World Hearing Day Visitors enjoy interactive display

In celebration of World Hearing Day, staff and visitors enjoyed an interactive display where they were able to sit down with Audiology Assistant Terene Madden to participate in video otoscopy, where an image of what's inside your ear is shown and get tymp tests, a middle ear test that shows either a healthy middle ear, fluid or blockage behind the eardrums.

North West HHS has been offering audiology clinics to Mount Isa residents for 12 years and have been running teleaudiology clinics for more than two years now!

The health service works closely with the Healthy Hearing team in Brisbane to do newborn hearing screening assessments via tele-audiology and also performs diagnostic hearing assessments via teleaudiology with the Townsville University Hospital.

Providing these services locally limits the travel families and individuals need to do to get a hearing assessment performed.

Contact the Audiology Department on 4744 4447 if you would like to book an appointment.