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Ear Health Riccarton

Audiologist · Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 55 Christchurch audiology businesses.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Ear Health Riccarton

Audiologist · Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#9of 55 audiology businesses
Overall health8.5/10across the eight areas
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Ear Health Riccarton is an audiology clinic in Riccarton, Christchurch, staffed by MNZAS audiologists, registered nurses and other healthcare practitioners. They offer ear problem assistance for adults and children, gentle microsuction earwax removal, hearing assessments, hearing aid fitting and troubleshooting, ongoing aural rehabilitation care, and tinnitus diagnosis and treatment. Customers report professional, friendly service and easy booking.

Ear Health Riccarton is an audiology clinic based in Riccarton, Christchurch. The team includes MNZAS audiologists, registered nurses and other healthcare practitioners who focus on ear and hearing care for adults and children.

Services include assistance with a range of ear problems, gentle microsuction removal of earwax and debris, identification and management of hearing loss, hearing tests, and hearing aid advice, purchase and fitting. The clinic also provides ongoing care and maintenance for aural rehabilitation clients and diagnosis and assistance for tinnitus.

Customers commonly describe appointments as professional, friendly and relaxing, and note the ease of getting an appointment and reaching the clinic. Recent reviews also highlight helpful, knowledgeable staff who answer questions and offer clear guidance on hearing aids. Some customers mention value-for-money options and short-term online offers available at the time of review.

Locally, Ear Health Riccarton is distinguished by its clinical team mix, its use of microsuction for earwax removal, and its full pathway of care from assessment through hearing aid fitting and ongoing maintenance. The clinic presents itself as a practical option for Christchurch clients seeking routine ear care, hearing assessment and tinnitus support.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Ear Health Riccarton shows a below-average health score on Google Business Listing at 3.0 out of 10, indicating room for improvement in listing completeness and engagement. The listing benefits from claimed status, a visible title, a website link and a contact number, and accurate open status. Key findings focus on opportunities to enhance branding and visuals while maintaining accurate information.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
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    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.3Room to grow
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4.8 ★★★★★ (177)
Audiologist · Upper Riccarton
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From the business

We're an experienced team of MNZAS Audiologists, Registered Nurses, and other healthcare practitioners. Our services include: Assistance with ear problems in adults and children. Removal of earwax and other debris by gentle microsuction. Identification, diagnosis and management of hearing loss conditions. Hearing aid advice and troubleshooting. Hearing aid purchase, guidance and fitting. Ongoing care and maintenance for aural rehabilitation and hearing aid clients. Diagnosis, treatment and assistance for tinnitus.

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Google listingChristchurch audiology · 55 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Ear Health Riccarton shows a very healthy Google Business profile, with a 9.6/10 health score and strong engagement. The top takeaways are a premier rating confidence in the top 10% and a high number of reviews contributing to market competitiveness. The business also maintains an excellent response rate, indicating solid customer interaction and trust.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.

Top three opportunities

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    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
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    Response rateYou answer nearly all your reviews, which is more than almost anyone in this market, and a customer reading the page sees a two-sided conversation rather than a scoreboard.
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    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
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Trevor B.★★★★★ · a month ago

It's easy to get an appointment, easy to get to and the service was really professional.

Response from the owner2

Hi Trevor, thank you for your review. Good to know everything came together easily — from booking through to the appointment itself.

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Sue B.★★★★★ · a month ago

Friendly, professional service for a VERY reasonable price. Highly recommended!

Response from the owner

Hi Sue, thank you for your review. It’s pleasing to know your visit struck the right balance between quality care and value.

Google reviewsChristchurch audiology · 55 businesses
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Where you show up on the map

Ear Health Riccarton shows an above-average overall Google Maps health score of 7.0 out of 10, indicating decent visibility with room to improve. The business ranks strongly for key keywords in Riccarton such as hearing aid store and hearing aid repair service, and holds good position for audiologist terms. Focus should be on boosting broader map visibility while maintaining top local terms.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
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1Top three for "hearing assistance earphone store" in 3 suburbs, seen in 28
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Bay Audiology Riccarton4.6 ★ (28) · Audiologist
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Ear Health Riccarton24.8 ★ (177) · Audiologist
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Hearing True4.2 ★ (6) · Audiologist
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Westfield Riccarton4.3 ★ (12,232) · Audiologist
Map positionsChristchurch audiology · 55 businesses
You are #22 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Ear Health Riccarton shows above-average health with a 7.0/10 overall. The strongest recent strengths are a highly regarded Facebook profile and an up-to-date LinkedIn Company listing, which support local credibility and professional reach. The main findings point to social presence gaps on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Neighbourly and GrabOne that limit discovery and trust among potential customers.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/ear-health) found via: Your website.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 5 of them.
5.0Room to grow
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FacebookEarhealthEar Health Riccarton | Facebook✓
LinkedInear-healthEar Health Riccarton | LinkedIn✓
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InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch audiology · 55 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A cover photoYour page opens with a cover photo rather than a blank banner, so the first impression a visitor gets is your own work.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    A phone numberNo phone number is published on your Facebook page, so someone who found you there and wants to ring has to go hunting elsewhere or send a message and wait.
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    An email addressA customer who would rather put a request in writing at ten at night has only Messenger to work with, because the page carries no email address.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
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New Zealand-wide provision of professional ear care services from Kerikeri to Invercargill.
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Facebook pageChristchurch audiology · 55 businesses
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Your website

Ear Health Riccarton's on-page health score is 4.1 out of 10, which is below average. The report highlights strong current basics such as a fast load time, an H1 tag, and a relevant meta description, but several gaps persist. The most important findings are missing a meta description for the homepage, an SEO-friendly URL structure, and a favicon, which are common easy wins to improve click-throughs and perceived credibility.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    On-page scoreThe basics on your home page are half in place: it opens and it reads, but enough checks still fail that a customer on a phone away from wifi notices the wait before they notice the business.
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    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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How people find you on Google

Ear Health Riccarton shows a very healthy website traffic profile with strong organic traction and top local keyword coverage. The main takeaway is the outstanding organic traffic value and local ranking, supported by a solid top 10% standing for organic visits and SERP presence.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
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www.earhealth.co.nzUpper Riccarton, Christchurch

Upper Riccarton, Christchurch. Phone: 03 3488 716 ... Ear Health Riccarton provides audiology, hearing aids and earwax removal by microsuction services. Read more

www.bayaudiology.co.nzBay Audiology Riccarton: Hearing Aids and Care
About 20,287 visits a month from search, across 4,340 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch audiology · 55 businesses
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Your hours against demand

Ear Health Riccarton's hours align well with several high-demand weekday windows but miss some weekend peaks. The clinic is open during key weekday lunch and mid-morning searches (notably Tue 10-11am and Wed/Fri 11-12pm). However, several Saturday midday hours and Sunday late-morning searches show demand when the clinic is closed. There are no low-demand open hours, so inefficiency from excess open time is not evident.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
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Ear Health Riccarton
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Hours 1
Monday7:30am-5pm
Tuesday7:30am-5pm
Wednesday7:30am-5pm
Thursday7:30am-5pm
Friday7:30am-5pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Popular times Monday · Upper Riccarton
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Opening hoursChristchurch audiology · 55 businesses
You are #40 for opening hours
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03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#9of 55 Christchurch audiology businesses
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Christchurch audiologyOverall · 55 businesses
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