Services - Individual Assistance
Better Hearing Australia (Vic) provides individual information and advice on hearing loss. We also offer information on tinnitus and other ear and hearing related problems.
We can provide individual assistance via telephone, email, correspondence or in person by appointment at our Prahran office. See our contact page for details.
Common requests for information and advice include:
- obtaining a hearing test, including information on qualifications and locations of service providers
- explanation of the hearing process and hearing test results (audiogram)
- information on the programs and features of hearing aids
- accessing government funded hearing services
- consumer protection information regarding the purchase of hearing aids
- communication strategies
- advice and demonstration of assistive technology for telephones; personal listening; television and music reception; safety and alerting devices (for use with or without hearing aids)
- coping with hearing loss in the workplace
- hearing protection devices
- sudden changes in hearing
- travelling with a hearing loss