Abbreviations

ACAudAustralian College of Audiology
ACCCAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission
ACTAustralian Capital Territory
AHPRAAustralian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
AIOHAustralian Institute of Occupational Hygienists
AMAAustralian Medical Association
AMSAboriginal Medical Service
ANAOAustralian National Audit Office
ANHSCAustralasian Newborn Hearing Screening Committee
AOMAcute Otitis Media
ASOHNSAustralian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
ASORCAustralian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors
BPPVBenign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
CAPDCentral Auditory Processing Disorder
CICADACochlear Implant Club and Advisory Association
COAGCouncil of Australian Governments
CRCCooperative Research Centre
CSOCommunity Service Obligations
CSOMChronic Suppurative Otitis Media
dBDecibels
DSQDeaf Services Queensland
DVADepartment of Veterans’ Affairs
EAFEmployment Assistance Fund
ENTEar, Nose and Throat
FMFrequency Modulation
GPGeneral Practitioner
HAASAHearing Aid Audiometrist Society of Australia
HBAHearing Business Alliance
HCIAHearing Care Industry Association
HGSAHuman Genetics Society Australasia
HPCHealth Professionals Council
HSPHearing Services Program
IAAIndependent Audiologists Australia
IAGIndigenous Affairs Group
LOCHILongitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment
MoUsMemorandums of Understanding
NABSNational Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service
NALNational Acoustic Laboratories
NAPLANNational Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy
NASRHPNational Alliance of Self Regulating Health Professions
NCFHNational Centre for Farmer Health
NDIANational Disability Insurance Agency
NDISNational Disability Insurance Scheme
NHPANational Health Priority Area
NRHANational Rural Health Alliance
NRSNational Relay Service
NSWNew South Wales
NTNorthern Territory
NT COGSO
Northern Territory Council of Government School Organisations
OHS
Occupational Health and Safety
OME
Otitis Media with Effusion
PBSPharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
QAIHCQueensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council
QldQueensland
RACSRoyal Australasian College of Surgeons
RAPRehabilitation Appliances Program
RIDBCRoyal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
SHHHSelf Help for Hard of Hearing People
SASouth Australia
SMSShort Message Service
SRCSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation
TAFETechnical and Further Education
UKUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
VicVictoria
WHSWork Health and Safety

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