Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for hearing services from Australian Hearing, one must be an Australian resident or permanent resident, and meet one of the following categories:
- Anyone under the age of 26 (before 1st January 2012 eligibility was lost at 21)
- Holders of Pensioner concession cards, or dependants of
- Recipients of a sickness allowance from Centrelink, or dependants of
- Department of Veterans' Affairs Gold Repatriation Health Card holders, or dependants of
- Department of Veterans' Affairs White Repatriation Health Card holders where hearing loss is specified, or dependants of
- Australian Defence Force personnel
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples aged 50 and over
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples participating in a Community Development Employment Project (CDEP).
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