Your Visit

Congratulations!  By making today's appointment to seek help, you've accomplished the most important an maybe the most difficult step on your way to better hearing. 

Listening - We will discuss your hearing health and history of the listenting environments you have been exposed to and any diseases or injuries you may have experienced. We need to know your thoughts and feelings about your hearing, how it affects your life, and your expectations about possible solutions.

Examination - Using the latest technology, we'll perform a thorough examination of your ears for any physical condition that might be reason for medical referral.

Video Otoscopy - Assesses the outer ear for wax blockage.

Pure-tone Audiometry - Hearing sensitivity or loss is quantified by using pure tones controlled by a dual-channel clinical audiometer and presented through earphones and a bone vibrator. Narrow-band masking noise is used when appropriate.

Speech Audiometry - Awareness of speech sensitivity, auditory discrimination of speech sounds, and hearing adequacy for everyday speech are evaluated with speech delivered through earphones and loudspeakers. Phonetically balanced work lists are presented to the patient via the clinical audiometer by monitored live voice or taped recordings.

Impedance Audiometry - The middle ear and the acoustic reflex are assessed with a clinical electroacoustic bridge, which can activate the acoustic reflex with either contralateral or ipsilateral test tones. Eardrum mobility and middle ear pressure are evaluated ipsilaterally with tympanometry.

Demonstration of Digital Hearing Technology - After our tests we will be able to let you hear the difference that digital hearing technology will make right in our office.  Call us today so that we can let you hear what you've been missing.

Fitting - If our recommendation includes hearing aids, we will most likely begin the process by making molds of your ears for the customized part of of the instrument.  We may also demonstrate hearing aid performance in your ears through use of our unique surround town similated sound environment system including: restaurant, automobile, home, and auditorium settings.