The Hearing Services Scheme

The aim of the hearing services scheme is to:

Assist people with hearing loss to maximize their potential for independent communication and improve their quality of life Hearing Rehabilitation Outcomes for Voucher Holders – 1 July 2012.

The scheme aims to achieve this by issuing vouchers to eligible clients to enable them to obtain, through presentation of the voucher, services and hearing devices from a national network of private hearing service providers and the Government-owned provider, Australian Hearing.

In order to receive funding from the Commonwealth for the provision of hearing services to clients (voucher holders), service providers must:

• be accredited by the Office of Hearing Services (OHS) and contracted by the Commonwealth
  
• utilise devices that are provided be a device supplier that has entered into a Deed of Standing Offer with the Commonwealth
  
• comply with all conditions of contracts, deeds and legislation
  
• submit a claim for the service provided.

The scheme is administered by the OHS.