Deafness Forum Australia is the peak national body representing the interests of the 3.5 million Australians who live with hearing loss. Hearing loss is the most common disability of adulthood. Our mission is to make hearing health & wellbeing a national priority in Australia. Our work encompasses the full human experience and includes accessibility in communications and the made environment, human rights, justice, education, employment, transport, health and aged care. These aspects of life align with, and are drawn from the National Disability Strategy, a high level policy framework to give coherence to, and guide government activity across mainstream and disabilityspecific areas of public policy.