Audiology

The Townsville HHS Audiology Department provides diagnostic audiology services for infants, children and adults to the North Queensland community. The team work across different clinical areas and specialise in the hearing assessment of infants and complex patients, as well as adults with hearing and balance problems. Following assessment of infants and children, referrals are made to the relevant organisations for management and rehabilitation.

We offer following diagnostic assessments

• 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)

Services provided

• 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
• Specialist clinics
  • Electrophysiological assessments (ABR, SSEP, HearLab, cortical evoked potential)
  • Infant assessment
  • Childhood Hearing Impairment Clinic (CHIC) (multidisciplinary clinic)
  • Electrocochleography (ECOG)
  • North Queensland Cochlear Implant (NQCI) Clinic (multidisciplinary clinic)
  • Tele-audiology
  • Vestibular assessment (VEMP, vHIT & VNG)

Referrals

A medical referral to the audiology department 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 Audiology Department on +61 7 4433 2761 or
(ii) emailed to Townsville Audiology.

For appointment inquiries please phone +61 7 4433 2762.

Contact Us

Surgical Satellite Clinics, Level 1,
The Townsville Hospital
100 Angus Smith Drive, Douglas QLD 4814

Department of Audiology
IMB 126
The Townsville Hospital
PO Box 670
Townsville QLD 4810

Ph: + 61 7 4433 2762
Fax: + 61 7 4433 2761
Email: Send Email

Hours of service
8.00am-4.30pm Monday to Friday