Hearing Awareness week launch night - 25 Aug

28 July 2008

The Deafness Forum's Hearing Awareness Week theme for 2008 is “One in Six” which serves as a reminder that 3.55 Million Australians have some form of hearing impairment.

The Deafness Council of NSW is launching this year's Hearing Awareness Week in Sydney with a celebration held at the home of Australian Hearing in Chatswood.

Highlights of this celebration include special guest, Mr. Alex Varley, CEO of Media Access Australia, to present on:

• Captioning and Accessible Media for hearing impaired and deaf people
• Public submission to the Media Access Review
• Recent developments in Cinema Captioning
• The Australian Communication and Media Access Review.

Would you like to join us?

If you would like to join us at the launch, check out the details below:

Refreshments will be served. To see the promotional flyer for the event, click here.

Getting to the Home of Australian Hearing:

• By car: Parking is available in the grounds of Australian Hearing
• By train (& taxi): to Chatswood Station, alight on west side and cross Railway Street, turn left to walk up Victoria Avenue to get a taxi
• By bus: Catch 545 bus from Railway Street, Chatswood Station & alight at Fullers Road near Greville Street pedestrian crossing & cross it & walk down Greville Street (north) on left side 400 metres to Australian Hearing & follow path to reception area
  

To find out what is happening in your area for Hearing Awareness Week, check out the official Hearing Awareness Week Events Calendar.

FREE Community hearing screenings

If you want to test your hearing, there will be free hearing tests held at the Kogarah School of Arts - but you will need to book ahead to ensure you get a spot.