Audiology

The Townsville Hospital and Health Service audiology department provides diagnostic audiology services for infants, children, and adults in the North Queensland community.

The team works across a variety of clinical areas and specialises in hearing assessments for infants and complex patients, as well as adults with hearing and balance problems.

Townsville Hospital and Health Service operates the only public cochlear implant program outside of south-east Queensland and cares for patients all the way to Cape York, west to Mount and south to Sarina. Other special services include paediatric diagnostic audiology service for the North as part of state-wide newborn hearing screening program (Healthy Hearing), childhood hearing clinic, tele-audiology and tele-mapping, and balance clinic for audiology patients.   

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A clinical review into the paediatric audiology care delivered to 400 babies and children by Townsville University Hospital is complete.

The review was commissioned following an audit of audiological care delivered to two groups of children - babies who required follow-up after their newborn hearing screen and children whose cochlear implant was programmed at the hospital. 

The health service or Queensland Health contacted families if there were concerns about the care their child received. 

Families impacted by this review can contact 4433 7902 for further support.

Find out more about the clinical review here. 

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Our services:

Townsville University Hospital’s audiology department offers the following diagnostic assessments:

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• Pure tone audiometry
• Speech reception and speech discrimination testing
• Visual reinforcement audiometry
• Tympanometry and acoustic reflex testing
• Wideband tympanometry
• Auditory brainstem response evaluation
• Steady state evoked potential evaluation
• Cortical evoked potential
• Electrocochleography
• Otoacoustic emissions
• Vestibular assessment (VEMP, vHIT & VNG)

The audiology service can help with:

• assessment and treatment of adults with hearing and balance problems
• assessment and treatment of babies referred from the Healthy Hearing Neonatal Hearing Screening program
• assessment and treatment of babies at risk of developing hearing loss
• cochlear implant for both children and adults
• assessment and treatment of children or adults with tinnitus
• children with multiple problems and complex presentations
• assessment and treatment of children with speech and language delays or difficulties, learning difficulties, or frequent middle-ear problems
• assessment and treatment of other personal, parental or professional hearing concerns

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Referrals

A medical referral is required for both inpatient and outpatient assessment. The referral can be requested by the GP, or specialists such as ENT, paediatrician, or neurologist.

The referral can be:
(i) faxed to the referral hub on +61 7 4433 0940 or
(ii) emailed to {"ct":"KRswOwwgAn0RNfZLMhZ0Q0ckwJxNrToApWM6XbhWpznuYTeHjs5lo9oVnGA2TfbH","iv":"95a7eedc756ce99196d6e4dd6544b2b4","s":"d77d195aa57a691f"}

For appointment inquiries please phone (07) 4433 2762.

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Contact us

Phone: (07) 4433 2762
Fax: (07) 44332761
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Hours of service
8.00am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday

The audiology department is located at Surgical Satellite Clinics on Level 1 at the Townsville University Hospital at 100 Angus Smith Drive, Douglas. 

You can contact the specialist Childhood Hearing Clinic via email. 

Email: {"ct":"IqFhh57RMsUe1yuTF6W4tE9wpEq8RC1HlG\/R7Vv2OA4wildGmxMFuSVDgRYCusp4YZIClIBSKj+oRFT7QuGkog==","iv":"e5db5fbbafd9e77348345f7a87667bcc","s":"16feebdc23575f81"}