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Medicare rebates available for comprehensive hearing assessments referred by GPs or other medical practitioners.
Medicare rebates available for comprehensive hearing assessments referred by GPs or other medical practitioners.
$185 New | $180 Returning ^ | 45 minutes
Peace of mind that your child’s ears and hearing are working as they should.
Clarity if you need to see a Speech & Language Pathologist for speech and language support or an Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) specialist for ear management.
Rule out if any delays with speech, language, learning or school are due to resolvable hearing issues.
Our comprehensive hearing assessments for children is adapted to your child.
We begin by exploring your child’s hearing and general health backgrounds and help to settle them into the appointment in a fun and respectful way.
We take images of their ears using our specialised camera, before assessing their middle ear function (via tympanometry) to provide us with information about their Eustachian tube function.
We then check if the inner ear is responding to an automated hearing test (DPOAEs).
For children aged 3-6 years old, we play a game to determine how soft they can hear soft sounds that are essential to understanding speech (conditioned play audiometry).
For older children, we comprehensively test how soft they can hear broader sounds across the speech spectrum and their abilities to understand words in quiet (age 6 and up) and sentences in noise (age 9 and up).
On the other hand, some children on the cusp of turning 3 may be unable yet to complete the more advanced testing requirements of the comprehensive children’s assessment. In such cases, we would perform an objective ear and hearing status screening assessment normally used for 0-3 year old children.
We conclude with an explanation of the results and a discussion of next steps so you have a clear idea of what to do next
We conclude with a clear explanation of the results and assist you in determining the best course of action to take for your child.
The Medicare rebate can be processed on-site if you have a valid referral and you are Medicare-eligible. Please note that a new referral from a medical practitioner is needed for each hearing assessment for Medicare rebates to apply.
We encourage you to book a time that your child will be able to concentrate for up to 30 minutes.
For younger children (up to 8 years old), preparing your younger child ahead of the appointment by telling the that someone will be looking in their ears can sometimes help to settle them ahead of time. We sometimes require distractions during testing for this age group, so if you have any of your child’s preferred videos on your phone, that can be helpful for us to obtain all necessary results.
We try to avoid eating during testing as this can disrupt results.
For older children, there is no specific preparation needed for our appointments.
Dr Gerard William, PhD, is an Audiology Australia accredited audiologist who has hearing impairment. He founded Hear With Me to provide warm, personalised and comprehensive hearing care that prioritises the needs and concerns of hearing impaired individuals and their loved ones.
Please bring your doctor’s referral (if you have one) to your appointment.
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