Gary A. Rance is an Audiologist based at 550 Swanston Street, Parkville, NSW 3010. He helps people who are dealing with hearing and listening challenges, from early life through to adulthood.
Hearing doesn’t always work in a simple, one-size-fits-all way. In many cases, Gary supports patients with hearing loss and infant hearing loss, including families who want answers about what their child is hearing and how to move forward. At times, the work also involves issues that sit deeper in the hearing pathway, such as auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder.
Some people can hear sounds, but still struggle to make sense of speech, especially in noisy places. Gary looks after auditory processing disorder and related listening difficulties. This can affect school, work, and everyday chats, even when hearing tests look “okay” on paper.
There are also times when hearing and communication link in with other health conditions. Gary works with people who have neuro and genetic conditions where hearing or listening may be affected, including Friedreich ataxia, hereditary ataxia, spinocerebellar ataxia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and autonomic neuropathy. He also supports patients with conditions such as neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and Chiari malformation type 2.
Communication can be impacted in other ways too. Gary also supports people who present with speech and language concerns, including developmental dysphasia familial and autism spectrum disorder. Hearing and listening are just one piece of the puzzle, but getting them right can make a real difference to daily life.
He may also be involved when there are middle ear or infection related issues, like otitis. And in some situations, listening and hearing can be affected by health and medical history, including type 1 diabetes (T1D) and drug induced dyskinesia.
Gary’s work covers a range of needs, from common hearing problems to more complex neurological and genetic links. If you’re trying to understand what’s going on with hearing, listening, or communication, the focus stays practical: find out what’s happening and help you move forward from there.
