Previous themes

Previous Themes

2007 - Get the Message

The Hearing Awareness Week theme for 2007 attempted to engage the community and to highlight the human impact of hearing loss.

2006 - Noise Injury

Deafness Forum's Hearing Awareness Week 2006 had a broad focus on hearing protection and conservation, and concentrated on the baby boomer generation.

Poster used during HAW 2006

Media Release PDF or Word

2005 -An emphasis on Communication Options

Hearing Awareness Week 2005 was theme free. Groups and individuals were encouraged to become involved in Hearing Awareness Week and arrange activities and choose a focus that would suit their community. The main aim, of course, being awareness and education.

One of Deafness Forum’s focuses was the various communication options utilised by people who are Deaf or hearing impaired as they progress through life, including Auslan, lip-reading, text telephones, relay services, captioning, visual alerts, hearing aids, cochlear implants and hearing augmentation systems.

Posters used during HAW 2005

2004 - Babies Can't Wait to Communicate

The Hearing Awareness Week theme for 2004 provided an opportunity to educate the community about the importance of early identification of hearing loss in newborns and the impact on families and choices made after diagnosis.

Read more about what happened in Hearing Awareness Week 2004:

2004 Media Release
Personal Stories

The poster used during HAW 2004

2003 - Hearing Aids Help You

The Hearing Awareness Week theme for 2003, 'Hearing Aids Help You' provided an opportunity to challenge the negative image surrounding the use of hearing aids.

Read more about what happened in Hearing Awareness Week 2003:

2003 Media Release
Personal Stories

The poster used during HAW 2003

2002 - Understanding Hearing Loss

Understanding the impact that hearing loss has on the lives of the approximate 3.2 million Australians who are deaf or have a hearing loss, and how to minimise that impact, was the main theme of Hearing Awareness Week 2002.

Read more about what happened in Hearing Awareness Week 2002:

2002 Media Release
Understanding Hearing Loss article
Events held and comments

The poster used during HAW 2002

2001 - It's Caption Time

Hearing Awareness Week 2001 focused its energy on increasing the public awareness of Captions and how they work. It was also an opportunity for encouraging people who are Deaf and Hearing Impaired to continue to advocate for more captions of Children's TV, Pay TV and the availability of Teletext TVs in Hotels and other public venues.