Making a difference to people's lives
The Jervis Bay Hearing Centre is a Hearing, Hearing Aid and Cochlear Implant centre of Excellence.
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Your clinicians
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"Our goal is to enrich the lives or our patients by reconnecting them to their relationships, spontaneous conversation and the punchlines in jokes"
"We understand that treating hearing loss is not just about communication but it also helps to reduce injury from falls, increase resilience to cognitive decline and facilitates wellness through social integration." Dr Frank Lin, John Hopkins Centre, U.S.A. |
Our clinicians are here to help you realise your potential and be the very best you can be. We will gently guide you through your hearing wellness journey, encouraging you through every stage to help you to free yourself of the burden of hearing loss. Highly trained in the mechanics of sound, we enjoy working with people to find them the very best way to improve their hearing and connection with the people they love.
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Alison Chiam
Practice Principal and Principal Audiologist, BSc.(Melb),Dip.Aud.(Melb),M.Aud.S.A.(C.C.) Alison's professional and ethical approach to Audiology has earned her lifelong patients and regard amongst her peers. Alison thrives on changing people's lives and educating her community. Alison has 27 years experience in Paediatric and Adult Audiology. She studied Audiology at the University of Melbourne under Professor Graeme Clark who invented the Cochlear implant. In addition to hearing and hearing aids, her areas of speciality include Cochlear implantation, Bone anchored hearing aids and middle ear implants. Other special interests are Tinnitus & Hyperacusis. Alison has contributed to Tinnitus research projects and is published internationally. Alison co-authored a study in 2011 which won the prestigious Jack Vernon Award at the International Tinnitus Seminar in Brazil with Myriam Westcott. Recently she has been studying ways to actively manage conductive hearing loss in children and presented the results of this study at the Audiology Australia conference in Sydney and the National Otitis Media conference (OMOZ 2018) in Darwin in 2018. For more information about Alison, her professional achievements, accreditations and affiliations click here |
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Michael Brown-Sarre,
AcAud Audiometrist Experienced in hearing rehabilitation and with a special interest in Assistive Listening Devices and Alternative technologies, Michael is a longstanding much loved clinician. You can feel reassured that you will be patiently guided through management of your new device or gently encouraged to take the first steps into regular hearing aid use with Michael. Michael keeps continually updates his education and you can be confident that he will be across the latest developments in hearing technology. Appointments with Michael can be made at Ulladulla, Vincentia and Sussex Inlet. |
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What matters the most to you about your hearing health?
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The Jervis Bay Hearing Centre remains one of the only independent and locally-owned hearing services in the Shoalhaven. Unlike many of our competitors, we are not owned by a hearing aid manufacturer, and we never accept commissions for the sale of hearing aids. This is good news for anybody seeking assistance with a hearing loss, because we are not here to promote the sale of hearing aids. Our only aim is to improve your hearing. That means we can offer you a range of helpful solutions to suit you.
Many people assume that they are diagnosed with a hearing loss, they will automatically need a hearing aid. Whilst many people with hearing loss do benefit from a hearing aid, this is not always the case. We can also offer help and support with other services, such as communications training, hearing rehabilitation, and referral to other specialists. If your hearing loss does require the fitting of a hearing aid, we can offer a device individually tailored to your circumstances and needs.
Many people assume that they are diagnosed with a hearing loss, they will automatically need a hearing aid. Whilst many people with hearing loss do benefit from a hearing aid, this is not always the case. We can also offer help and support with other services, such as communications training, hearing rehabilitation, and referral to other specialists. If your hearing loss does require the fitting of a hearing aid, we can offer a device individually tailored to your circumstances and needs.
