Australian Government - Department of Health and Aged Care - Office of Hearing Services
Hearing Services Program

Monthly Program Statistics 2022-2023

This webpage contains monthly statistics for the 2022-23 financial year. All numbers are effective as of 07 Mar 2023. The numbers might be slightly different from the previous publication due to the process of recovery. 

Number of Vouchers Issued by Month

New Vouchers Issued

Month

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Total

Jul

96

2,841

29

2,040

743

245

2,382

892

9,268

Aug

110

3,392

41

2,327

948

291

2,754

950

10,813

Sep

98

3,309

30

2,234

914

243

2,445

963

10,236

Oct

97

3,266

40

2,123

841

251

2,645

1,062

10,325

Nov

129

3,448

44

2,374

1,006

302

2,707

1,135

11,145

Dec

92

2,406

25

1,576

607

171

2,050

751

7,678

Jan

112

2,935

32

2,149

873

211

2,436

949

9,697

Feb

148

3,585

36

2,244

967

275

2,604

1,088

10,947

Total

882

25,182

277

17,067

6,899

1,989

20,023

7,790

80,109

Source: HSO Production data.

Return Vouchers Issued

Month

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Total

Jul

54

1,039

11

682

244

69

745

242

3,086

Aug

56

1,048

14

686

229

57

720

248

3,058

Sep

50

1,019

17

625

242

67

720

260

3,000

Oct

39

961

5

569

211

69

649

275

2,778

Nov

28

896

16

558

172

77

664

214

2,625

Dec

19

658

9

384

116

47

524

141

1,898

Jan

27

808

8

462

169

56

586

181

2,297

Feb

37

910

5

521

207

46

624

200

2,550

Total

310

7,339

85

4,487

1,590

488

5,232

1,761

21,292

Source: HSO Production data.

Note: On 1 July 2021, all current vouchers were extended from 3 years to 5 years, resulting a significant lower number of return vouchers issued for months in both Financial Years 2021-22 and 2022-23.                  

Clients Serviced

Month

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Total

Jul

870

27,886

215

21,026

8,477

2,964

23,198

9,188

93,824

Aug

1,143

32,580

322

25,637

10,360

3,446

26,397

10,387

110,272

Sep

1,127

30,880

406

23,941

10,041

3,446

23,712

9,659

103,212

Oct

1,111

28,866

342

24,307

9,523

3,254

24,875

10,228

102,506

Nov

1,085

32,803

355

25,664

10,152

3,380

24,725

10,626

108,790

Dec

957

26,349

256

20,037

7,878

2,881

21,944

8,252

88,554

Jan

843

25,467

291

19,346

7,817

2,606

20,976

8,855

86,201

Feb

1,069

26,946

252

21,215

8,355

2,776

22,634

9,130

92,377

Total

6,398

177,492

1,878

137,579

55,219

19,179

143,455

57,841

599,041

Source: HSO Production data.

Note: This table counts the number of unique clients receiving at least one type of services in each reporting month/period (only one service counted per client within each month/period, as a single client may have services over multiple months).

Number of Devices Fitted by Month                      

Devices Fitted                                

Month

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Total

Jul

367

11,216

116

8,204

3,032

1,147

9,297

3,515

36,894

Aug

356

12,045

127

9,115

3,474

1,085

9,732

3,620

39,554

Sep

333

11,817

152

8,641

3,367

1,159

8,673

3,196

37,338

Oct

434

11,659

121

8,687

3,047

1,091

9,254

3,356

37,649

Nov

403

12,236

93

8,959

3,393

1,128

8,911

3,657

38,780

Dec

391

10,383

93

7,710

2,858

963

7,987

3,108

33,493

Jan

305

10,133

91

7,212

2,786

868

7,631

3,098

32,124

Feb

380

10,205

84

7,514

2,862

875

8,149

3,112

33,181

Total

2,969

89,694

877

66,038

24,819

8,316

69,633

26,662

289,008

Source: HSO Production data.


Note: This table counts the number of subsidized devices (hearing aids and Assistive Listening Devices) fitted, replaced or provided as a spare aid in each month/period.




Monthly Program Statistics 2022-2023

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