Services
Hearing Screening: A quick check to determine if a hearing loss may be present.
Hearing Tests: A hearing test for the purpose of fitting a hearing aid.
Audiological Evaluation: An evaluation of your hearing and auditory system to determine the cause and extent of the hearing loss. This includes not the hearing test but:
- History: Any conditions at birth or since that may have an impact, workplace, military, or other noise exposure, medications prescribed by another health provider, past surgeries or other medical conditions, and family traits and hereditary anomalies that may impact hearing.
- Visual Inspection: Your outer ear and ear drum will be inspected.
- Testing: The tests performed will depend upon the history and visual inspection. Typically this includes Tympanometry to assess the function of the middle ear which cannot be visually inspected. Pure tone testing to determine what sound is actually heard. Speech threshold and speech recognition to assess comprehension of signals. Other tests may be performed if appropriate including special tests of auditory function, otoacoustic emissions, and brainstem auditory evoked response. The testing performed
- A typical Audiological Evaluation takes about an hour and involves no pain or discomfort.
Batteries and Hearing Aid supplies are available for purchase and we will demonstrate how to use them.
Assistive Devices: Not everyone needs a hearing aid! There area many devices that are not hearing aids that can help people hear. We have these in our office and will demonstrate how to use them.
Cochlear Implant Support: Audiological services for the evaluation and use of cochlear implants in conjunction with your ENT.
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