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There are many different reasons why you may have noticed a change in your hearing levels. We perform comprehensive hearing assessments which include:

• Impedance testing: We will check how well your eardrums, the middle ear bones and your ears’ reflexes respond to changes in sound level and air pressure.
• Pure tone assessment:  A series of beeps will be presented to you to determine your hearing levels.
• Speech assessment: We check to see how well you understand and hear spoken words.

All tests are completed to give us a better idea of your hearing health and determine if a hearing rehabilitation plan is required to help improve your hearing.

Australian citizen or permanent resident 26 years or older and you are:

• A National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participant with hearing needs, referred by a planner from the National Disability Insurance Agency
• Referred by the Disability Employment Services (Disability Management Services) Program.

1. A test of their hearing levels using either Play Audiometry or Pure Tone Audiometry

• Pure Tone Audiometry (Age >5): A series of beeps and tones will be played to your child using headphones and they will be asked to press a button when they hear a sound.

2. A test of their middle ear health will be performed.

• Eardrum Test: A small probe will be placed in to your child’s ear to check how the eardrum responds to a gentle puff of air.

3. A Speech assessment test will be performed and the difficulty will be determined based on your child’s age and developmental abilities: check to see how well your child understands and hears spoken words.

• Speech Discrimination Test: This is performed to check how well you child understands and responds to spoken words.

If you will be working in an environment where you are required to wear hearing protection or may be exposed to significant noise, your employer may require a pre-employment hearing assessment. They may request this to:

• Get a baseline reading of your hearing levels for future monitoring purposes.
• Ensure that your hearing levels meet specific workplace safety needs.
• Determine the presence of a pre-existing hearing loss.

We are fully accredited to perform the following tests for commercial and employment purposes:

• Industrial audiometric assessment
• Commercial fitness to drive hearing assessment
• Civil Aviation Safety Authority hearing assessment
• Commercial diver hearing assessment
• Police hearing assessment
• Australian Defence Force Hearing Assessment

Advanced Hearing Services is a fully qualified and approved Work Health & Safety Hearing Service Provider for SIRA, iCare and WHS New South Wales  If you are concerned about your hearing, and believe that your hearing levels may have changed as a result of your employment we can assist in evaluating your hearing levels and assist you with making a claim.

The audiological assessment includes the following tests:

• Otoscopy: Visual examination of the eardrum and external part of the ear.
• Unaided Pure Tone Assessment: A series of beeps will be presented to you to determine your hearing levels without your hearing aids.
• Unaided Speech Assessment: We check to see how well you hear spoken words without your hearing aids.
• Impedance Testing: We will check how well your eardrums, the middle ear bones and your ears’ reflexes respond to changes in sound level and air pressure.
• Aided Speech Assessment: We check to see how well you hear words in a quiet listening situation and in noise whilst wearing optimally fitted hearing aids.

In addition to the above core audiological assessments, the Cochlear Implant Program will perform additional complex testing.