Our range of audiology services includes comprehensive diagnostic hearing assessments
- Children’s hearing tests from 9 months old
- Follow-up from school nurse screening tests
- Glue ear and ear infection assessment
- Adult hearing tests
What to expect
During this appointment, one of our qualified audiologists will perform a comprehensive diagnostic assessment of your hearing.
- Visual Reinforcement Audiology (VRA)
- Play Audiometry
- Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA)
Appointment fees
Initial Consultation – Diagnostic Hearing Test: $140.00
Review Consultation – Diagnostic Hearing Test: $120.00
Pensioner or Health Care card holders
Initial Consultation – Diagnostic Hearing Test: $100.00
Review Consultation – Diagnostic Hearing Test: $80.00
(Fees are subject to change)
There is a Medicare rebate available for audiology appointments with a valid GP referral or team care arrangement.
Please bring in or send through any relevant investigations and documents to reception@entnorth.com.au prior to your appointment.
Frequently asked questions
A diagnostic hearing assessment is a comprehensive 30-minute appointment conducted by a qualified audiologist. This involves a case history to discuss your concerns, otoscopy (examination of your ears), tympanometry (middle ear function test), and a hearing test. Depending on age, the hearing test involves testing all frequencies from 250 to 8000 Hz, it is a in-depth evaluation to determine the type, cause, and severity of a hearing loss. With a valid GP referral or team care arrangement a Medicare rebate is available.
A screening or hearing check is a very short hearing test to obtain an indication of the health of your hearing and to determine whether you need a more comprehensive clinical hearing assessment. A screening will only typically test frequencies between 500 to 4000 Hz. This type of check is usually at no cost to you and takes up to 5 minutes.
No, you can book directly with our audiologist without a referral however a Medicare rebate is only available to a patient with a current referral.
We accept:
- GP Referrals
- Team Care Arrangement from a GP
- ENT Referrals
- Neurologist Referrals
- Paediatrician Referrals
- Speech and language developmental delay, frustration as others don’t understand them
- Behavioural issues, difficulty concentrating or paying attention
- Frequent history of ear infections
- Restless sleeper
- Often asks for repeats or says ‘huh’ or ‘what’
- Sits close to the television or has the volume up louder than usual
- Talks loudly
- Decline in educational performance
- Needing to be called several times before responding
- Uncoordinated or clumsy (more than usual)
- Difficulty following conversations in the car or has the volume of the car radio up louder than usual
- Difficulty following speech in the presence of background noise, having to use context to guess what is being said
- Has the television volume up louder then usual
- Talks loudly
- Difficulty following conversations in the car or has the volume of the car radio up louder than usual
- Often asks for repeats
- Needing to use speaker phone when talking on the mobile phone
- Missing important sounds eg. The doorbell ring, and or the telephone ringing