Building Sound Connections

APD evaluations and therapy are available for children as young as three and a half years upwards at Arches Audiology as we use evidence-based auditory skills assessment tools, the ASA developed by Donna Geffman Geffner, PhD and Ronald Goldman, PhD as part of our test battery.

More commonly, however, we see children aged five years and older.

Primary aged children and high school aged children, who have previously had their hearing tested/screened and 'passed' have also been seen at Arches Audiology for APD services.

If you have any concerns with your child’s listening abilities, it is recommended that you consult your GP and obtain a referral to an audiologist. At Arches Audiology, Medicare rebates are available for initial audiological assessments.

It is important to remember that children with listening in noise problems become adults with listening in noise problems, without intervention.

Adults who are concerned about their abilities to hear when in noisy situations despite a normal audiogram are welcome at our clinic.

There is an online questionnaire that can be completed by both children and adults, which you can find here:

Access to APD Questionnaire - Child form

Access to APD Questionnaire - Adult form

Alternatively, please check out our Facebook Page, for slides created by Dr Angela Loucks Alexander of the Auditory Processing Institute, to see if APD is something you should consider. Facebook
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Appointment fees and funding options:

For children and adults who have complex conditions, or are eligible for Medicare Team Care Arrangements/Chronic Disease Management plans, you may be able to access Medicare rebates on your audiological appointments including APD evaluations and therapies (*conditions apply).

For more information, please contact us on 0423 374 684 or contact@archesaudiology.com.au.

For private health insurance rebates, please check with your provider.

See Medicare for more information on CDM Plans and Team Care Arrangements :
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/chronic-disease-gp-management-plans-and-team-care-arrangements

Spreading the word on APD Awareness Day 🧡🙏

At Arches Audiology, we are committed to helping individuals build sound connections in the home, school, work or social environments. We are pleased to offer APD evaluations and therapy at Arches Audiology.

To find out more about the signs and symptoms of APD, try this online questionnaire (child-focused) but feel free to answer it as yourself if you are interested in APD too!

https://form.jotform.com/240941053193048

The most common signs and symptoms of APD in adults include:
- difficulties hearing in groups or meetings despite a normal audiogram
- difficulties in following conversation and speech when there is background noise
- trouble retaining spoken information or following verbal instructions
- short term auditory memory problems
And many more!

For those wanting feedback on their online questionnaire answers, please leave your contact details at the end of the form and we will be in touch with you very soon.

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Thanks to The Keysie Market Team and patrons for a wonderful event today!

As always there was such a great atmosphere and community feel

Hope the many people who came to the stall got a lot out of looking inside their ears; I sure did… get a lot out of the ears of people who chose microsuction ;)

Till next time!

#IndependentAudiologist #BuildingSoundConnections #FreeVideoOtoscopy #CustomPlugs #UniversalEarplugs #LatestTechnology #APD #Microsuction #KeysieResident #HealthPromotion #CommunityAwareness

With the Christmas season truly upon us, may you find time for joyfulness, love and laughter.

This year is one that will not be forgotten for a long time… hope you have many fond memories amongst the noise….

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family!

The Christmas Edition of the The Keysie Market was held on the 19th of November at Springer’s Leisure Centre. With over 100 stallholders, warm weather and at times clear skies, it was a great community day out!

There was a steady stream of people of all ages coming in to Arches Audiology stall to talk about all things hearing related including hearing aids, tinnitus and listening/processing skills. One of the reasons Arches Audiology participated in the market was to talk about the new APD Clinic, and luckily there were many teachers and parents who had heard of auditory processing disorder but didn’t know there was a service available nearby.

If you are a teacher or a parent, or anyone who is interested in finding out more about APD, please get in touch via contact@archesaudiology.com.au or phone/sms 0423 374 684.

#BuildingSoundConnections #AuditoryProcessingDisorder #AuditoryProcessingSkills #ListeningSkills #ProcessingSkills #Learn2Listen

Our Audiologist, Seray, has recently completed the Auditory Processing Institute’s Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) Evaluation and Therapy courses, and is now ready to accept referrals for children and adults who may experience difficulties in interpreting and processing sounds.

What is APD? Auditory processing skills refer to the underlying neurological processes that occur in the auditory pathway allowing individuals to interpret what they hear.

Now, the audiogram reveals an individual’s hearing acuity - it is one thing to know what the ‘ear can hear’ but another thing to know what the ‘brain can understand’. Or as Jack Katz says, auditory processing is ‘what we do with what we hear’.

Auditory Processing Disorder is a term to describe a type of hearing disorder where there is significant deficit in one or more aspects of auditory processing as shown in central tests. At Arches Audiology we use the Buffalo Model for diagnosing and treating auditory processing issues, which was developed by Jack Katz, Ph.D. We also utilise innovative and evidence based computer apps in our evaluation and therapy as required. 

We are committed to helping individuals build sound connections in the home, school, work or social environments. and will provide them with personalised support and interventions throughout their APD journey.

For more information, call 0423 374 684 or email contact@archesaudiology.com.au

Arches Audiology has been working with Dane Lao on an exciting new project aimed at #BuildingSoundConnections.

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Australian Headquarters of a hearing aid company.

Today Arches Audiology had a stall at a local community market hosted by a Not-For-Profit Organisation.

So excited to introduce the new eScreener to our website!

Everyone's journey towards better hearing is unique.

When you are ready to take the next step to better connections, we'll be your sidekick.