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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.
$170 ^ | 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.
A report will be sent to their referring doctors and to you.
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.
Sabreena Zahrain is an experienced Audiology Australia accredited audiologist who has worked across several areas of audiology, specialising in ear wax removals, children and adult hearing assessments, and hearing rehabilitation. She is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals while also ensuring that you are cared for and met with warmth and clinical excellence.
Please bring your doctor’s referral (if you have one) to your appointment.
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Best in class care from the Hear With Me team.
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We promise warm, honest, personalised and comprehensive audiology care to help you connect with loved ones.
Guided by the lived and professional experience of hearing impaired and accredited audiologist Dr Gerard William, PhD.
Street parking is available outside (paid parking closest to the building; free 2P further away).
Wheelchair accessible and friendly.
Serviced by PTV buses 503, 546, 551 and 903 and the Heidelberg Train Station.
Running early? Visit The Pepper Tree Cafe on Burgundy St and mention that you are seeing us!
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Wheelchair accessible and friendly.
The clinic is closest to Southern Cross and Flagstaff Train Stations (under 15 minutes walk), but also to Central and Flinders St Stations.
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