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

Monthly Program Statistics 2020-2021

This webpage contains monthly statistics for the 2020-2021 financial year. Effective as of 4 July 2021.

Number of Vouchers Issued by Month

New Vouchers Issued

Month

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Total

Jul

 156

 3,897

 50

 2,678

 986

 299

 1,940

 1,128

 11,134

Aug

 148

 3,587

 48

 2,660

 1,067

 352

 1,118

 1,214

 10,194

Sep

 178

 3,818

 38

 2,730

 1,130

 314

 1,275

 1,100

 10,583

Oct

 154

 3,658

 64

 2,692

 1,061

 315

 1,874

 1,192

 11,010

Nov

 156

 3,662

 66

 2,640

 846

 271

 2,643

 1,083

 11,367

Dec

 120

 2,653

 30

 1,875

 683

 192

 1,981

 738

 8,272

Jan

 93

 2,998

 55

 2,224

 763

 287

 2,183

 1,003

 9,606

Feb

 136

 3,872

 46

 2,748

 921

 321

 2,615

 888

 11,547

Mar

 169

 4,320

 53

 3,168

 1,177

 400

 3,169

 1,303

 13,759

Apr

137

3,585

41

2,463

896

334

2,751

1,054

11,261

May

161

3,976

47

2,736

1,055

334

2,916

1,155

12,380

Jun

135

3,652

35

2,750

976

376

2,365

1,028

11,317

Total

1,743

43,674

573

31,370

11,559

3,795

26,827

12,889

132,430

Source: HSO Production data (2021)

Return Vouchers Issued

Month

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Total

Jul

279

7,569

74

5,146

2,081

788

5,700

1,961

23,598

Aug

238

6,998

74

4,991

1,891

728

5,085

1,938

21,943

Sep

266

6,804

68

5,112

1,900

809

4,549

1,956

21,464

Oct

185

5,886

72

4,362

1,773

647

5,148

2,093

20,166

Nov

213

6,130

60

4,624

1,995

707

5,486

2,059

21,274

Dec

129

4,492

55

3,404

1,317

469

3,806

1,434

15,106

Jan

169

5,114

57

3,772

1,640

588

4,110

1,567

17,017

Feb

234

5,854

61

4,405

1,662

643

4,928

1,511

19,298

Mar

235

6,679

50

4,930

1,837

722

5,254

1,878

21,585

Apr

181

5,488

46

4,242

1,396

566

4,501

1,594

18,014

May

277

8,107

62

5,867

2,975

714

6,148

2,848

26,998

Jun

280

7,041

55

6,088

2,046

641

5,600

2,110

23,861

Total

2,686

76,162

734

56,943

22,513

8,022

60,315

22,949

250,324

Source: HSO Production data (2021)

Number of Clients Serviced by Month

Client Serviced

Month

Total

Jul

109,434

Aug

115,349

Sep

107,681

Oct

106,858

Nov

108,367

Dec

93,777

Jan

84,636

Feb

98,356

Mar

117,595

Apr

106,392

May

101,863

Jun

117,004

Source: HSO Production data (2021)

Note: This table counts only one service per client per month, but a single client may have services over multiple months.

Devices fitted by Month by State

Number of devices fitted

Month

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Total

Jul

357

11,029

146

8,095

3,182

1,003

7,910

3,229

34,951

Aug

342

12,151

152

8,409

3,349

1,159

7,998

3,230

36,790

Sep

440

12,073

131

8,633

3,555

1,130

5,725

3,302

34,989

Oct

349

11,307

141

8,735

3,153

1,028

5,980

3,458

34,151

Nov

393

11,559

167

8,687

3,103

1,101

6,865

3,162

35,037

Dec

356

9,512

111

7,309

3,081

944

7,227

2,671

31,211

Jan

292

9,067

145

7,215

2,680

837

7,012

2,912

30,160

Feb

346

9,808

138

7,549

2,662

935

7,483

2,430

31,351

Mar

381

11,988

134

9,811

3,377

1,154

9,132

3,475

39,452

Apr

356

11,427

116

8,887

3,321

1,144

8,742

3,431

37,424

May

387

11,646

88

7,941

2,995

1,138

8,525

3,276

35,996

Jun

504

14,513

144

10,639

3,665

1,347

10,040

3,552

44,404

Total

4,503

136,080

1,613

101,910

38,123

12,920

92,639

38,128

425,916

Source: HSO Production data (2021)




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