Hearing impairment

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	530152
Registration status:	Indigenous, Standard 08/08/2014
Definition:	A classification that estimates the degree of handicap associated with hearing loss in the better ear and links to predicted consequences and recommended rehabilitation. Hearing impairment classification applies a graded scale - mild, moderate, severe and profound - based on degree of deviation from normal thresholds in the better ear as recorded through audiometry.

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. 49
Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Patient—degree of hearing impairment Indigenous, Standard 08/08/2014 Patient—degree of hearing impairment, code N Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 Patient—hearing impairment indicator, yes/no code N Indigenous, Standard 11/08/2014 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Futures in the Northern Territory Children's Health Checks: Audiology services DSS, May 2011-March 2012 Indigenous, Superseded 18/02/2015 Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory: Audiology services DSS, April 2012-April 2013 Indigenous, Superseded 18/02/2015 Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory: Audiology services DSS, May 2013-August 2014 Indigenous, Standard 18/02/2015