News Dr Damien Howard – NACCHO Aboriginal Health News Alerts Posts about Dr Damien Howard written by nacchomedia NACCHO Aboriginal Health News Alerts Hearing loss remains 'the smoking gun' in Indigenous incarceration Indigenous prisoners who are hearing impaired are falling between the cracks in the Northern Territory justice system. A few officers are trying to change that. www.abc.net.au Hearing loss effects up to nine out of ten Indigenous children in parts of NT - ABC Radio One of the most common health issues among many people in remote indigenous communities is hearing loss. Doctors say it can affect up to nine in every 10 children in some communities in the Northern Territory and has major effects on the behavior of young Indigenous people. PM - ABC Radio Closing the Gap and hearing loss: an invisible barrier obstructs progress Hearing loss among Indigenous Australians is a largely unseen barrier to Closing the Gap programs, according to Dr Damien Howard and Jody Barney, who explain how to be "hearing loss responsive" in service delivery and communications. The Mandarin Hearing loss hits NT indigenous inmates Nine out of 10 Aboriginal inmates in NT jails suffer significant hearing loss, a new study has found. The Age news.nirs.org.au | 520: Web server is returning an unknown error news.nirs.org.au Tone-deaf to people's real needs, the silos strike back Why is an innovative indigenous health program on the cusp of full implementation now likely to be mothballed, asks Dr Damien Howard? The Mandarin