I have been wearing hearing aids since 1984 as a 9 year old. I'm now 48 years of age. I have 2 times over the past 10 years successfully applied for compassionate super release to purchase my hearing aids as accomodating my disability. Legally, I'm classified as deaf. Without hearing aids, I cannot work, communicate and go about my day to day life. The past 2 compassionate relase applications, I have had the same GP fill in the relevant paper work. This GP has retired and I am having difficulties finding a GP who will fill in the forms. They say they don't know me well enough and refuse to do it even though I have audiogram results from 1984 to current 2024. The ATO does not recognise Audiologists as registered practioners.
Is there any way around this?
Since I am deaf for life, why do I need to get a GP to fill in the forms?
Why is an Audiologists not considered a specialists to sign off on this?
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