Your Hearing

You rely on your hearing

Your hearing is a sense that keeps you in tune with the world. Without it, engaging with family, friends, colleagues and the community can be difficult. It is also a sense that keeps you safe by alerting you to potential dangers – a car horn, a smoke alarm, a loud bang in the night.

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Gradual hearing loss

Hearing loss can happen over time and realising that your hearing is compromised can also be gradual. Others say you have the TV too loud, someone lets you know your phone is ringing, you realise that you didn’t hear the doorbell.

When you’re ready, take our online hearing screener or book a hearing assessment with our friendly audiologists. Together, we’ll make life sound better.

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Types of hearing loss

A hearing test can help to determine if you need wax removal, tinnitus support, support for an auditory processing disorder, or if you are experiencing one of three types of hearing loss: sensorineural, conductive or mixed.

Sensorineural hearing loss

This is permanent hearing loss. Commonly referred to as nerve deafness, sensorineural loss occurs when the sensitive hair cells inside the inner part ear of the ear are damaged and stop responding effectively to sound. Common causes include damage from noise exposure, and aging.

Conductive hearing loss

This hearing loss can either be curable or permanent. Conductive refers to a lack of sound being properly conducted through the outer or middle ear, on its way into the inner ear. Common causes include fluid in the middle ear from an ear infection, wax impaction in the ear canal, and otosclerosis (deformation of the ear bones).

Mixed hearing loss

This means you have both conductive and sensorineural hearing loss occurring simultaneously.

At the conclusion of your hearing assessment, your audiologist will talk to you about your results and what’s next.

Our services

Treating hearing loss

The best hearing care is right here. We provide a comprehensive range of hearing services and products to treat hearing loss. As an independent not-for-profit hearing provider, we offer an excellent choice of leading brands and innovative technologies to best support your hearing, so you can feel back in touch with the world.

Adult Hearing Assessments

A full audiological assessment with one of our friendly audiologists will determine if you are experiencing hearing loss. This is a simple first step towards alleviating your concerns and implementing solutions.

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Hearing Aid Fittings

A customised fitting service to ensure the hearing aid you choose from our wide range of brands and technologies is perfectly suited to your hearing loss, technological abilities, and lifestyle.

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Children's Hearing Assessments

Comprehensive hearing tests and audiological assessments for children. Your child’s hearing is in good hands. In conjunction with Can:Do 4Kids, we are South Australia’s most experienced provider of hearing healthcare for children.

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Wax Removal

We’ll safely remove that annoying buildup of wax so you can get back to being tuned in to daily life.

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Tinnitus Support

Is tinnitus affecting your hearing and quality of life? Make an appointment with an audiologist and we’ll explore the nature of your tinnitus, what might be causing it, and how best to manage it.

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Auditory Processing Disorder

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) typically affects one child in every classroom. Our qualified paediatric audiologists can support you and your child with comprehensive assessments, results and recommendations.

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Workplace Assessments

Noise is a workplace hazard that falls under WHS legislation. Whether you need a pre-employment hearing test, regular hearing tests while working in a noisy environment, onsite group testing or testing and legal referrals for workers compensation claims, we can help.

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Frequently asked Questions

There are several different funding sources available, some at no cost to clients. To clarify what a hearing test might cost you, please give us a call.
Medicare Australia covers specific diagnostic hearing tests when you have a valid referral from a medical practitioner such as a GP or specialist.
Free hearing tests and fully subsidised hearing devices are available to Australian citizens and permanent residents aged 21 and over who hold a:
Pensioner Concession Card (and their spouse)
Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Gold Card (and their spouse)
DVA White Card issued for hearing-specific conditions
Australian Defence Force active membership
No. Standard diagnostic tests are non-invasive and painless.
No referral is required to book a comprehensive hearing assessment at our audiology clinics.
If you’re over 50 years of age you should get your hearing checked every 1-3 years, or sooner if you are experiencing changes to your hearing.
Our hearing assessments typically take about 30 to 60 minutes.
Your audiologist will ask about your medical history, lifestyle, and if you are experiencing hearing difficulties. They will visually check your ear canal and eardrum for wax buildup, fluid, and infection and test movement in your eardrum with air pressure. During an audiometry test you will wear headphones and listen for beeps at various pitches and volumes.

Your Hearing

You rely on your hearing

Gradual hearing loss

Types of hearing loss

Sensorineural hearing loss

Conductive hearing loss

Mixed hearing loss

Treating hearing loss

Adult Hearing Assessments

Hearing Aid Fittings

Children's Hearing Assessments

Wax Removal

Tinnitus Support

Auditory Processing Disorder

Workplace Assessments

Frequently asked Questions

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