Pristine Hearing is passionate about testing children's hearing and ensuring they receive the necessary help in a timely manner. Our Paediatric Audiologist is experienced at obtaining accurate test results while at the same time making your child feel comfortable and relaxed. To help with this, Pristine Hearing has a dedicated paediatric room all setup to make sure your child is comfortable, relaxed and ready to perform at their best.
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Hearing Assessment for Children
There are many different characteristics of hearing loss in a child. These may include behavioural problems at school, decline in academic progress, TV needs to be turned up and asking for repeats just to name a few.
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Your child's age and ability will determine the battery of audiological tests that our Audiologist will perform on the day. It will also be dependent on the kind of information we are trying to obtain.
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6-12 Year Olds
Thorough Hearing Assessment includes air and bone conduction thresholds at all octave frequencies, speech testing and an evaluation of the ear drum. A report is provided on request.
3-5 Year Olds
For children in this age group, the primary reason most get a hearing assessment is to rule out hearing loss for a speech and language delay. We provide the following service for children in this age group:
- Hearing Assessment using play audiometry measuring air conduction thresholds at all 500Hz, 1kHz, 2kHz and 4kHz. These are the most important frequencies to hear for speech and language development and can quickly answer the question of whether the child has adequate hearing for speech. To assist in clinical management, bone-conduction thresholds may also be sought. You can also expect tympanometry which can tell us if there is any fluid behind the eardrum (a common cause of a temporary conductive hearing loss). A report is provided on request.
- If your child is not capable of sitting still or performing a listening task, please let us know as we do have some strategies to test young children. Please be aware that the appointment fee still applies if we are unable to get complete results on the day.
Hearing Screening for babies and toddlers
Unfortunately babies and toddlers up to the age of around 2 are too young to be tested reliably. If you have any concerns regarding the hearing of your baby/toddler, we recommend you get a referral from your GP to a diagnostic audiology department at your local hospital. Alternatively, you can be seen privately at the Earbus Foundation WA. Here visual reinforcement audiometry or objective electrophysiological testing can be used.
Extra Information
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