Who is Albany Hearing?•Albany Hearing – branch of Country Audiology & Hearing Services

•Local clinic – 205 Middleton Road, Albany

•Primary site – Esperance

• Past 10 years offered a monthly visiting clinic to Albany

• Opening Fulltime site 2014 – dedicated Audiologist to Albany Hearing

•Clinicians Katie Hart (Practice Manager/Audiologist) Gary Waite (Audiologist - Albany) Anna Badge (Audiometrist – Albany & Esperance)

Services Provided

• Comprehensive adult audiology assessments

• Paediatric Assessments - VROA/ Play Audiometry- Auditory Processing Assessments

• Hearing aids prescription & rehabilitation

• Tinnitus Rehabilitation Programs

• Advice about hearing loss.

• Hearing Protection - custom made plugs & standard earmuffs

• Workplace Noise Surveys

• Work related hearing tests (eg: Mine Health Surveillance)

How to access our service?• Self Referrals

• Medical or Allied Health Referrals

• Office Hearing Services Scheme

• Department of Veteran Affairs

• Commonwealth Rehabilitation Scheme

• Enhanced Primary Care Program

• WorkCover or Mine Heath Surveillance

•Employment Agencies

Commonwealth Hearing Services Program

• Commonwealth Hearing Services program is administered by the Office Hearing Services (OHS).

•Eligible clients apply to OHS for a hearing services voucher.

•Voucher can then be presented to a registered Hearing Service Provider for service delivery.

•Services are provided free of charge. Free or ‘top-up’ hearing aids are available to eligible clients.

•Eligibility - Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card (PCC)

- Centrelink Sickness Allowance- DVA Pensioner Concession Card- White Health Repatriation Card (for hearing loss)- Gold Health Repatriation Card- Members of Defence Forces- Commonwealth Rehabilitation Scheme