Auditory Processing Disorder Awareness Day
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.
[Image courtesy of Signia]
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Hop to It - The Keysie Market Easter Edition
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
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
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!
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The Keysie Market Stall - Christmas Edition
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
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NEW! Building Sound Connections with APD Therapy
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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Happy New Year!
Yesterday marked the beginning of the first day of work 2023 and on this day I reflected on the last 12 months and my hopes for the next 12 months.
My word for 2023 is ‘Effortlessness’.
I recognise that much ground work is required to get to that point but don’t they say it’s more about the journey than the destination? ✨
What does effortlessness mean to you? 💙
Arches Audiology can help you with the groundwork towards effortless communication. Appointments are never rushed and we encourage questions!
Get in touch if this sounds good to you!
#LetsDoThis #BuildingSoundConnections #Personalisation #PatientCentredCare #FamilyCentredCare #MustDoGroundWork #EffortlessnessIsNotEffortless
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Enjoy the Festive Season
Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful festive season!
This year has been a roller coaster of a year with many highs and lows but what I treasure most is that we’ve been able to stay connected in many different ways 💙
Arches Audiology will be open throughout the Christmas and New Year period by appointment so you can stay connected 💙
#BuildingSoundConnections #Choices #IndependentAudiologist #SupportLocal
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Hearing Awareness Week 2022
Arches Audiology participated in the World Health Organisation’s - World Hearing Day 2022 (3 March) by participating in a number of special events. The theme was ‘To hear for life, listen with care’ , and so with that in mind, Arches Audiology attended the launch of the Menzie’s School of Health Research Otitis Media Guidelines App presented by Professor Stephen O’Leary and also joined in Soundfair’s Unheard Film Festival. Both events were enlightening and inspiring and will no doubt inform how I practice audiology.
Just a day earlier, Arches Audiology attended Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Co-operation and listened with care to the 11 adults and children who were seen for hearing assessments. In addition, we promoted listening for life by emphasising the importance of communication strategies, recommending visual alert systems for the home for better awareness of sounds and surroundings, and discussed ways in which people can access hearing supports in educational settings and hearing aids via different pathways without having to commit before actually trialling them.
Here are some of my favourite photos from the week :)
If you would like to find out more about WHO’s World Hearing Day 2022 , please visit https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hearing-day/2022.
- Seray
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New Year Greetings and Testimonial
Welcome 2022!
Thank you to everyone who has supported Arches Audiology over the past 12 months.
It has been another unusual year with too many lockdowns, too many hours working from home, too many parents and students tackling remote learning and too many people needing to quarantine or self-isolate. I truly hope 2022 will offer a better balance and present many more opportunities for face to face connections and improved work/life balance, a greater appreciation for learning with peers and to have the freedoms to do whatever it is that each and every one of us loves to do most! #Testimonial #BuildingSoundConnections #IndependentAudiologist
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Building Sound Connections
Arches Audiology has been working with Dane Lao on an exciting new project aimed at #BuildingSoundConnections.
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