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Norma Benger Chidanpee
Norma Benger Chidanpee
When babies are born in the dry season this is also the time of the birth of the dragonfly, which hums and buzzes around the air excited about the birth of the new season.
The grandmothers catch the dragonflies to test babies' hearing, making them buzz near the babies' ears. When a baby responds we know that they have good hearing....
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Policies and strategies
Health policies and strategies
2004
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2004)
National summary of the 2001 and 2002 jurisdictional reports
against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance
indicators. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare
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report (HTML)
2003
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (2003)
Work plan for future actions in ear and hearing health.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
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report (HTML)
Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Forum Ear Health Working
Party (2003)
Northern Territory ear health and hearing strategic plan
2003-2006: to reduce ear disease and hearing loss in the Northern
Territory.
Casuarina, NT: Northern Territory Aboriginal Health Forum
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report (Word doc - 4.2MB - large file warning!)
2002
Commonwealth of Australia (2002)
Report on Commonwealth funded hearing services to Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Strategies for future
action.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
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report (PDF - 341KB)
2000
NSW Health Department (2000)
New South Wales otitis media strategic plan for Aboriginal
children.
Sydney: NSW Health Department
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report (PDF - 278KB)
Prior to 2000
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health (nd)
National Aboriginal and Islander Hearing Strategy 1995-1999
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health
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info (HTML)
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report (PDF - 103KB)
Communication and learning - policies and strategies
2001
Commonwealth Department of Education Science and Training
(2001)
The national Indigenous English literacy and numeracy
strategy.
Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia
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report (PDF - 165 KB)
(Includes 6 key elements one of which is titled Overcoming
hearing, health and nutrition problems)
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