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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

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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

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