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What's happening at Audiology South, along with regular updates on all things hearing.
Battery recycling
Audiology South strongly encourages you to recycle hearing aid batteries rather than putting them in your household rubb...
All about hearing aid batteries: How do they work?
Modern hearing aids typically use zinc-air batteries that have tiny holes on the top surface. When the sticker is remove...
Protect yourself from hearing hazards … in your home
Noises in your home could be damaging your hearing without you even realising it!
Experience the world from home
We’re fortunate in this digital age to have so much available to us online — staying at home doesn’t have to be boring. ...
Meet Holly the cavoodle
We thought you could use some delight in your life, so let’s introduce you to Holly.
Test-drive this new technology for 14 days, obligation free
These instruments have some great features to help hearing in noisy situations, and can link to almost any Bluetooth dev...
We’re open for business …
Our clinic doors are open, and we’re delighted to be back to help with your hearing and tinnitus needs! Many of us paren...
We are open!
All of our Audiology South clinics are re-open for business!
Covid 19 Update
Audiology South are available to help you under Level 3
Slowing the onset of dementia
A number of recent studies looking at hearing loss and hearing aid use in senior adults have pointed to a correlation be...
Clinical Excellence prize awarded to Sharon Campbell
Sharon Campbell has won Audiology South’s inaugural Clinical Excellence prize for the top Master of Audiology Year 1 stu...
Are your hearing aids playing up?
Trouble shooting and care tips to use at home.
Working from home, and taking care of yourself during the covid-19 lockdown
It’s tricky enough normally to balance work and home life, but in an ‘isolation bubble’ how can you manage to get the wo...
Communication strategies at home during the emergency lockdown
If your ‘isolation bubble’ companion or someone in your wider ‘telephone/internet’ network is hard of hearing, brushing ...
Technology to your aid
To comply with government requirements, our clinics are closed until further notice during this lockdown period. We’re s...
Life in a protective ‘bubble’
Are there any upsides to the situation we find ourselves in? Tranquility and family time are at the top of Simon Melvill...
Audiology South is committed to keeping you safe & healthy
Our thoughts are with everyone around the world who has been affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. During thi...
Blocked ears? It could be eustachian tube dysfunction
If allergies, sinus troubles or a cold have left your ears “plugged” or feeling full, and sound is muffled, your eustach...
If you can’t hear, go get it sorted
‘When my mother and wife first suggested I needed hearing aids, I was like, nah, no way, I’m not going to look like an i...
Happy 2020!
I trust the New Year has started well for you. My year began with a practical lesson on how important it is that our cli...
Welcome back Nick Muir
After a couple of years in Queensland, Australia, audiologist Nicholas Muir has rejoined our Southland team. Welcome ‘ho...