This Talking Book app is a resource developed for the Australian Government’s Care for Kids’ Ears campaign. The app is designed to help increase awareness of ear disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people(s), highlight risk factors for ear disease and promote the importance of seeking and following treatment to prevent hearing loss.By downloading this app you can listen to key ...more

This Talking Book app is a resource developed for the Australian Government’s Care for Kids’ Ears campaign. The app is designed to help increase awareness of ear disease among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people(s), highlight risk factors for ear disease and promote the importance of seeking and following treatment to prevent hearing loss.

By downloading this app you can listen to key ear health messages in English or in one of the 22 Indigenous languages listed below:

• Alyawarr
• Anindilyakwa
• Burarra
• Central Arrernte
• Gurrindji
• Kalaw Lagaw Ya
• Kriol (NT)
• Kriol (WA)
• Kukatja
• Kuuk Thaayorre
• Luritja/Pintupi
• Martu Wangka
• Murrinh-Patha
• Ngaanyatjarra
• Pitjantjatjara
• Tiwi
• Torres Strait Island Creole
• Walmajarri
• Warlpiri
• Western Arrente
• Yankunytjatjara
• Yolngu Matha

This app is designed to be used by health professionals when talking to patients about ear disease, by teachers and teachers’ aides to assist in ear health education, or by parents and carers wanting to learn more about ear disease.

For more information about the Care for Kids’ Ears campaign please visit the campaign website.

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