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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We know the Northern Territory has got the highest prevalence
of middle ear diseases in the world, that is according
to the World Health Organization. And if you haven't thought
much about your hearing lately, well it might be a
good time to start, because it is Hearing Awareness Week.
And joining me in the studio to tell us a
little bit more is Territory Hearing Director and principal audiologist
(00:22):
Salomon Joseph.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Good morning, Salomon, Good morning Kitty. Thank you very much
for okay in waiting me for this interview.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
It's great to have you in the studio. We have
had you on the show before. You are a great
person to speak to about all things hearing and making
sure that we know what's going on with our ears
as well. I guess to put it to put it
very bluntly now, Solomon, tell us what's the focus this
year for Hearing Awareness months.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
It's so important for any age group like children to
a elderly population. Hearing is so so important faculty for
children for the surveyor speech and language development. Good hearing
so important. As you all know, our Indigenous children are
disadvantages because they are having the high rate of miliar diseases.
(01:10):
The one of the factor is overcrowding. You can imagine
in a house with twenty five people, the hygiene factor
will reduce and that itself is a course of milliar disease.
And I have been traveling to many communities in North
Intertwines since twenty sixteen and until twenty thirteen, and I
have seen firsthand is sad. It's sad. We need when
(01:35):
you think about to do the hearing assessment, we need
a sound room. And it's not like optometry. We need
to control the ambient noise. I am here at mix
one sort of four nine from radio station and here
the ambient noise is so low. So that is why
we can communicate so well each other. But imagine an
(01:58):
elderly person if they hearing problem, they are disengaging with
the community. Yeah, with a family. They are not knowing
what is happening in their own family.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
So it automatically lead to depression, Okay, isolation. So any class, okay,
from very young to elderly, hearing is a vital faculty
we need to help. But in Australia we have a
fantastic hearing service system where up to the age of
twenty six, if someone has significant hearing laws, they will
(02:30):
be eligible for free hearing aid.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Then about sixty five they also will be eligible for
hearing aid.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah. Right, So there are different there are different ways
that we can help people if they are suffering from
hearing loss. But it's interesting that point you might as
well about the middle ear infections and you know, kids
not being able to get into sort of or not,
you know, not being able to go and get their
ears maybe traded as quickly when they're in the remote
communities is what they can here in town. I know though,
(03:01):
it is like it is an issue for kids. Even
my son had different issues middle ear issues and we
took him for a hearing taste. His hearing had been
you know, he did have issues with that hearing. And
it has an impact on kids in so many other
ways as well, like you've pointed out your speech development
and even your general health and well being.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Absolutely, absolutely we cannot ignore the hearing faculty as itself.
It affects it manifests in many ways in our life
because as a broadcaster, Katie itself, you need have good
hearing and the ability to communicate. Just imagine a child
with no hearing will not be in a position to
speak clearly. Yeah, because the zero to five year that
(03:44):
age bracket is so crucial because the brain plasticity of
a child is the highest at that age category, taped
up to that five year because if you put a
child in anywhere, they will learn a language and reasonably
well up to that five years. Yeah, So that is
so crucial. And elderly population and the working class people
(04:06):
just imagine that the Australian government is supporting up to
twenty six and above sixty five, but between the twenty
six and sixty five we need to get the support
from our own pocket. Their won't be But for indigenous population,
if they are above fifty they will be eligible for
(04:26):
free hearing it from feral government funding. But twenty six
to fifty, if they engage in community activity, community development project,
then they will be eligible for free hearing it too.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Slomon, tell me, are they different things that we can
do to really protect our ears and to look after
our health.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Absolutely. The simple thing is blowing the nose. Regular nose
blowing is so crucial. And we have a system called
esiation tube that balances the middle year pressure. The station
tube connects to the back of the throat from the
middle ear and in northern we are in a hot
and humid weather and children wanted to go to their
(05:10):
swimming pool. Some children, when they go to swimming for
quite often what happens is they will have blocked years.
So what they need to do they need to blow
their nose air rate the middle part of the year
and the East station tube will open up and it
will equalize the pressure. You will notice that whenever we
take off on a plane or when we land, you
(05:31):
will feel the pressure. Defense if you swallow, it equalizes
the pressure. So when we have that pressure in the
middle part, high pressure or low pressure, the children will
feel a blocked feeling because up to eight nine a year,
the east station tube is in a flat plane. After
(05:51):
that it will have an incline, so it's much easier
to aerate the middle part of the year. So regular
nose blowing the hygiene fact tell. And whenever we have
a hearing issue, eve the child is not talking very well.
Most likely the child may not be hearing very well.
And we parents, okay, I am a father of two children.
(06:12):
We take it for granted that whenever children complain, oh
you're a child Okay, I'm not taking it so seriously,
but I have seen firsthand when I was working at
Quins and Health after diagnosis, this child has got a
hearing laws and the mother said, my son was telling
me many times that okay, Mummy, I am not hearing well,
and I ignore it for okay, such a long time. Okay,
(06:34):
no parent should experience that when a child is complaining
about mummy or daddy, I am not hearing very well.
Take to a hearing specialist audiologist and they will do
the proper hearing assessment through different audiology tools. We do
casestry otoscopy and timber doomety is a test to find
out the middle air function, and OE test is the
(06:54):
inner ear faction and the pureton audiometry. We have a
wide range of testing two to assess the proper here.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Yeah, so Solomon, to anybody listening this morning, you know
who on this hearing Awareness week and thinking to themselves,
oh look, I'm really you know, I think my ears
are okay, but I'm not one hundred percent sure. Or
maybe it's somebody who has had serious issues, or maybe
it is a parent that has got a child that
they're worried that they may have some issues with theory.
(07:22):
Is what is the best thing that they can do?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
A very important message, Katie. If you have any doubt
regarding your child's speech and language development or hearing concerns,
take them to a hearing specialist. They are audiologists and
we have Okay, we will be starting out on audiology
practice too, and I am at auditorian and it's so
(07:46):
important in territory. We need more audiologists or more audiologist
services to us as the hearing of children and adults
and right rehabilitation, rehabilitation through hearing aids and surgical pathway
that directly take them to the hospital. We will refer
them to hospital and that will be a bit delay
(08:06):
in surgery. That will be the evitting team is a
bit high at the stage and it will happen. But
take them to a hearing specialist. They will do proper
hearing tests in a sound Peter room.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Yeah, and that is really great advice, I think, because
you don't want, you know, you don't want to feel
as though they're being left behind or that there are
any issues if they if they're not diagnosed, or if
they're not able to see somebody quite quickly. Absolutely, Solomon,
it is lovely to speak to you this morning. I
always appreciate you coming in and having a chat with
this and I think it's really important. You know, our
(08:39):
hearing health is very important now. Ear health is very important,
and I think that sometimes it's not until something goes
wrong with your ears that you realize just how important
they are and how much you need your hearing.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Absolutely, and it is my prior and privilege to talk
to an award winning journalist who got Order of Australia
from Australian governments.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah, oh, thanks so much, Salomon Joseph. It is always
great to speak to your territory hearing director and principal audiologists.
Thank you so much for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Thank you, lovely, Thank you
We know the Northern Territory has got the highest prevalence
of middle ear diseases in the world, that is according
to the World Health Organization. And if you haven't thought
much about your hearing lately, well it might be a
good time to start, because it is Hearing Awareness Week.
And joining me in the studio to tell us a
little bit more is Territory Hearing Director and principal audiologist
(00:22):
Salomon Joseph.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Good morning, Salomon, Good morning Kitty. Thank you very much
for okay in waiting me for this interview.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
It's great to have you in the studio. We have
had you on the show before. You are a great
person to speak to about all things hearing and making
sure that we know what's going on with our ears
as well. I guess to put it to put it
very bluntly now, Solomon, tell us what's the focus this
year for Hearing Awareness months.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
It's so important for any age group like children to
a elderly population. Hearing is so so important faculty for
children for the surveyor speech and language development. Good hearing
so important. As you all know, our Indigenous children are
disadvantages because they are having the high rate of miliar diseases.
(01:10):
The one of the factor is overcrowding. You can imagine
in a house with twenty five people, the hygiene factor
will reduce and that itself is a course of milliar disease.
And I have been traveling to many communities in North
Intertwines since twenty sixteen and until twenty thirteen, and I
have seen firsthand is sad. It's sad. We need when
(01:35):
you think about to do the hearing assessment, we need
a sound room. And it's not like optometry. We need
to control the ambient noise. I am here at mix
one sort of four nine from radio station and here
the ambient noise is so low. So that is why
we can communicate so well each other. But imagine an
(01:58):
elderly person if they hearing problem, they are disengaging with
the community. Yeah, with a family. They are not knowing
what is happening in their own family.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
So it automatically lead to depression, Okay, isolation. So any class, okay,
from very young to elderly, hearing is a vital faculty
we need to help. But in Australia we have a
fantastic hearing service system where up to the age of
twenty six, if someone has significant hearing laws, they will
(02:30):
be eligible for free hearing aid.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Then about sixty five they also will be eligible for
hearing aid.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Yeah. Right, So there are different there are different ways
that we can help people if they are suffering from
hearing loss. But it's interesting that point you might as
well about the middle ear infections and you know, kids
not being able to get into sort of or not,
you know, not being able to go and get their
ears maybe traded as quickly when they're in the remote
communities is what they can here in town. I know though,
(03:01):
it is like it is an issue for kids. Even
my son had different issues middle ear issues and we
took him for a hearing taste. His hearing had been
you know, he did have issues with that hearing. And
it has an impact on kids in so many other
ways as well, like you've pointed out your speech development
and even your general health and well being.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Absolutely, absolutely we cannot ignore the hearing faculty as itself.
It affects it manifests in many ways in our life
because as a broadcaster, Katie itself, you need have good
hearing and the ability to communicate. Just imagine a child
with no hearing will not be in a position to
speak clearly. Yeah, because the zero to five year that
(03:44):
age bracket is so crucial because the brain plasticity of
a child is the highest at that age category, taped
up to that five year because if you put a
child in anywhere, they will learn a language and reasonably
well up to that five years. Yeah, So that is
so crucial. And elderly population and the working class people
(04:06):
just imagine that the Australian government is supporting up to
twenty six and above sixty five, but between the twenty
six and sixty five we need to get the support
from our own pocket. Their won't be But for indigenous population,
if they are above fifty they will be eligible for
(04:26):
free hearing it from feral government funding. But twenty six
to fifty, if they engage in community activity, community development project,
then they will be eligible for free hearing it too.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
Slomon, tell me, are they different things that we can
do to really protect our ears and to look after
our health.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
Absolutely. The simple thing is blowing the nose. Regular nose
blowing is so crucial. And we have a system called
esiation tube that balances the middle year pressure. The station
tube connects to the back of the throat from the
middle ear and in northern we are in a hot
and humid weather and children wanted to go to their
(05:10):
swimming pool. Some children, when they go to swimming for
quite often what happens is they will have blocked years.
So what they need to do they need to blow
their nose air rate the middle part of the year
and the East station tube will open up and it
will equalize the pressure. You will notice that whenever we
take off on a plane or when we land, you
(05:31):
will feel the pressure. Defense if you swallow, it equalizes
the pressure. So when we have that pressure in the
middle part, high pressure or low pressure, the children will
feel a blocked feeling because up to eight nine a year,
the east station tube is in a flat plane. After
(05:51):
that it will have an incline, so it's much easier
to aerate the middle part of the year. So regular
nose blowing the hygiene fact tell. And whenever we have
a hearing issue, eve the child is not talking very well.
Most likely the child may not be hearing very well.
And we parents, okay, I am a father of two children.
(06:12):
We take it for granted that whenever children complain, oh
you're a child Okay, I'm not taking it so seriously,
but I have seen firsthand when I was working at
Quins and Health after diagnosis, this child has got a
hearing laws and the mother said, my son was telling
me many times that okay, Mummy, I am not hearing well,
and I ignore it for okay, such a long time. Okay,
(06:34):
no parent should experience that when a child is complaining
about mummy or daddy, I am not hearing very well.
Take to a hearing specialist audiologist and they will do
the proper hearing assessment through different audiology tools. We do
casestry otoscopy and timber doomety is a test to find
out the middle air function, and OE test is the
(06:54):
inner ear faction and the pureton audiometry. We have a
wide range of testing two to assess the proper here.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
Yeah, so Solomon, to anybody listening this morning, you know
who on this hearing Awareness week and thinking to themselves,
oh look, I'm really you know, I think my ears
are okay, but I'm not one hundred percent sure. Or
maybe it's somebody who has had serious issues, or maybe
it is a parent that has got a child that
they're worried that they may have some issues with theory.
(07:22):
Is what is the best thing that they can do?
Speaker 2 (07:25):
A very important message, Katie. If you have any doubt
regarding your child's speech and language development or hearing concerns,
take them to a hearing specialist. They are audiologists and
we have Okay, we will be starting out on audiology
practice too, and I am at auditorian and it's so
(07:46):
important in territory. We need more audiologists or more audiologist
services to us as the hearing of children and adults
and right rehabilitation, rehabilitation through hearing aids and surgical pathway
that directly take them to the hospital. We will refer
them to hospital and that will be a bit delay
(08:06):
in surgery. That will be the evitting team is a
bit high at the stage and it will happen. But
take them to a hearing specialist. They will do proper
hearing tests in a sound Peter room.
Speaker 1 (08:17):
Yeah, and that is really great advice, I think, because
you don't want, you know, you don't want to feel
as though they're being left behind or that there are
any issues if they if they're not diagnosed, or if
they're not able to see somebody quite quickly. Absolutely, Solomon,
it is lovely to speak to you this morning. I
always appreciate you coming in and having a chat with
this and I think it's really important. You know, our
(08:39):
hearing health is very important now. Ear health is very important,
and I think that sometimes it's not until something goes
wrong with your ears that you realize just how important
they are and how much you need your hearing.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Absolutely, and it is my prior and privilege to talk
to an award winning journalist who got Order of Australia
from Australian governments.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
Yeah, oh, thanks so much, Salomon Joseph. It is always
great to speak to your territory hearing director and principal audiologists.
Thank you so much for your time this morning.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Thank you, lovely, Thank you
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