Hearing Matters Australia (HMA) was founded in 1983 and is dedicated to providing unbiased information and peer support based on lived experience to help people living with hearing loss. As a self-funded, nonprofit, and volunteer-driven consumer organization, HMA runs face-to-face Café and Chat sessions and outreach talks, focusing on raising awareness about hearing awareness and managing hearing loss rooted in firsthand experiences. HMA also runs the Hearing Aid Bank program in NSW jointly with MQ Health Speech and Hearing Clinic.