"For a year I was sure everyone had started mumbling. The audiogram made it undeniable — there it was, dropping off a cliff at the high notes. Six weeks on, I've stopped saying 'what?' at Karen and the TV is back to a volume the neighbours can't hear."
Ellery Hearing Clinic · Wembley · est. 2015
Independent hearing tests in Wembley — audiology without the sales pitch.
You don't remember losing the high notes. The audiogram does. We test, we explain what the chart means in plain English, and we only talk hearing aids if the test says so — we're not owned by a manufacturer, and it shows.
Independent — no manufacturer ownership
Audiologist · Reg. AUD0000
Sound-treated booth on site
Appointments from $95
The audiogram — where speech lives
Typical pattern
First visit
Full diagnostic hearing assessment
$165
60 min · report included
Your assessment fee is credited in full against a hearing-aid fitting if you proceed.
Hearing-aid pricing: device pricing spans entry to premium tiers and is set by the manufacturer schedule — we quote after your assessment, independent of any brand.
Eligible pensioners and veterans are fitted under the Australian Government Hearing Services Program — the program schedule applies.
Fees, printed
What an appointment costs — before you book it.
Hearing care usually hides its prices behind "call for a quote". Ours are on the page. Appointments from $95.
Full hearing assessment $165
60 minutes: booth audiometry, speech testing, tympanometry, and your results explained the same visit — written report included.
Workplace baseline test $95
Pre-employment or monitoring audiometric test with certificate, done in a lunch break. Certificate emailed the same day.
Tinnitus consultation $190
60 minutes: full audiogram plus tinnitus pitch and loudness matching, and a management plan that's honest about what helps.
Kids' assessment (4+) $165
Play audiometry from age four, tympanometry for glue ear, and a report for your GP or school. Same fee as an adult assessment.
Ear wax removal $120
Microsuction under direct vision — no syringing. Both ears in one visit, checked with the otoscope before and after.
Hearing-aid fitting & aftercare
Quoted after your assessment
Fitted only if the test says so. Device pricing is set by the manufacturer schedule — we quote independent of any brand.
Assessment fees are credited in full against a hearing-aid fitting if you proceed. Device pricing spans entry to premium tiers and is set by the manufacturer schedule — we quote after your assessment, independent of any brand.
Eligible pensioners and veterans are fitted under the Australian Government Hearing Services Program — the program schedule applies.
Independent since 2015No manufacturer ownership, no fitting quotas — the test result is the only agenda.
Registered audiologistReg. AUD0000 — full diagnostic scope, from baselines to complex tinnitus work.
Sound-treated boothTesting in a purpose-built booth on site — not headphones in an open shop.
Report the same dayPlain-English results in the room, written report to you and your GP if you want one.
What patients say
Heard, in both senses.
"Needed a baseline audio for site before Tuesday's flight out. Booked Monday morning, tested in my lunch break, certificate in my inbox before I'd finished the sandwich. Zero fuss."
"Three GPs told me to learn to live with the ringing. One hour here and I finally understood what tinnitus is, why mine spikes at night, and what actually helps. Nobody tried to sell me a single thing."
Demonstration reviews, written for this fictional clinic — a live build would carry the clinic's real, attributable Google reviews.
Find us
Wembley, between the lakes.
The clinic is in Wembley, minutes from Lake Monger — easy parking at the door, and the 85 bus stops a block away. Most of our patients walk in from the surrounding suburbs; plenty drive across town for the independence.
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Questions we actually get
Before you book.
Do I need a referral?
No — book directly. If your GP has put you on a chronic disease management plan, bring the paperwork; a Medicare rebate can apply to referred diagnostic assessments, and we'll show you the current schedule figure at booking.
How long does a hearing test take?
A full diagnostic assessment runs 60 minutes: booth audiometry for both ears, speech testing, tympanometry, and your results explained before you leave. A workplace baseline certificate test takes about 20 minutes — genuinely a lunch-break job.
What does the audiogram actually mean?
It's a chart of the quietest sound you can hear at each pitch — low frequencies on the left, high on the right, and the further down the mark, the louder that pitch has to be before you catch it. The amber "speech banana" shows where conversation lives. When your curve drops below the banana at the high end, consonants like s, f and th blur first — which is why people seem to mumble long before anything sounds quiet.
The curves on this page are typical patterns, drawn to show you how the chart reads. Yours is measured in the booth.
Are you going to sell me hearing aids?
Only if the test says so — most first visits end with a baseline and advice, not a fitting. We're independent: no manufacturer owns us and nobody here carries a fitting quota. When aids are the right answer, device pricing spans entry to premium tiers and is set by the manufacturer schedule — we quote after your assessment, across brands, and your assessment fee is credited in full against the fitting.
What about Medicare, health funds and the pension?
Medicare rebates apply to some referred diagnostic assessments — the schedule sets the rebate and we show you the current figure at booking. Health funds with hearing extras cover part of the fee; your fund sets the amount. Eligible pensioners and veterans are fitted under the Australian Government Hearing Services Program — the program schedule applies, and we'll help you check your eligibility.
My partner says the TV's too loud, but it sounds fine to me.
That's the most common opening line in the clinic, and it's usually the high frequencies going quietly — you're not imagining that voices seem mumbly while the doorbell is still loud. Age-related loss creeps in over years, so your brain keeps recalibrating "normal". A 60-minute assessment settles it either way, and a baseline now makes every future test more useful.
Book an assessment
Tell us what brings you in. We'd call you back within one business hour.
Or skip the form — the phone is answered by the audiologist who'll test you, not a call centre.
(08) 9000 0298
Ellery Hearing Clinic · Wembley WA 6014 — parking at the door, wheelchair access, hearing loop at reception.
Mon–Fri 8:30am – 5:30pm
Saturday 8:30am – 12:00pm
Sun / public holidays closed
Thanks — request received.
We'd call you back within one business hour, run through what to expect, and find you a time — usually within the week, sooner for workplace certificates.
If it's easier, call us directly on (08) 9000 0298.
This is a demonstration page — nothing was sent anywhere. In a live build this enquiry goes straight to the clinic's booking system and diary.