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Welcome to Care for Kids' Ears
The Care for Kids’ Ears campaign has been designed and produced by the Australian Government to
increase awareness of ear disease and hearing loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
While Otitis Media (also known as 'ear disease' and 'middle ear infection') is a fairly common disease in
children generally, the prevalence, recurrence and degree of infection recorded in Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people is significantly higher than in non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Left untreated, ear infections can lead to hearing loss which may limit a child’s capacity to develop socially
and emotionally. Otitis Media can also adversely affect educational outcomes.
The Care for Kids’ Ears campaign is the first national campaign to target Indigenous ear disease.
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