Shire Hearing Centres

Shire Hearing Centres provide a range of Hearing Test and Hearing Evaluation services in the Sutherland Shire. We also provide advice and supply of the latest in Hearing Aids and Assisted Listening Devices for the hearing impaired.

At Shire Hearing Centres we pride ourselves on our friendly and professional service. We are a family owned business and have lived in the Shire for almost 50 years. We are committed to making sure that you get a great service so we choose the best from all the major hearing aid companies. With a great selection of products for you to choose from we are sure we can offer you the right solution for your hearing needs.

Our services include:

Shire Hearing Centres is fully government accredited so we can offer our services to eligible pensioners and veterans. We are also WorkCover accredited and can provide services to private clients. We have a experienced pediatric Audiologist to perform hearing testing for children.

Starting on the hearing health care journey can be quite an emotional experience. It is often difficult for a person to realise that their hearing is failing. Hearing levels usually deteriorate over a period of time and it is other people who notice the difficulties first. Family members might notice that the television is a bit too loud or that the person is starting to sit apart from a conversation at the dinner table.

Sometimes the comments from family and friends can be hurtful and they might make comments like: “he hears when he wants to” or “she’s not interested in anything anymore”. This can make the hearing impaired person feel defensive and they might think that it is other people who are at fault because they don’t speak clearly. Hearing impaired people often say that other people mumble.

Hearing loss is often misunderstood. Many people with hearing loss hear well in some situations and with some people. Hearing loss is not usually an all or nothing situation. It is rare for a person to hear nothing; usually they lose the clarity of hearing. Sometimes a hearing impaired person will hear a lot but they will get things mixed up. Hearing impaired people sometimes get odd looks from other people because they have not understood what is being said and they have made a completely inappropriate comment!

It is difficult for the person with the hearing loss to move along the journey to better communication until a hearing test has been done and the results explained. The earlier a hearing loss is detected the better it is so that the hearing impaired person does not start isolating themselves from the outside world.

The attitude of “it’s just too hard to go out” is a very common complaint. The longer you put off doing something about your hearing problem, the harder it will be to get a good result. As I say to all my clients, you have lived in a quiet world for quite some time and then all of a sudden someone like myself puts amplification in your ears and it all comes flooding back straight away. That is why a common complaint of hearing aid wearers is “everything is too loud”. Here at Shire Hearing Centres, we choose the right device and ensure that you get the information to help you acclimatise to our noisy world.

So if you are nodding your head and hoping you’re smiling in the right places, turning the TV up or struggling to have a conversation especially when there is background noise, you need to ring and make an appointment today. Our phone number is 9544 4466, that’s 9544 4466.