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At Hear Check we believe that to participate fully in life, you need to be able to hear well.
Dr Tegan Keogh
Clinical Audiologist
Dr Tegan Keogh is a specialist Clinical Audiologist, with extensive clinical practice in hearing health. Tegan is currently the only privately practising Audiologist on the Sunshine Coast with a Doctorate (PhD) degree, and one of a very small few in Australia. Her practice, Hear Check is dynamic, innovative and client focussed.
Tegan has practiced Audiology on the Sunshine Coast since 1999 and is an international leader in the field of Audiology (hearing). Her work in Audiology is internationally published and she presents to international audiences.
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Tegan successfully established the only State Public Health Audiology Service within the Sunshine Coast and greater area. She has worked in the development and implementation of state wide policy and protocols, ensuring the provision of quality Audiology services for children across the state. Her experience in this area drives her to deliver Audiology services to the community which reflect quality, expertise, and centre on the individual.
As a specialist Audiologist in Children’s Hearing and Auditory Processing Assessment, Tegan adores working with children. She has worked closely with children and families of hearing-impaired children across the state, ensuring that children and families receive the most thorough and technologically advanced information about their hearing as possible. Tegan has also specialised in Adult Hearing Assessment and rehabilitation, including high technology hearing aids, and Occupational Workplace Health and Safety Hearing Assessments. She has provided consultative advice, regarding hearing in the workplace, to the Department of Workplace Health & Safety for legislation and policy amendments. She has also worked in adult hearing rehabilitation including stroke and brain injured patients.
Tegan has also specialised in Adult Hearing Assessment and rehabilitation, including high technology hearing aids, and Occupational Workplace Health and Safety Hearing Assessments. She has provided consultative advice, regarding hearing in the workplace, to the Department of Workplace Health & Safety for legislation and policy amendments. She has also worked in adult hearing rehabilitation including stroke and brain injured patients.
Tegan is innovative in her clinical practice and meets modern world requirements, this is accomplished by effective products, services, processes, and technologies. She thoroughly enjoys working with new technology within the hearing sector, including the provision of the smallest, least visable hearing aids and devices. Tegan enjoys working with clients to ensure that they are achieving the most in life by optimising their hearing and listening.
Charlene Purdy
Clinical Audiologist
Charlene began her career as a speech pathologist in 1999 working with children using hearing aids and/or cochlear implants. Charlene completed further study to become a certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist in 2004. In the same year she completed her Master of Audiology Studies and has since worked as clinical audiologist both in Australia and the UK. She is highly experienced in hearing assessment of adults and children, auditory processing assessment, and hearing rehabilitation for adults.
Charlene recognises the importance of hearing for communication and quality of life. She assists adults with a hearing loss to maximise their ability to communicate and live enriched lives through the use of hearing aids and/or a hearing implant.
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Sharing her knowledge of audiology is a passion of Charlene’s. She has presented to fellow audiologists, GP’s and ENT Specialists on hearing implant technology such as the cochlear implant and the bone conduction implant. Charlene has also supervised many students of audiology on their university clinical placements.
Charlene joined the Hear Check team in 2019 and is passionate about providing a superior standard of audiology, independent advice and personal service.
Charlene is married with two small children and lives on the Sunshine Coast.
Julie Watts
Clinical Audiologist
Julie specialises in school and kindy screenings; helping children with central auditory processing disorder; adult hearing assessments; occupational workplace health and safety hearing assessments; and educating patients and health professionals about advances in hearing technology.
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She loves the challenge of meeting a patient who hasn’t got on well with hearing aids so far, and helping them find a solution that will get them connecting with their family and friends again. It’s usually simpler than they think! Julie is dedicated to family-focused, evidence-based and ethical care.
Julie grew up on the Sunshine Coast, is married with two small children and lives locally. Julie works part-time Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday currently. In her spare time she enjoys running, reading and listening to true crime podcasts.
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