Dirk believes very passionately in providing ethically based professional advice to clients who are seeking a high quality tailored solution to meet their hearing needs. “Patience, time and understanding are the lynchpins for a successful hearing aid fitting” according to Dirk. Dirk spent 10 years working in the Commonwealth Government as an audiologist and manager before moving to Bendigo in 1994 to take up the senior audiologist position at the Bendigo Hospital and also to commence his private practice. He is a full member of the peak body for audiologists, Audiology Australia, a member of the Australian College of Audiology and past president of the Independent Audiologists of Australia.