Hearing loss

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	Loss of hearing
METEOR identifier:	530015
Registration status:	Indigenous, Standard 08/08/2014
Definition:	Describes any hearing threshold response (using audiometry) outside the normal range, at any sound stimuli, in either ear.

Source and reference attributes
Origin:	AIHW 2011. Ear and hearing health of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory. Cat. no. IHW 60. Canberra: AIHW, p.48
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Patient—hearing loss indicator Indigenous, Standard 08/08/2014 Patient—hearing loss indicator, yes/no code N Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 Patient—type of hearing loss, code N Indigenous, Superseded 18/02/2015 Patient—type of hearing loss, code N Indigenous, Standard 18/02/2015 Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Children's Health Checks: Audiology services DSS, May 2011-March 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 18/02/2015 Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory: Audiology services DSS, April 2012-April 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 18/02/2015 Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory: Audiology services DSS, May 2013-August 2014 Indigenous, Standard 18/02/2015 Type of hearing loss code N Indigenous, Standard 08/08/2014 Type of hearing loss code N Indigenous, Standard 18/02/2015