Hearing Awareness Week is an annual event held in the last week of August, raising community awareness of hearing impairment and ways to protect hearing. The Noise Expo, a community event for anyone who is suffering from or at risk of noise induced hearing loss, will be held:

Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 August 2011
9:00am - 3:00pm
QV1 Foyer, 250 St Georges Terrace, Perth

WorkCover WA’s Noise Induced Hearing Loss Team will attend the Noise Expo, working alongside WorkSafe to promote awareness of the impact of noise induced hearing loss and the measures available to limit this.

For further information about the event, visit www.hearingawarenessweek.org.au and if you’d like to know more about WorkCover WA’s role in this area, see the Noise Induced Hearing Loss page.