Arches Audiology

22/10/2025

Highlights from Cambodia - the first step towards conducting a Community Assessment whilst visiting schools in Rural Cambodia (Pailin and Kratié ) that Arches Audiology has been donating to since it was established . It has been wonderful to get to know my motherland, and see the impacts of globalisation and modernisation has on the country. Also, how the diaspora remains connected to this beautiful country Cambodia 🇰🇭

19/10/2025

If only setting up really was as quick as this!

As audiologists, we look forward to discovering the softest level that you can hear at certain pure tones and intermediate frequencies….and more!

As you may know, from a patient’s perspective, doing the audiology test can be exhausting because hearing at threshold is exhausting.

When we communicate we like the speech signal to be nice and clear not at threshold (the point at which we may or may not hear), we simply do not like listening to voices are at thresholds (and will 100% tune out because that level of cognitive effort is too heavy) so let’s work out what level of speech is optimal for you!

💡Did you know the ideal level of speech in a quiet room for you is going to be so very different for you when you are in the presence of noise - whether it be pleasant ambient noise or background music or environmental noise like road traffic, grocery shop noise or hospital activity noise.

Visit your local audiology clinic for a complete assessment of your auditory abilities because we care about building sound connections.

18/10/2025

Dear IAA,

And the time has come to say thank you and goodbye to the Independent Audiologists Australia, Inc Conference 2025 in Mooloolaba! 👋

You have put on a jam packed program and covered so many important topics as well as a spectacular Gala Night - well done!!! 🙏✅

I will be going home with my brain full, heart beaming and smile lines deepened🧠 💗😁

Ooh and the most precious things that I will be going home with are the knowledge that I have life long friends in this group 🤗 and ummm just a little award 🌟(joint winner! In some ways it makes the award even more special 🥰😍)

Thank you so much for your unwavering support for Independent Audiology in Australia and doing so much to support Australian Independent Audiology Clinics and the people we serve, infants, children, adults and everyone in between who seek quality audiological care 🙏👌

Kind regards,

Seray Lim
Founder, Director and Clinical Audiologist
Arches Audiology

11/10/2025

👂💙 Celebrating World Audiologist Day with IAA Award Nominations!

Today we celebrate all the audiologists who bring sound, stability, and connection back into people’s lives — and especially the independent professionals who form the heart of Independent Audiologists Australia (IAA).

At IAA, our members are united by shared values of quality, integrity, and independence — ensuring clients receive truly patient-centred care from university-qualified professionals, free from sales pressure or corporate influence.

🩵 When you choose an IAA member clinic, you’re choosing evidence-based care, professional ethics, and a commitment to what matters most — your hearing and balance health.
🔎 Find your nearest IAA member at independentaudiologists.net.au/

🎉 Announcing the 2025 IAA Awards Nominees!

These awards recognise excellence, leadership, and innovation within our community of independent audiologists.

🏆 IAA Values Award
(Recognising those who embody quality, integrity, and independence)
Nicole Eglinton – LIttle Allied Heath
Dr Yazdaneh Galt - ACE Audiology

💡 Practice Innovation Award
(Celebrating new ideas that improve care or clinic operations)
Wesley Ong - Fidelity Hearing
Sara Patterson - Coastal Audiology

🌏 Community Champion Award
(For outreach, advocacy, and making a difference outside the clinic walls)
Laura Drexler - Adelaide Tinnitus Clinic, The Ambient Menu
Nicole Eglinton - Little Allied Health
Seray LIm - Arches Audiology

🤝 Mentor of the Year Award
(For exceptional guidance and support of colleagues or students)
Philippa Carter - Cairns Audiology Group
Khatija Halabi - Casey Hearing
Wesley Ong - Fidelity Hearing

🚀 Flying Start Award
(For early-career members showing initiative and leadership)
Kat Penno - Perth Audiology
Erin Seamer - Hearing Help

Congratulations to all our nominees — your work inspires and elevates independent audiology across Australia!

Winners will be announced at Audiology Unchained 2025 during our gala dinner on Friday 17 October.

05/10/2025

26/09/2025

Our office will be closed from 1st October for a week and will re-open on the 8th October as your Founder and Clinical Audiologist will be doing a volunteer trip to Cambodia as part of Rotary Community Assessment work where we look forward to meeting up with organisations we first visited this time last year and others.

Looking forward to making a difference to the Cambodian children’s world

Locally, Rotary Club of Springvale City are proud to be collaborating with Rotary Club of Noble-Park and Dingley to donate books to local schools in the South-East. We heard from the assistant principal of Keysborough College - Banksia Campus what these books mean to the students.

22/06/2025

Button batteries in hearing aids come in 4 different sizes:

Size 312 (brown label)

Size 13 (orange label)

Size 675 (blue label)

And the tiniest type are the size 10 (yellow labels).

Please dispose of batteries safely as they can be deadly.

18/03/2025

Thank you to Hearing Practitioner News for the feature!

Since the article was published we have received two diagnostic audiometers that were generously donated by friends of Arches Audiology, so thank you!!

To operate the audiometers, we require laptops that run on Windows 8….. if anyone has these lying around please consider donating to our program! 💻

We will happily accept newer laptops or accessories too for student use 🙏

SERAY LIM'S parents escaped Cambodia’s murderous Khmer Rouge regime when she was in her mother’s womb. The Melbourne audiologist is now involved in charity work educating rural Cambodians about ear health, providing hearing tests, scholarships and helping fundraise to build schools. She also hop...

09/03/2025

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03/03/2025

Monday 3 March is World Hearing Day – the #1 day to raise awareness of healthy ear and hearing care practices each year.

We reached out to audiologists around the country to ask them why the day is so important, tips to maintain healthy hearing and what they’re doing to empower clients to ensure healthy ears and hearing for themselves and others.

You can read their comments here: https://audiology.asn.au/why-is-world-hearing-day-so-important/

08/01/2025

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Meta made me do it !

20/12/2024

The year 2024 was unlike any other, looking forward to what 2025 brings to you all! We can't wait - afterall they are saying it is 202Thrive, thrive we will :)

Arches Audiology has been working hard in building sound connections with you and the community and have many exciting events and activities in the year ahead, for now, it is time to rest.

Our clinics will be closed between Monday 23rd December and will reopen on Monday 6th of January. For urgent enquiries, please leave a message on 0423 374 684 or email contact@archesaudiology.com.au.

Alternatively, you can visit our website and complete a self-referral form or enquiry form and we will respond to you as soon as we can
https://www.archesaudiology.com.au/contact-main