Hearing services
Hearing aids.
When hearing loss cannot be treated medically, a hearing aid usually can help, and the practice manages the whole path: the hearing evaluation, the FDA-recommended medical clearance, selection from Signia, Starkey, Oticon, Phonak and TruHearing, the fitting, and the long-term service of the aid, with a board-certified hearing instrument specialist on staff.
Start with what you notice
What are you noticing?
Say it the way you would say it out loud. Each of these opens the right next step.
The patient journey
From evaluation to everyday wearing.
Get your hearing measured.
A hearing evaluation determines whether a hearing aid will be useful for you and your specific condition. It also checks the other possibility first: only 5 to 10% of hearing loss is surgically or medically treatable, and when yours is, treating it beats fitting around it.
Five manufacturers, one fit.
The practice works with Signia, Starkey, Oticon, Phonak and TruHearing. With many styles and features available, your lifestyle, interests and activities stay part of the decision, and the doctor helps determine the best type and model for your needs, not the other way around.
Cleared, then fitted.
The FDA recommends that anyone requiring a hearing aid receive medical clearance from a physician, and the practice provides it. From there the fitting is handled in-house by a board-certified hearing instrument specialist, tuned to your evaluation rather than a default setting.
Service and follow-up.
The practice is committed to the long-term care of hearing aid patients, from the first appointments through fitting and on through the regular management of your custom hearing aid: adjustments, service and the connected features that keep arriving with each new generation of aids.
See a physician first
Before an aid, rule these out.
- Hearing dropped suddenly, in one ear or both. Call the same day.
- The loss or ringing sits on one side only.
- Pain, drainage or a feeling of blockage.
- The hearing changes come with dizziness.
The FDA recommends medical clearance from a physician before a hearing aid, because some hearing loss is medically treatable. That clearance happens here, in the same practice that fits the aid.
Who you’ll see
Fitted by a specialist, cleared by physicians.
A board-certified hearing instrument specialist handles evaluation, fitting and follow-up, with two board-certified physicians providing the medical clearance behind every aid.
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Common hearing aid questions
Asked in this office, answered in plain language.
Do I need medical clearance for a hearing aid?
The FDA recommends that anyone requiring a hearing aid receive medical clearance from a physician. A hearing evaluation determines whether a hearing aid will help your specific condition, and the practice provides the clearance and follows hearing-aid patients from the first fitting through ongoing management of the aid.
Which hearing aid brands does the practice fit?
Signia, Starkey, Oticon, Phonak and TruHearing. With many styles and features across those lines, the doctor helps determine the best type and model of hearing aid for each patient, so your lifestyle and activities stay part of the decision.
Will a hearing aid give me normal hearing back?
A hearing aid compensates for hearing loss rather than reversing it. Sensorineural hearing loss, the most common age-related type, is usually permanent, and aids recover much of what it takes. The evaluation sets honest expectations for your specific hearing before anything is fitted.
How do I know my hearing loss isn’t treatable instead?
That is the first thing checked. Only 5 to 10% of hearing loss is surgically or medically treatable, but conductive causes like wax blockage or fluid in the middle ear often can be reversed. The hearing evaluation and medical exam rule treatment in or out before an aid is recommended.
What happens after the fitting?
The relationship continues. The practice is committed to the long-term care of hearing aid patients, from the initial appointments through the fitting procedures and on through the regular management of your custom hearing aid.
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Which hearing aid brands do you fit?
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