The NRS can help you communicate over the phone if you are deaf, hard of hearing or have difficulties with speech.

Tasmania has a statewide audiology service with a full range of diagnostic services including behavioural and electrophysiological tests, cochlear implant assessment and rehabilitation, newborn hearing screening and diagnostic assessment and support, and the provision of loan assistive listening devices to patients at Royal Hobart Hospital.

The Flinders Medical Centre is a large public hospital, they conduct hearing assessments and are the only location in South Australia where you can access a public adult cochlear implant program.

Guide Dogs QLD deliver guide dog services that you may be able to access if you are blind or have low vision.

Guide Dogs WA deliver guide dog services that you may be able to access if you are blind or have low vision.

Hearing Australia has a useful free e-book called Choices. It has information for parents and families of children who are newly diagnosed with hearing loss from birth to 12 years of age.

The South Australian Government has information available on their website hearing impairment and assistive technology, you can also find information on available services.

There are a wide range of free hearing services that you can access in the Northern Territory (NT) for people with hearing impairments.

If you have hearing loss you may be able to access hearing supports and aids through the Hearing Services Program. There is also a special program called the NDIS Early Childhood Early Intervention (ECEI) program for children aged 0–6 years who have just been diagnosed with a hearing problem.