Auditory Rehab Associates is a comprehensive hearing healthcare center that specializes in today’s advanced digital hearing technology and aural rehabilitation. We have been providing Central Alabama with the sounds of life for over 21 years. There are two convenient locations to serve you or your love ones. We at Auditory Rehab Associates believe with better hearing comes an improved quality of life.
Amplification is only one piece of the hearing healthcare puzzle. Please call today to schedule your Free personalized hearing consultation. |
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| Your personalized hearing consultation will include: |
| Hearing History-your hearing consultation begins with a quick documented analysis of your medical and hearing history. You will be asked about your prior noise exposure from work or leisure activities; if any physical damage has occurred to your ears; about past illnesses or medications that may have impacted your hearing. |
| Video Otoscopic Examination- next we will place a small, lighted camera inside your ear canal with the image projected on a tv screen. This may be helpful in detecting such things as fluid accumulation, perforations of the eardrum or excessive earwax, which will be referred to a medical professional for diagnosis. |
| Puretone Hearing Test- an electronic audiometric threshold test is then conducted. You will listen to pure tone signals at different frequency and loudness levels and indicate your ability to hear them. In some cases, a bone conduction threshold test may be performed using a mastoid bone oscillator. |
| Speech Assessment- because you may not hear certain sounds and words properly, you will be tested for discrimination or speech understanding using a word list. This same procedure is conducted with amplification in order to determine your potential benefit or improved understanding when amplification is used. |
| Audiometric Assessment- your audiogram results will be documented and graphically depicted showing your hearing or hearing loss thresholds, speech discrimination scores and the potential difficulties you may be having if you have a hearing loss. We will take the time to explain the results to you in simple terms and provide demonstrations of amplification as well as recommendations. |
| Click on the subjective hearing test button and see for yourself if a personalized hearing consultation may be needed. |
