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Applied Audiology Services
Windsor Professional Centre
Cnr Ross St & Anschau Cres
Windsor
NSW 2756
Phone: (02) 4587 7515
Email:
Web: http://www.health.gov.au/hear/nsw/nsw195.htm

Australian Hearing
Level 8
Westpoint Office Tower
17 Patrick St
Blacktown
NSW 2148
Postal Address: PO Box 940, Blacktown NSW 2148
Phone: (02) 9831 8860
Fax: (02) 9831 3422
Email:
Web: http://www.hearing.com.au/
Commonwealth funded organisation whose main clientele are pensioners, veterans, war widows and the indigenous community. Services include hearing assessment, hearing aid fitting and repairs, sale of accessories and tinnitus counselling.
    
Australian Hearing
1st Floor
119-121 Lethbridge St
Penrith
NSW 2750
Phone: (02) 4721 4677
Fax: (02) 4721 5321
Email:
Web: http://www.hearing.com.au/
Commonwealth funded organisation whose main clientele are pensioners, veterans, war widows and the indigenous community. Services include hearing assessment, hearing aid fitting and repairs, sale of accessories and tinnitus counselling.

Children's Hearing Clinic
Community Health Centre,
Cnr Day and Macquarie St,
Windsor
NSW 2756
Phone: (02) 4560 5714
Fax: (02) 4560 5713
Email:
Web: http://www.hdhs.com.au/comm_allied.shtml

Tues and Wed 9am-1pm
Free hearing clinic for children 6 months - 18 years.
 
Hearing Aid Specialists - Hawkesbury Centre
Suite 1,
Macquarie Town Specialist Centre,
East Market St,
Richmond
NSW 2753
Phone: (02) 4588 5636 (Appointments)
Email:
Web:
To make an appointment phone Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. Clinics/services delivered every second Tuesday afternoon from 1 pm-5pm.
Hearing Aid Specialists provide services including: full audiometric testing, assistive listening devices, swimming plugs, pre-employment hearing tests. They repair, supply and fit all brands of hearing aids including the latest digital and fully automatic hearing aids.

Homestart (Hearing Impairment)
Royal lnstitute for Deaf and Blind Children,
361-365 North Rocks Rd,
North Rocks
NSW 2151
Phone: (02) 9872 0217
Fax: (02) 9872 0335
TTY:(02)9872 0347
Email:
Web: http://www.ridbc.org.au/services/childhood/
hearing_homestart.html   
Homestart is an educational support service for families of children under 5 years of age who have a hearing impairment. The service provides guidance and assistance to parents to help their child develop across a whole range of skills including language and communication, problem solving, task-related behaviour, movement and self-help. Through regular home visits from teachers, therapists and other specialists, families receive support and practical assistance with their child's development. The Homestart team works with the family to design, develop and implement an individual program for each child. Homestart also assists families to locate and access resources within the community, appropriate to the family's needs. A playgroup operates from the North Rocks facilityonThursdaysbetweenloam-12pmforchildrenusingtheservices. The service's Resource Team includes a speech pathologist/audiologist, speech pathologist, educational psychologist, Occupational Therapist and Orthoptist. The service has Cantonese and Aboriginal Liaison Officers.

Homestart (Vision Impairment)
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children,
361-365 North Rocks Rd,
North Rocks
NSW 2151
Phone: (02) 9872 0316
Fax: (02) 9873 3870
Email:
Web: http://www.ridbc.org.au/services/childhood/
vision_homestart.html
Contact the Manager Vision Education. Homestart (Vision lmpairment)is a home-based service for children with a significant vision impairment under the age of 6 years. The Homestart consultants work collaboratively with families to develop individualised programs. The service's Resource Team includes: speech pathologist, orthoptist and a technology consultant. The service has Cantonese and Aboriginal Liaison Officers.
 
Hawkesbury District Health Service - Therapy Centre
Community Health Centre,
Cnr Day & Macquarie Streets,
Windsor
NSW 2756
Phone: (02) 4560 5714,
Fax: (02) 4560 5713
Email:
Web: http://www.hdhs.com.au/comm_allied.shtml
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5.00pm
Services include: speech therapy. Therapy is provided by a speech pathologist for children with speech difficulties or disabilities. Information and support are also available to the children's parents.
    
Communication Aids Equipment
    
Innovative Communications & Programming
9 Oaklands Avenue
Beecroft
NSW 2119
Phone & Fax: (02) 9876 3568
Email: bloom@tig.com.au
Web: http://www.innovativeprogramming.net.au
Designer of the Softpic range of communication aids. Softpics can create over 1000 pictures to empower users with their communication with others over a wide range of wants, needs, feelings, comments and opinions. Also provide professional speech pathology assessment and consultation services.

Speech Pathologists (Private Practices)

Julie Basle
Windsor
NSW 2756
Phone: (02) 4577 5154
Mobile: 0409 824 127
Email:
Web:

Christine Lewis
Suite 4
Professional Centre
North Richmond Shopping Centre
North Richmond
NSW 2753
Phone: (020 4573 1067
Email:
Web:

Lynn Rodgers
18a Old Sackville Rd
Wilberforce
NSW 2756
Phone: (02) 4575 1335
Email:
Web:

 









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