higher proprotion of clients in the older cohort with more severe hearing losses. This is most likely to be because children who are fitted to help manage mild or unilateral hearing loss in an education setting, cease device usage when they leave school. Figure 4: Hearing Loss distribution according to age cohorts (under 21 years vs 21 25 years)

8 Cochlear Implants The data base indicates that 2,827 children and young adults use a cochlear implant speech processor in one or both ears. While Australian Hearing supports maintenance and provides upgrade and replacement speech processors for these clients, the fitting and programming of the speech processors is undertaken by external clinics. Thus the data below are reliant upon the provision of information from external clinics and may not necessarily reflect the total number of clients who use a speech processor. The distribution of clients by year of birth and state/territory is shown in Table 10. Birth year NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National 1991 30 13 14 4 9 2 4 0 76 1992 33 23 17 3 3 0 1 0 80 1993 24 16 14 5 5 0 2 0 66 1994 31 17 13 8 4 0 3 0 76 1995 35 15 11 11 5 0 4 0 81 1996 43 29 19 8 6 2 3 0 110 1997 34 28 19 9 6 6 3 0 105 1998 39 29 15 7 5 2 0 0 97 1999 53 26 21 12 5 3 3 0 123 2000 36 23 30 17 1 1 5 2 115 2001 41 30 27 7 10 1 3 0 119 2002 50 39 31 7 5 2 5 0 139 2003 44 24 28 19 11 2 3 1 132 2004 43 29 27 16 7 2 0 0 124 2005 39 32 27 12 4 3 6 1 124 2006 41 28 29 15 3 1 3 2 122 2007 48 42 38 12 6 4 6 0 156 2008 49 35 25 13 7 1 7 0 137 2009 54 30 33 18 4 5 6 0 150 2010 60 31 28 8 5 2 0 1 135 2011 54 40 19 13 6 3 4 0 139 2012 50 30 38 8 11 1 4 2 144 2013 32 28 17 12 8 2 3 2 104 2014 33 24 21 10 5 0 5 1 99 2015 27 16 11 5 2 3 2 0 66 2016 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 8 Total 1026 677 574 261 143 48 86 12 2827 Table 10: Clients who have been fitted with a cochlear implant in one or both ears, by state/territory and birth year 1. 1 Data likely to under-estimate cochlear implantee numbers

9 Clients first fitted with hearing aids in 2016 While Australian Hearing s demographic data can be considered to represent all young Australians under the age of 21 who use hearing aids, personal FM/digital systems or a cochlear implant, the same cannot be said for those aged from 21 to 25 years, since some of this older age group may have not re-established contact with Australian Hearing since the change in eligibility criteria on January 1, 2012. During 2016, a total of 2,949 clients under 26 years of age were first fitted with amplification, an increase of 2.9% from the previous year. 2,713 were aged less than 21 years at the time of first fitting whilst 236 were aged from 21 25 years. The distribution of clients by state and territory is found in Tables 11&12, with a more detailed analysis according to year of birth, state and territory in Table 13. Clients first fitted by state & territory. Quantity NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Number 730 628 640 301 172 60 59 123 2713 Percentage 26.9 23.1 23.6 11.1 6.3 2.2 2.2 4.5 100.0 Table 11: Distribution of children under 21 years of age and fitted for the first time in 2016- by state and territory. Quantity NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National Number 55 52 64 31 17 7 3 7 236 Percentage 23.3 22.0 27.1 13.1 7.2 3.0 1.3 3.0 100.0 Table 12: Distribution of clients aged 21 25 years of age and fitted for the first time in 2016 by state and territory

10 Birth year NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National 1991 13 13 14 6 3 0 0 1 50 1992 9 13 10 4 3 1 1 2 43 1993 9 6 18 9 5 1 0 1 49 1994 12 10 9 5 0 0 2 1 39 1995 12 10 13 7 6 5 0 2 55 1996 13 14 5 5 2 2 2 1 44 1997 11 13 10 5 6 1 0 2 48 1998 20 12 11 6 3 1 0 1 54 1999 16 18 7 3 6 3 1 1 55 2000 22 11 10 7 6 5 1 2 64 2001 19 25 12 7 9 1 3 4 80 2002 19 17 24 15 9 1 2 0 87 2003 26 20 14 7 6 5 2 6 86 2004 23 22 30 10 5 1 2 6 99 2005 35 24 30 13 14 3 1 4 124 2006 27 20 35 12 10 5 5 8 122 2007 32 22 42 17 9 8 5 5 140 2008 42 19 36 21 11 3 3 6 141 2009 59 38 49 25 12 5 3 8 199 2010 55 54 42 21 13 1 4 17 207 2011 50 33 57 30 12 4 7 20 213 2012 39 33 41 18 7 5 2 11 156 2013 36 28 21 8 6 1 1 3 104 2014 31 33 24 9 5 1 2 3 108 2015 66 83 55 27 9 2 6 8 256 2016 89 89 85 35 12 2 7 7 326 Total 785 680 704 332 189 67 62 130 2949 Table 13: Clients less than 26 years of age who were first fitted with hearing aids in 2016. National Summary by State/Territory and Birth year.

11 Figure 6: Clients first fitted with hearing aids during 2016, according to age & year of birth The impact of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening continues to be apparent in the fitting profile of children shown in Figure 6, with the birth year 2016 showing the highest number of new fittings (11.1% of the total new fittings). A second peak in fittings occurs in early primary school. As can be seen in Figure 7, the vast majority of children who receive their first hearing aids in primary school have a mild or unilateral hearing loss (Better Ear 3FAHL < 40 dbhl). A more detailed analysis by Birth Year and 3FAHL is found in table 14 Late hearing aid fittings may be due to a number of factors including Late onset or progressive sensorineural hearing loss Children who develop a chronic conductive hearing loss due to Otitis Media, Children with a mild or unilateral hearing loss that was either o Diagnosed at an early age, but who did not require assistance with hearing until school entry o Were not detected until school entry.

12 Figure 7: Hearing profile of clients first fitted in 2016 by age, better ear 3FAHL at 31 December 2016.

13 Birth year 0-40 dbhl 41-60 dbhl 61-90 dbhl 91+ dbhl Unknown Total Percentage 1991 42 8 0 0 0 50 1.7 1992 39 3 1 0 0 43 1.5 1993 37 10 2 0 0 49 1.7 1994 34 4 1 0 0 39 1.3 1995 52 2 1 0 0 55 1.9 1996 40 4 0 0 0 44 1.5 1997 42 3 1 1 1 48 1.6 1998 49 5 0 0 0 54 1.8 1999 48 5 1 0 1 55 1.9 2000 57 7 0 0 0 64 2.2 2001 72 5 2 1 0 80 2.7 2002 76 9 2 0 0 87 3.0 2003 78 7 0 1 0 86 2.9 2004 90 8 1 0 0 99 3.4 2005 110 13 0 0 1 124 4.2 2006 108 14 0 0 0 122 4.1 2007 125 11 3 1 0 140 4.7 2008 126 12 2 0 1 141 4.8 2009 182 16 0 0 1 199 6.7 2010 188 13 5 1 0 207 7.0 2011 171 32 4 1 5 213 7.2 2012 121 24 5 3 3 156 5.3 2013 78 21 5 0 0 104 3.5 2014 55 37 15 0 1 108 3.7 2015 143 70 24 18 1 256 8.7 2016 169 90 44 22 1 326 11.1 Total 2332 433 119 49 16 2949 100.0 Table 14: Clients first fitted in 2016, by birth year and better ear 3FAHL category

14 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children comprise 8.9% of the total aided/implanted client base, and accounted for 80.8% of newly fitted children in the Northern Territory. Consistent with previous years data, the peak age for fitting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children occurs during the primary school years, compared with the total client base, where the peak fitting age is in the first year of life (Figure 8). This difference is likely to reflect several factors: that ear disease, the predominant cause of hearing loss in this group of children, starts after neonatal hearing screening and that across Australia, activities aimed at screening hearing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are often school-based rather than health centre-based. Table 24 shows the distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients by birth year and state, while Table 25 shows the distribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients first fitted in 2016. Figure 8: Age distribution of children first fitted in 2016, as a proportion of total new fittings Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients vs. total client base.

15 Birth year NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National 1991 5 1 6 1 2 0 0 10 25 1992 1 0 6 3 4 0 0 8 22 1993 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 9 19 1994 6 0 3 4 0 0 0 5 18 1995 6 0 10 2 1 0 0 7 26 1996 10 3 5 2 1 0 0 9 30 1997 16 2 11 5 4 0 0 11 49 1998 15 2 11 12 3 1 1 4 49 1999 19 5 8 17 3 0 0 9 61 2000 15 4 26 17 3 1 0 17 83 2001 21 3 32 30 10 0 0 19 115 2002 21 4 32 21 5 0 0 15 98 2003 19 1 45 16 12 1 2 29 125 2004 19 3 49 23 11 0 1 31 137 2005 17 2 68 29 2 1 0 32 151 2006 22 8 46 21 8 0 0 30 135 2007 24 7 56 26 7 0 1 39 160 2008 30 2 51 24 6 1 0 48 162 2009 13 5 47 17 10 0 0 68 160 2010 8 5 45 20 3 0 1 44 126 2011 14 2 45 14 2 0 1 40 118 2012 14 2 24 9 0 0 0 20 69 2013 4 1 19 8 4 0 0 7 43 2014 4 2 17 5 0 0 1 8 37 2015 4 1 7 1 0 0 2 7 22 2016 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 14 Total 333 65 679 333 102 5 10 527 2054 Table 15: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients aged less than 26 years who have been fitted with a hearing aid and/or cochlear implant, National summary by State/Territory and Birth Year

16 Birth year NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT National 1991 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 1992 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 5 1993 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1994 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1995 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 5 1996 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1997 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 6 1998 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1999 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2000 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 7 2001 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 11 2002 5 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 15 2003 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 6 16 2004 3 0 3 2 1 0 0 6 15 2005 2 1 9 5 1 0 0 4 22 2006 5 3 9 1 3 0 0 4 25 2007 2 1 10 4 1 0 0 2 20 2008 8 0 9 7 2 1 0 6 33 2009 4 2 9 6 2 0 0 8 31 2010 2 2 9 6 2 0 0 17 38 2011 4 1 23 8 2 0 1 15 54 2012 1 1 8 4 0 0 0 10 24 2013 1 0 4 5 0 0 0 3 13 2014 1 1 6 2 0 0 0 2 12 2015 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 7 16 2016 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 1 14 Total 65 17 125 66 20 3 2 105 403 Table 16: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients first fitted with hearing aids in 2016, National Summary by State/Territory and Birth Year. Further information can be found in the summary tables in Appendix A.

17 APPENDIX A SUMMARY TABLES.

Birth year Copyright Australian Hearing 2017 18 Clients under 26 years of age who have been fitted with a hearing aid and/or cochlear implant, by birth year and calendar year first fitted, at 31 December 2015 Year first fitted 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total 1991 14 64 70 28 40 34 26 21 15 19 11 10 9 11 11 13 13 13 10 19 15 17 12 14 27 50 586 1992 0 11 67 47 40 37 38 19 20 23 12 15 12 17 10 12 7 11 12 12 6 9 17 16 13 43 526 1993 0 0 14 61 36 34 44 40 30 22 17 21 12 12 15 17 10 6 19 12 10 6 19 19 21 49 546 1994 0 0 0 19 66 62 30 36 32 29 25 18 12 15 12 17 10 11 17 20 10 14 16 10 24 39 544 1995 0 0 0 0 10 73 49 41 48 47 35 25 25 26 20 14 21 12 15 14 16 14 16 21 20 55 617 1996 0 0 0 0 0 26 86 74 48 55 52 52 34 35 28 35 22 20 31 24 21 26 33 38 54 44 838 1997 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 79 77 61 50 58 67 50 44 30 22 24 32 35 19 35 46 40 39 48 885 1998 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 83 69 55 66 78 54 46 55 43 38 41 36 33 35 35 33 51 54 936 1999 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 98 65 61 53 78 80 74 57 48 41 45 36 34 38 48 49 55 985 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 87 80 63 56 89 91 58 59 61 51 42 41 53 43 57 64 1035 2001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 97 64 58 73 94 91 96 84 58 48 45 62 55 64 80 1106 2002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 102 66 69 82 78 109 94 82 50 58 57 69 57 87 1098 2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 89 70 54 64 98 129 106 81 78 72 66 80 86 1140 2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 81 95 68 46 74 116 143 118 76 95 79 73 99 1163 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 93 48 54 91 120 129 123 109 108 134 124 1235 2006 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 123 68 80 87 128 150 115 137 128 122 1266 2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144 108 74 75 102 140 177 172 178 140 1310 2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 169 113 76 81 102 169 200 177 141 1228 2009 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 191 125 77 93 135 206 251 199 1277 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 175 149 86 100 137 194 207 1048 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 209 170 101 88 156 213 937 2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 227 176 78 100 156 737 2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 186 94 104 624 2014 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 299 201 108 608 2015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 346 256 602 2016 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 326 326 Total 14 75 151 155 192 266 302 341 378 463 446 541 598 648 764 877 857 1018 1251 1315 1380 1579 1893 2162 2588 2949 23203

19 DETAILS OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CLIENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC. 2015 State First fitting age (months) 12 to <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 <18 18 to <24 Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total 24+ 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown NSW 16 11 16 9 11 270 333 235 56 21 21 0 VIC 1 5 1 3 3 52 65 43 10 8 4 0 QLD 10 19 17 14 11 608 679 540 87 23 24 5 WA 3 11 5 5 9 300 333 225 69 18 11 10 SA 3 3 0 2 1 93 102 80 12 8 2 0 TAS 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 ACT 1 1 1 0 1 6 10 7 2 1 0 0 NT 3 5 4 13 6 496 527 404 94 16 8 5 National 37 55 44 46 42 1830 2054 1538 331 95 70 20 DETAILS OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CLIENTS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 YEARS WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC.2015 First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) State 12 to 18 to Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 24+ <18 <24 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown NSW 16 11 16 9 9 252 313 224 52 18 19 0 VIC 1 5 1 3 2 52 64 43 10 8 3 0 QLD 10 19 17 14 11 577 648 521 79 20 23 5 WA 3 11 5 5 9 288 321 218 66 16 11 10 SA 3 3 0 2 1 86 95 77 10 7 1 0 TAS 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 1 0 0 0 ACT 1 1 1 0 1 6 10 7 2 1 0 0 NT 2 5 4 12 6 459 488 383 81 12 7 5 National 36 55 44 45 39 1725 1944 1477 301 82 64 20

20 DETAILS OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANER CLIENTS AGED 21 25 YEARS WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC 2015 First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) State 12 to 18 to Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 24+ <18 <24 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown NSW 0 0 0 0 2 18 20 11 4 3 2 VIC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 QLD 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 19 8 3 1 WA 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 7 3 2 0 SA 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 3 2 1 1 TAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ACT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NT 1 0 0 1 0 37 39 21 13 4 1 National 1 0 0 1 3 105 110 61 30 13 6

21 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC.2015 AUSTRALIA First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total Births <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 257247 2 12 25 37 35 475 586 2.3 249 153 111 73 0 1992 264151 1 8 29 41 24 423 526 2.0 195 154 98 79 0 1993 260229 2 10 30 34 17 453 546 2.1 233 162 91 60 0 1994 258051 6 10 27 38 36 427 544 2.1 245 153 74 72 0 1995 256190 2 13 31 37 29 505 617 2.4 305 152 89 71 0 1996 253834 4 19 35 49 41 690 838 3.3 442 182 110 104 0 1997 251842 5 20 45 42 40 733 885 3.5 488 181 113 102 1 1998 249616 6 21 40 56 25 788 936 3.7 552 180 115 89 0 1999 248870 9 19 41 64 24 828 985 4.0 595 185 97 105 3 2000 249636 15 18 56 39 47 860 1035 4.1 615 218 116 86 0 2001 246394 13 27 45 48 42 931 1106 4.5 716 202 99 88 1 2002 250988 20 29 44 48 28 929 1098 4.4 707 192 102 97 0 2003 251161 32 47 47 35 33 946 1140 4.5 776 181 77 106 0 2004 254246 37 57 42 42 34 951 1163 4.6 815 175 91 82 0 2005 264493 52 56 57 27 30 1013 1235 4.7 905 163 77 88 2 2006 270849 82 74 54 38 36 982 1266 4.7 877 228 94 66 1 2007 292152 84 80 48 39 38 1021 1310 4.5 915 201 101 92 1 2008 302272 101 97 41 37 37 915 1228 4.1 856 198 92 81 1 2009 301253 114 122 56 27 37 921 1277 4.2 894 200 96 85 2 2010 303318 93 126 63 46 39 681 1048 3.5 692 185 94 76 1 2011 301617 130 137 58 57 44 511 937 3.1 562 187 97 85 6 2012 309582 154 122 80 51 37 293 737 2.4 392 162 112 67 4 2013 308065 170 132 69 59 41 153 624 2.0 320 155 98 51 0 2014 299697 220 125 91 54 66 52 608 2.0 299 156 95 57 1 2015 305377 234 184 109 65 10 0 602 2.0 325 146 82 48 1 2016 305377 187 112 27 0 0 0 326 1.1 169 90 44 22 1 Total 7116507 1775 1677 1290 1110 870 16481 23203 3.3 14139 4541 2465 2032 26 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016 which is an estimate

22 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC 2015 NSW Births First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total Rate Per 1000Births <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 87367 0 6 7 16 17 138 184 2.1 63 54 41 26 0 1992 92585 0 2 7 16 16 130 171 1.8 52 48 40 31 0 1993 89354 0 3 8 8 7 131 157 1.8 62 45 30 20 0 1994 87977 2 7 6 11 14 144 184 2.1 81 49 26 28 0 1995 87849 0 0 15 13 14 142 184 2.1 85 44 31 24 0 1996 86595 3 3 12 18 19 193 248 2.9 110 59 42 37 0 1997 87156 2 9 15 11 15 219 271 3.1 143 63 36 29 0 1998 85499 1 9 16 16 11 251 304 3.6 172 66 34 32 0 1999 86784 4 5 10 14 16 252 301 3.5 168 65 28 39 1 2000 86752 4 4 21 9 18 243 299 3.4 158 79 38 24 0 2001 84578 2 6 5 16 18 281 328 3.9 201 70 25 32 0 2002 86583 11 7 13 15 8 283 337 3.9 217 53 33 34 0 2003 86344 22 19 11 9 6 267 334 3.9 216 58 26 34 0 2004 85894 21 19 14 12 6 229 301 3.5 200 52 25 24 0 2005 91224 29 15 18 7 7 251 327 3.6 226 53 23 25 0 2006 92188 39 28 23 12 15 243 360 3.9 226 79 35 20 0 2007 96351 30 22 17 6 15 255 345 3.6 223 69 30 23 0 2008 100276 43 31 12 6 11 247 350 3.5 228 63 30 29 0 2009 98231 42 34 11 10 7 229 333 3.4 208 58 37 30 0 2010 101266 42 23 14 14 20 175 288 2.8 173 51 39 25 0 2011 99054 49 39 18 14 19 135 274 2.8 151 64 29 29 1 2012 98508 55 24 24 15 12 87 217 2.2 117 52 32 16 0 2013 100462 65 21 15 16 13 50 180 1.8 96 54 26 4 0 2014 91074 76 27 16 13 17 16 165 1.8 85 42 25 13 0 2015 100079 107 36 28 15 4 0 190 1.9 101 41 33 14 1 2016 100079 69 14 6 0 0 0 89 0.9 49 23 10 6 1 Total 2390109 718 413 362 312 325 4591 6721 2.8 3811 1454 804 648 4 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016, which is an estimate

23 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC. 2015 VICTORIA Births First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 65438 1 1 9 8 4 120 143 2.2 71 34 22 16 0 1992 65766 1 3 13 13 3 109 142 2.2 53 39 25 25 0 1993 64049 0 5 14 13 3 114 149 2.3 60 49 21 19 0 1994 63974 3 2 12 16 10 104 147 2.3 62 38 27 20 0 1995 62591 1 5 8 13 6 126 159 2.5 75 45 20 19 0 1996 61143 0 10 12 17 7 177 223 3.6 123 42 27 31 0 1997 60732 3 5 18 9 10 183 228 3.8 127 43 28 30 0 1998 60492 2 5 13 20 9 185 234 3.9 143 35 29 27 0 1999 58875 5 6 14 20 5 200 250 4.2 145 44 32 29 0 2000 59171 4 10 21 14 11 167 227 3.8 132 43 30 22 0 2001 58626 4 14 18 14 10 208 268 4.6 172 41 30 25 0 2002 61478 0 13 18 19 10 187 247 4.0 143 45 27 32 0 2003 61058 0 15 19 11 8 193 246 4.0 163 41 22 20 0 2004 62417 5 21 14 14 8 216 278 4.5 187 42 26 23 0 2005 63297 10 19 19 11 11 208 278 4.4 195 33 22 27 1 2006 65245 16 18 12 8 11 202 267 4.1 176 52 20 19 0 2007 70325 15 29 9 10 7 203 273 3.9 170 45 26 32 0 2008 71184 13 25 12 12 10 188 260 3.7 172 41 29 18 0 2009 70928 20 25 22 5 12 185 269 3.8 186 43 21 19 0 2010 70572 12 34 19 13 7 145 230 3.3 147 37 23 23 0 2011 71444 36 33 18 17 8 96 208 2.9 113 36 28 31 0 2012 77405 28 37 21 17 11 62 176 2.3 90 43 24 19 0 2013 73969 33 35 26 19 13 36 162 2.2 75 39 25 23 0 2014 74224 45 30 33 18 21 15 162 2.2 67 44 28 23 0 2015 73568 33 49 31 28 2 0 143 1.9 72 35 26 10 0 2016 73568 32 49 8 0 0 0 89 1.2 41 28 13 7 0 Total 1721539 322 498 433 359 217 3629 5458 3.2 3160 1057 651 589 1 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016 which is an estimate

24 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AAT 31 DEC. 2105 QUEENSLAND Births First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 44160 1 3 5 5 5 113 132 3.0 60 34 22 16 0 1992 46240 0 0 8 7 3 85 103 2.2 40 33 14 16 0 1993 46778 1 1 6 5 4 97 114 2.4 54 25 23 12 0 1994 46578 0 1 5 3 4 96 109 2.3 52 38 11 8 0 1995 46484 1 6 5 3 2 101 118 2.5 64 26 18 10 0 1996 47769 1 3 8 6 6 130 154 3.2 85 30 19 20 0 1997 46965 0 5 2 13 8 140 168 3.6 89 43 18 18 0 1998 47046 1 2 7 10 2 147 169 3.6 88 41 24 16 0 1999 46503 0 7 10 12 1 157 187 4.0 111 40 17 18 1 2000 47278 2 2 9 9 12 198 232 4.9 141 42 26 23 0 2001 47678 3 4 12 6 7 199 231 4.8 158 40 18 15 0 2002 47771 6 4 9 7 4 214 244 5.1 160 44 23 17 0 2003 48342 3 6 8 7 5 209 238 4.9 171 36 10 21 0 2004 49940 7 8 8 7 9 231 270 5.4 199 41 16 14 0 2005 51707 8 13 12 6 6 259 304 5.9 231 41 16 16 0 2006 52695 18 17 11 10 6 236 298 5.7 220 42 21 15 0 2007 61306 23 16 15 14 4 263 335 5.5 253 40 18 24 0 2008 63168 33 21 7 9 7 234 311 4.9 232 48 17 14 0 2009 66149 28 34 11 6 10 230 319 4.8 236 46 20 17 0 2010 64523 21 47 17 10 6 153 254 3.9 179 44 17 14 0 2011 63253 26 35 12 11 6 119 209 3.3 136 44 18 9 2 2012 63837 34 38 22 9 12 77 192 3.0 108 31 35 16 2 2013 63354 37 43 13 7 9 37 146 2.3 76 37 24 9 0 2014 63066 51 31 21 9 15 12 139 2.2 72 37 19 11 0 2015 61745 51 47 27 12 3 0 140 2.3 86 32 11 11 0 2016 61745 52 26 7 0 0 0 85 1.4 48 18 15 4 0 Total 1396080 408 420 277 203 156 3737 5201 3.7 3349 973 490 384 5 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016, which is an estimate

25 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT ATA 31 DEC. 2015 WESTERN AUSTRALIA Births First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 25417 0 1 1 5 2 39 48 1.9 25 9 9 5 0 1992 25073 0 3 1 2 1 42 49 2.0 26 12 8 3 0 1993 25081 0 0 1 2 1 49 53 2.1 24 16 9 4 0 1994 25138 0 0 2 4 4 33 43 1.7 22 10 3 8 0 1995 25139 0 2 0 4 3 55 64 2.5 28 17 9 10 0 1996 24793 0 2 2 2 3 79 88 3.5 54 19 5 10 0 1997 24776 0 0 5 4 3 80 92 3.7 53 14 14 10 1 1998 24717 2 2 3 3 1 102 113 4.6 77 14 13 9 0 1999 24849 0 1 1 6 1 113 122 4.9 84 18 9 10 1 2000 25093 3 0 2 6 3 132 146 5.8 103 19 14 10 0 2001 24002 2 1 3 3 3 123 135 5.6 95 26 8 6 0 2002 23601 0 4 2 3 1 131 141 6.0 100 29 8 4 0 2003 24273 3 3 4 1 9 117 137 5.6 97 14 11 15 0 2004 25295 3 5 1 4 6 121 140 5.5 98 15 15 12 0 2005 26253 1 5 4 1 3 137 151 5.8 117 16 8 10 0 2006 27777 2 2 3 3 1 137 148 5.3 112 21 7 7 1 2007 29165 6 3 2 3 6 138 158 5.4 124 17 10 7 0 2008 31851 4 9 3 7 4 110 137 4.3 98 21 8 9 1 2009 30879 9 12 6 1 5 104 137 4.4 98 22 6 10 1 2010 31424 6 7 7 3 2 83 108 3.4 74 20 7 6 1 2011 32259 10 11 4 6 5 64 100 3.1 66 14 11 7 2 2012 33627 18 8 7 3 0 26 62 1.8 28 19 8 5 2 2013 34516 19 11 8 7 2 12 59 1.7 34 10 7 8 0 2014 35403 22 16 9 8 6 3 64 1.8 35 12 10 6 1 2015 35135 22 34 14 4 0 0 74 2.1 43 20 6 5 0 2016 35135 16 15 4 0 0 0 35 1.0 19 11 3 2 0 Total 730671 148 157 99 95 75 2030 2604 3.6 1734 435 226 198 11 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016, which is an estimate

26 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC. 2015 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Births First fitting age (months) 12 to <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 <18 Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) 18 to <24 24+ Total fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 19640 0 1 1 2 5 30 39 2.0 18 7 10 4 0 1992 19311 0 0 0 2 0 37 39 2.0 13 14 8 4 0 1993 20078 0 0 0 4 1 36 41 2.0 17 16 5 3 0 1994 19409 0 0 0 2 2 27 31 1.6 10 11 7 3 0 1995 19336 0 0 2 2 4 43 51 2.6 31 9 7 4 0 1996 19056 0 1 0 3 1 51 56 2.9 34 13 5 4 0 1997 18362 0 1 3 4 3 52 63 3.4 35 10 10 8 0 1998 18226 0 3 1 2 2 57 65 3.6 41 9 11 4 0 1999 17958 0 0 2 4 1 55 62 3.5 44 8 6 4 0 2000 17859 1 2 1 0 2 61 67 3.8 43 18 4 2 0 2001 17281 2 1 5 7 1 69 85 4.9 56 10 13 6 0 2002 17665 1 0 1 3 1 64 70 4.0 50 10 5 5 0 2003 17443 2 3 3 5 4 84 101 5.8 71 15 4 11 0 2004 17140 1 3 3 1 3 75 86 5.0 68 11 2 5 0 2005 17801 2 2 3 1 0 70 78 4.4 61 10 5 2 0 2006 18260 3 6 3 0 2 71 85 4.7 64 16 4 1 0 2007 19666 4 3 4 4 5 61 81 4.1 61 11 7 2 0 2008 20229 5 8 4 1 2 53 73 3.6 48 11 5 9 0 2009 19735 6 10 4 3 3 60 86 4.4 66 12 5 3 0 2010 20078 9 12 2 1 3 47 74 3.7 51 13 5 5 0 2011 19892 6 12 2 3 6 30 59 3.0 39 7 9 4 0 2012 20433 13 9 3 2 1 11 39 1.9 17 8 4 10 0 2013 20090 12 15 3 5 1 9 45 2.2 21 7 12 5 0 2014 20384 9 13 8 1 1 4 36 1.8 19 8 6 3 0 2015 19587 11 11 1 2 0 0 25 1.3 13 6 1 5 0 2016 19587 7 4 1 0 0 0 12 0.6 5 5 1 1 0 Total 494506 94 120 60 64 54 1157 1549 3.1 996 275 161 117 0 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016 which is an estimate

27 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC. 2015 TASMANIA Births First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 6870 0 0 0 1 1 13 15 2.2 5 4 3 3 0 1992 6987 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 1.0 5 2 0 0 0 1993 6835 0 0 1 1 0 10 12 1.8 8 3 1 0 0 1994 6844 0 0 0 1 1 8 10 1.5 5 4 0 1 0 1995 6570 0 0 0 2 0 19 21 3.2 12 7 2 0 0 1996 6457 0 0 0 0 2 23 25 3.9 12 8 4 1 0 1997 6007 0 0 2 0 0 20 22 3.7 10 5 4 3 0 1998 5978 0 0 0 4 0 18 22 3.7 13 5 3 1 0 1999 6032 0 0 2 2 0 18 22 3.6 13 5 1 3 0 2000 5692 0 0 0 0 1 15 16 2.8 12 2 1 1 0 2001 6430 0 0 0 0 1 14 15 2.3 7 4 3 1 0 2002 6003 0 0 0 0 2 9 11 1.8 7 1 2 1 0 2003 5752 0 0 0 1 1 23 25 4.3 19 4 1 1 0 2004 5809 0 1 1 1 0 21 24 4.1 15 4 3 2 0 2005 6310 1 0 1 0 0 24 26 4.1 18 5 2 1 0 2006 6475 0 1 1 2 0 27 31 4.8 22 6 2 1 0 2007 6663 2 2 0 2 0 20 26 3.9 17 4 2 3 0 2008 6775 1 1 0 0 0 14 16 2.4 10 5 0 1 0 2009 6627 4 4 2 0 0 15 25 3.8 9 11 2 3 0 2010 6385 0 2 1 1 1 9 14 2.2 5 5 2 2 0 2011 6608 2 1 0 4 0 10 17 2.6 7 7 1 2 0 2012 6168 0 1 2 0 0 5 8 1.3 4 3 1 0 0 2013 6049 1 0 1 1 0 2 5 0.8 3 0 1 1 0 2014 5935 1 4 2 1 0 1 9 1.5 6 2 1 0 0 2015 5680 2 3 1 0 0 0 6 1.1 2 1 1 2 0 2016 5680 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.4 0 2 0 0 0 Total 163621 15 21 17 24 10 345 432 2.6 246 109 43 34 0 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016 which is an estimate

28 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH A HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC. 2015 ACT Births First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 4756 0 0 2 0 1 8 11 2.3 2 3 3 3 0 1992 4447 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1.3 2 3 1 0 0 1993 4414 0 1 0 1 0 7 9 2.0 3 4 0 2 0 1994 4461 1 0 2 1 1 8 13 2.9 6 3 0 4 0 1995 4415 0 0 1 0 0 11 12 2.7 5 3 1 3 0 1996 4396 0 0 1 2 3 24 30 6.8 20 3 6 1 0 1997 4208 0 0 0 1 1 24 26 6.2 18 2 3 3 0 1998 3982 0 0 0 1 0 18 19 4.8 10 8 1 0 0 1999 4253 0 0 2 6 0 18 26 6.1 17 3 4 2 0 2000 4065 1 0 2 1 0 19 23 5.7 12 6 3 2 0 2001 3938 0 1 2 0 1 16 20 5.1 10 5 2 3 0 2002 4112 2 0 1 1 2 24 30 7.3 18 6 2 4 0 2003 4128 1 1 2 1 0 20 25 6.1 16 5 1 3 0 2004 4174 0 0 1 1 1 24 27 6.5 22 4 1 0 0 2005 4210 1 2 0 1 2 22 28 6.7 20 2 1 5 0 2006 4484 4 2 1 3 1 24 35 7.8 23 7 4 1 0 2007 4757 4 4 1 0 0 31 40 8.4 28 6 6 0 0 2008 4808 2 2 2 1 2 19 28 5.8 20 4 3 1 0 2009 4860 5 3 0 1 0 26 35 7.2 26 2 4 3 0 2010 5152 3 1 1 3 0 24 32 6.2 21 10 1 0 0 2011 5121 1 4 4 2 0 10 21 4.1 13 5 0 3 0 2012 5461 2 3 1 4 0 5 15 2.7 9 3 3 0 0 2013 5545 1 4 2 4 2 1 14 2.5 10 2 2 0 0 2014 5552 11 3 2 2 3 0 21 3.8 13 3 5 0 0 2015 5542 8 3 3 1 0 0 15 2.7 6 5 3 1 0 2016 5542 6 1 0 0 0 0 7 1.3 4 2 0 1 0 Total 120783 53 35 33 38 20 389 568 4.7 354 109 60 45 0 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016 which is an estimate

29 Birth year DETAILS OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 26 YEARS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT WHO ARE FITTED WITH A HEARING AID OR COCHLEAR IMPLANT AT 31 DEC. 2015 NT Births First fitting age (months) Latest 3FAHL (dbhl) Total <3 3 to <6 6 to <12 12 to <18 18 to <24 24+ fitted RatePer1000Births 0-40 41-60 61-90 91+ Unknown 1991 3599 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 3.9 5 8 1 0 0 1992 3742 0 0 0 1 1 7 9 2.4 4 3 2 0 0 1993 3603 1 0 0 0 1 9 11 3.1 5 4 2 0 0 1994 3626 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 1.9 7 0 0 0 0 1995 3766 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 2.1 5 1 1 1 0 1996 3562 0 0 0 1 0 13 14 3.9 4 8 2 0 0 1997 3588 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 4.2 13 1 0 1 0 1998 3641 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 2.7 8 2 0 0 0 1999 3576 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 4.2 13 2 0 0 0 2000 3685 0 0 0 0 0 25 25 6.8 14 9 0 2 0 2001 3822 0 0 0 2 1 21 24 6.3 17 6 0 0 1 2002 3724 0 1 0 0 0 17 18 4.8 12 4 2 0 0 2003 3790 1 0 0 0 0 33 34 9.0 23 8 2 1 0 2004 3551 0 0 0 2 1 34 37 10.4 26 6 3 2 0 2005 3660 0 0 0 0 1 42 43 11.7 37 3 0 2 1 2006 3696 0 0 0 0 0 42 42 11.4 34 5 1 2 0 2007 3896 0 1 0 0 1 50 52 13.3 39 9 2 1 1 2008 3944 0 0 1 1 1 50 53 13.4 48 5 0 0 0 2009 3820 0 0 0 1 0 72 73 19.1 65 6 1 0 1 2010 3899 0 0 2 1 0 45 48 12.3 42 5 0 1 0 2011 3954 0 2 0 0 0 47 49 12.4 37 10 1 0 1 2012 4104 4 2 0 1 1 20 28 6.8 19 3 5 1 0 2013 4053 2 3 1 0 1 6 13 3.2 5 6 1 1 0 2014 4026 5 1 0 2 3 1 12 3.0 2 8 1 1 0 2015 4004 0 1 4 3 1 0 9 2.2 2 6 1 0 0 2016 4004 4 2 1 0 0 0 7 1.7 3 1 2 1 0 Total 98335 17 13 9 15 13 603 670 6.8 489 129 30 17 5 Births from ABS CAT 3301.0 except for 2016 which is an estimate