Our Services

Infants to Senior Citizens
UNHS follow-up
Audiologic Evaluations
Tympanometry
OAE
Tinnitus Evaluation

Conditioned Play Audiometry
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)

Pediatric Audiology Services follow the Recommended Protocol for Audiologic Evaluation and Management from:

Auditory-Verbal and AG Bell: Evaluation and Management for Children with Hearing Loss http://www.agbellacademy.org/Recommended_Protocol.htm

National Center for Evaluation and Management of Hearing Loss http://www.infanthearing.org/

American Academy of Audiology
American Speech Language Hearing Association

Hearing Aids:
We work primarily with: Oticon, Phonak, Sonic Innovations, Unitron, Widex
We service many other manufacturers.

Complete Hearing Healthcare (CHHC) is available on our Premium and Perfomance level hearing instruments: 3 year warranty, 5 year supply of batteries; quarterly clean & check; annual hearing screening, 10% supplies.

CHHC may be available if you are new to this area and recently purchased hearing aids.

FM & other Hearing Assistive Technology

Featuring Fm systems by: Phonak, Sound ID, Oticon, Phonic Ear, Light Speed, Ampliphon and more.

IPOD/MP3 custom earphones.
BlueTooth technology with custom earphones.
BlueTooth connectivity for hearing aids.
Amplified Telephones
Alerting Devices
Loop Systems

A.G. Bell Academy for Listening & Spoken Language is the certification body of AG Bell which seeks to advance listening and talking through standards of excellence and international certification of professionals.

PRINCIPLES OF AUDITORY-VERBAL PRACTICE:
1) Promote early diagnosis of hearing loss in newborns, infants, toddlers, and children, followed by immediate audiologic management and Auditory-Verbal therapy.

2) Recommend immediate assessment and use of appropriate, state-of-the-art hearing technology to obtain maximum benefits of auditory stimulation.

3)Guide and coach parents to help their child use hearing as the primary sensory modality in developing spoken language without the use of sign language or emphasis on lipreading.

4) Guide and coach parents to become the primary facilitators of their child's listening and spoken language development through active consistent participation in individualized Auditory-Verbal therapy.

5) Guide and coach parents to create environments that support listening for the acquisition of spoken language throughout the childs daily activities.

6) Guide and coach parents to help their child integrate listening and spoken language into all aspects of the childs life.

7) Guide and coach parents to use natural developmental patterns of audition, speech, language, cognition, and communication.

8) Guide and coach parents to help their child self-monitor spoken language through listening.

9) Administer ongoing formal and informal diagnostic assessments to develop individualized Auditory-Verbal treatment plans, to monitor progress and to evaluate the effectiveness of the plans for the child and family.

10) Promote education in regular classrooms with typical hearing peers and with appropriate support services from early childhood onwards.
*An Auditory-Verbal Practice requires all 10 principles.
The term "parents" also includes grandparents, relatives, guardians and any caregivers who interact with the child.

(Adapted from the principles developed by Doreen Pollack, 1970.
Adapted by the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, January 11, 2006.)

AUDITORY HABILITATION GOAL: LEARNING TO LISTEN. For infants and children with hearing loss to maximize their hearing through technology when they also use visual methods of communication (Sign language, Cued Speech, Total Communication) Listening is a learned behavior. Like other sensory and motor skills: it does not occur simply by wearing hearing technology. Therapy is individualized and based on parent/caregiver goals. The focus of therapy is on hearing; sign language and Cued Speech are not included in therapy sessions.

AUDITORY REHABILITATION GOAL: LEARNING TO LISTEN, AGAIN. Therapy sessions with Children and Adults to maximize their hearing through their new hearing technology (hearing aids, cochlear implants, FM systems, etc.)