Our Staff

Sue has worked as an audiologist since 1970 and has a background of employment in hospital, government and specialist medical practice.She started her private practice in 1983 and has had the satisfaction of seeing it grow to a full-time business employing four audiologists, a technician/audiometrist, an office manager and four administrative assistants.

Sue is particularly concerned about high quality standards of care to ensure that clients achieve optimum results from their hearing rehabilitation. She also has a special interest in tinnitus management.

Sue has presented papers at audiology conferences, has been on the Executive of the Australian Association of Audiologists in Private Practice since 1984 and was a foundation member of ACAud.  She holds the Clinical Certificate of the Audiological Society of Australia (ASA), and has been made a Fellow of ACAud.

Occasionally she escapes the office and spends most of her time trying to keep up with Neil Clutterbuck's bicycle or skis

Neil left the computer industry in 1984 to study audiology. After 5 years experience in public sector practice he joined Sue at GAS "She didn't want me until I had enough experience", he says.

He has a special interest in making clients better consumers of hearing care. This interest led to him spending a large amount of time on industry bodies concerned with Government-funded hearing programs.

Neil believes that audiology is the best occupation around. "We can make a big difference in people's lives, the clients are interesting, and the constant development of the profession keeps the brain moving. Working and living in the Latrobe Valley is the icing on the cake."

Neil is proud to have been a foundation member of ACAud. He served as President of the Australian Association of Audiologists in Private Practice (AAAPP) in the past, and is currently serving on the International Committee of the American Academy of Audiology

Neil holds the Clinical Certificate of the Audiological Society of Australia.

Janet graduated in 1990 from the University of Pretoria, South Africa as a speech therapist and audiologist and worked for a year at a large hospital clinic in Cape Town. She and her husband Gregory immigrated to Australia late in 1991.

Janet started working part-time at Gippsland Audiology Services in 1992, until eventually 'retiring' from speech therapy in the mid 1990's and working solely as an audiologist. She holds the Clinical Certificate of the Audiological Society of Australia.

In her spare time Janet edits a monthly Catholic newsletter, and enjoys scrapbooking.

Khatija joined GAS in 2004. She was born and raised in South Africa, of Indian decent. She obtained her audiology qualifications at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, in 2003. She worked for five years as a speech pathologist and audiologist at the School for the Deaf in Johannesburg before coming to Australia.

Khatija's background in speech therapy has given her a greater understanding of auditory processing difficulties in children, and she has gradually come to specialise in this area of audiology at GAS. However, she is involved and competent in all adult and child assessments and adult hearing rehabiliation.

Khatija holds full membership of the Audiological Society of Australia, with Clinical Certificate.

Khatija has worked as a consultant audiologist at Latrobe Regional Hospital on behalf of GAS for a day a week, in order to help the hospital deal with staff shortages.

Khatija married Abdel Halabi in 2004 and settled in Australia. In October 2006 their baby girl, Karima, was born. Khatija returned to part-time work in August 2007 and regularly brings Karima in to visit all her doting aunties and grannies at work! Khatija specialises in children's assessments and auditory processing assessments.  She is currently on maternity leave after the birth of her second daughter Zahra, born in October 2008.

Call Gippsland Audiology Services and chances are the phone will be answered by one of our friendly clerical staff, who ably handle a multitude of tasks and ensure that all clients receive the service required.

All our staff understand the needs of our clients and are usually the first line of contact with our valued customers.