Hill-Rom (HRC) 8-K Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-107016) and Form S-8 (Nos. 33-38465, 333-49669, 333-88354 and 333-88328) of Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. of our report dated December 22, 2005 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2005.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
January 20, 2006