Expert Hearing Care for Children & Adults at Little Ears Audiology Practice
Dr. Don MacAskill, a registered audiologist in BC, provides comprehensive hearing services for all ages.
Tel: 250-686-4710
Children's Hearing Services. Age 8 months upwards
Graduate Audiology Needs Assessment
Graduate Audiology Needs Assessment
Transitioning to postgraduate education is a busy and exciting time. It can also be audiologically challenging as young adults face larger lectures, changes in education services, shifts in social groups, and increased academic demands. At Little Ears, we offer comprehensive needs assessments to help secure necessary accommodations, whether it’s extra exam time, assistive devices, tuition support, or even dormitory assistance.
Pediatric Hearing Assessment
Graduate Audiology Needs Assessment
Children's hearing tests include video otoscopy, middle ear function, cochlear hair cell function, auditory pathway function, audiometry, and speech audiometry. A comprehensive pediatric audiologist report with any recommendations provided. 60 mins $150
Auditory Processing Disorder Assessment
Diagnostic children's hearing test followed by specific APD assessments. A comprehensive pediatric audiologist report with recommendations provided. 120 mins $300
Pediatric Hearing Aid Review
A Children's hearing test and hearing aid verification with functional-aided validation measures and adjustments as required. A comprehensive pediatric audiologist report is provided. Advice on hearing aid options and assistive listening devices. 120 mins $300
Get Comfortable No Cost Visit
Get Comfortable No Cost Visit
We want to make your child's visit to our clinic as comfortable as possible; if this requires a visit to come and see our environment before booking a children's hearing test appointment with our pediatric audiologist, we are happy to accommodate this. Pediatric audiology is at its best when we practice child-centred and family-centred care. 20 mins $0
Adult Hearing Services.
Adult Diagnostic Hearing Assessment
Otoscopy, middle ear function, cochlear hair cell function, auditory pathway function, hearing test, speech audiometry, and speech in noise testing. Report on request.
Auditory Processing Disorder Assessment
Diagnostic hearing tests followed by specific APD assessments with report and recommendations provided. 120 mins $300
Adult Hearing Aid Review
If you have hearing aids, we are happy to carry out diagnostic hearing tests and make adjustments to the hearing aids if necessary. We offer audiometry, QSIN, TEN, and Speech audiometry tests, as well as real-ear verification and functional validation. 120 mins $300
Adult Hearing Aid assessment/provision
Adult Hearing Aid assessment/provision
Anyone can request an appointment for a hearing test if he or she, or someone they know, thinks they could benefit from hearing aids. We provide a patient-centered approach and are happy to provide options.
Ear Wax removal
Adult Hearing Aid assessment/provision
Adults with Learning difficulties
Otoscopy will be followed by tympanometry to ensure the eardrums have no perforations, and ear wax removal will be carried out using either irrigation or manual removal.
Adults with Learning difficulties
Adult Hearing Aid assessment/provision
Adults with Learning difficulties
Adults with learning difficulties, such as those individuals with Down's syndrome, often have hearing challenges with excessive earwax or early-onset hearing loss. Dr MacAskill has extensive experience with assisting with these challenges. Contact us to let us know how we can help.
Urgent Hearing Assessment
Urgent Hearing Assessment
Urgent Hearing Assessment
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss requires immediate medical attention and those affected are encouraged to seek immediate consultation with an emergency physician. If you need an urgent hearing assessment, get in touch and we will try and help. Tel: 250 686 4710
About Little Ears
“A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.”
Forest E. Witcraft teacher, scholar
About Little Ears
Dr. Donald MacAskill is a registered audiologist with extensive experience in pediatric and adult audiology in Victoria, BC, the UK, and Ireland. He has established five children's audiologist clinics, developed a newborn hearing screening program, and contributed to the setup of three additional programs. His teams have received national awards in the UK. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC, a recipient of the UBC Noelle Lamb Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching, and currently the only audiologist in Canada who is Board Certified in Pediatric Audiology.
Our Approach
Little Ears in Victoria BC adopts a child-centered approach to our pediatric audiology service with children's hearing tests available from 8 months and older, tailored to each child's unique needs and objectives. Collaborating with patients and their families, the pediatric audiologist develops customized assessment and treatment plans. We adhere to both national and international clinical standards and protocols. Our facility includes a child-friendly waiting area appropriate for most children. We gladly schedule appointments to accommodate the needs of both the child and parents, ensuring individual attention by booking only one child at a time. Our children's audiologist clinic has a child specific waiting room with consideration given to creating a fun safe environment, accommodating busy parents and busy kids.
Acknowledgement
I acknowledge with respect that as a pediatric audiologist I work, teach, and reside on the traditional territories of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations. Victoria, the city, stands as the second oldest in Western Canada, having been incorporated on August 2, 1862. This land has long served as the home of the Lekwungen People, a part of the Coast Salish, known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. The Lekwungen language, indigenous to Victoria, along with the traditional culture, have thrived here for millennia, marked by careful stewardship of the land, including practices such as controlled burnings and the cultivation of food.
OUR TEST ROOM AND CHILDREN'S WAITING AREA WITH PARENT CONTROLLED ADJUSTABLE LIGHTING.
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Dr MacAskill is licensed by The College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia
Unresolved concerns about any registrant’s practice can be reported to:
College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia
900 – 200 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4
Phone: 604-742-6715
Email: info@chcpbc.org
Little Ears Audiology Practice Ltd.
310 Wale Road, Victoria, British Columbia V9B 0J8, Canada
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