Audiology

Hearing Services

Hearing loss can impact individuals of all ages and backgrounds. If you or a loved one is experiencing hearing difficulties or related concerns, our team of doctoral-trained audiologists are here to help. We offer comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis and treatment for a wide range of hearing and balance disorders, including but not limited to, chronic or sudden hearing loss, tinnitus, persistent ear infections, eardrum perforations and speech delays. Our services also include hearing aid selection and fitting, as well as specialized diagnostics such as Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing for infants and Videonystagmography (VNG) for balance assessment.

Services Offered

For Pediatric Patients

• Hearing evaluations to determine type/degree of loss
• Custom ear molds for musicians, noise or water avoidance

For Adults

• Hearing evaluations to determine type/degree of loss
• Custom ear molds for musicians, noise or water avoidance
• Hearing aid fitting and dispensing, including a 45-day trial period
• Repairs for most brands of hearing aids
• Hearing aid education, fitting and dispensing
• Assistive listening device education and dispensing: Assistive Listening Devices (ALDs) – Non-hearing aid devices used by a hearing-impaired individual to improve communication and the performance of activities in specific environments. ALDs include devices such as infrared and FM personal amplifiers, alerting devices and closed captioning equipment.

Conditions Treated

Acquired Deafness – Loss of hearing that occurs or develops sometime in the course of a lifetime, but is not present at birth.

Conductive Hearing Loss – Hearing loss caused by an abnormal transmission of sound in the outer or middle ear. Most common in children.

Congenital Hearing Loss – The presence of hearing loss at or before birth.

Balance Disorder – Disruption in the labyrinth, the inner ear organ that controls the balance system, which allows individuals to know where their bodies are in the environment. The labyrinth works with other systems in the body, such as the visual and skeletal systems, to maintain posture.

Hearing Disorder – A general term used to describe any disruption in the normal auditory process.

Hearing Loss – Disruption in the normal process that may occur in either the outer, middle or inner ear, whereby sound waves are not conducted to the inner ear, converted to electrical signals and/or nerve impulses are not transmitted to the brain to be interpreted as sound.

Méniére's Disease – An inner disorder that can affect both hearing and balance and is usually associated with vertigo (feeling like you're spinning when you're really not), hearing loss, roaring tinnitus and the sensation of fullness in the ear.

*We help with the diagnosis, and ENT physicians guide the treatment.

Sensorineural Hearing Loss – Hearing loss caused by damage to the sensory cells and/or nerve fibers of the inner ear. The most common type of hearing loss in adulthood.

Sudden Hearing Loss – Loss of hearing that occurs quickly due to such causes as an explosion or a viral infection.

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss – Hearing loss caused by exposure to very loud sounds (either very loud impulse sound(s) or repeated exposure to sounds over 90-decibel level over an extended period of time) that damages the sensitive structures of the inner ear.

Tinnitus – Sensation of a ringing, roaring or buzzing sound in the ears or head. It is often associated with many forms of hearing loss and noise exposure.

Vertigo – Illusion of movement; a sensation as if the external world were revolving around an individual (objective vertigo) or as if the individual were revolving in space (subjective vertigo).

For more information, please call 812.996.0227.