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Programs & Services

Audiology Services

Community Audiology within the Calgary Zone provides a full range of diagnostic audiological and specialized services for infants, children, adults and seniors.

Centralized referral intake and scheduling is utilized for Community Audiology which includes multiple sites:

  • Richmond Road Diagnostic and Treatment Centre (RRDTC)
  • Arthur Child Cancer Care (ACCC)
  • Foothills Medical Centre (FMC)
  • South Health Campus (SHC)
  • Airdrie Community Health Centre (ACHC)

Not all services are offered at each site. Available sites for specific testing will be shared at the time of scheduling appointment.

SHC is the site for all vestibular assessments.

RRDTC is home to the Adult Cochlear Implant Service for the southern half of the province.

Community Audiology provides the following services: 

  • Diagnostic hearing assessments for ages 6 months to 18 years old
  • Diagnostic hearing assessments for adults (19+ years of age). Adults with medically related hearing concerns are prioritized

-Medically related hearing concerns can include persistent ear infections, ear pain, aural fullness, ear trauma, pulsatile tinnitus, unilateral tinnitus, ototoxic monitoring, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, meningitis, audiograms for preoperative prior to seeing an Otolaryngologist

  • Adults (19+ years of age) who do not have any medically related hearing concerns will be triaged as routine. The current waitlist for routine assessments is 12 months. These patients will receive more timely care if redirected to private practice audiology services
  • Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing for infants 1 - 6 months of age
  • Hearing screening for infants (less than 6 months of age) and older children 4 -18 years of age
  • Ototoxicity (baseline / monitoring) hearing assessments
  • Vestibular assessments (ENT / Neurology referral required). Referrals must include the following information: date of onset of symptoms, descriptions of symptoms, triggers of symptoms, information about other treatments such as vestibular physiotherapy
  • Cochlear implant (CI) candidacy assessments and intervention/follow-up for adults 18 and older. Referrals must include an up-to-date audiogram (within 6 months)
  • Referrals from Speech-Language Pathologists for children over 3 years of age must be accompanied by failed hearing screening results

Contact Details

Airdrie Community Health Centre

Address
604 Main Street S
Airdrie, Alberta
T4B 3K7
Telephone
403-955-8500 (Information)
Hours of Operation
Days of the Week

Monday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Tuesday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Wednesday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Thursday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Friday
8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Note

Some appointments may be scheduled outside of these hours based on clinician availability.
Closed on weekends and statutory holidays.
Access
Service Providers May Include
audiologists, audiology technologists, social workers, therapy assistants
Eligibility

Exclusion Criteria

  • Adult diagnostic hearing assessments for patients residing outside of the Calgary Zone
  • Patients with NO Alberta Health Care Coverage - refer to private practice audiology
  • Previously identified permanent hearing loss requiring ongoing monitoring and/or hearing aid fittings or adjustments - refer to private practice audiology and / or their hearing aid provider
  • Third party assessment requests (e.g. Veteran's Affairs; Worker's Compensation Board; employment and insurance-related requests) - refer to private practice audiology
  • Those seeking to adjust current hearing aids or purchase new hearing aids
Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

Wait Times

Wait times vary depending on service requested. The wait time for routine adult hearing assessments is approximately 9-12 months.

Service Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Service Locations
Also Known As
Acronym
CI
Preferred
Community Audiology
Other
Adult Cochlear Implant Service, Cochlear Implant, Community Audiology Vestibular