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                                                                   Exhibit 23(a)





                                   CONSENT OF
                              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



         We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Invacare
Corporation for the registration of 578,650 of its Common Shares and to
the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 23, 1994,
with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Invacare
Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K as amended by Form 10-K/A 
No. 1) for the year ended December 31, 1993, filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.




                                            /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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                                                 ERNST & YOUNG LLP




Cleveland, Ohio
March 3, 1995