Diagnostic services offered
Diagnostic hearing evaluation~Ages 4 and up
Individual is in the sound booth and presence or absence of hearing loss as well as the degree of hearing loss at different frequencies is determined by the individual’s response to listening to tones. The middle ear and ear drum is evaluated during a diagnostic evaluation and speech discrimination is also evaluated.
Hearing Screening
Individual is in the sound booth and presence or absence of hearing loss and the degree of hearing loss at different frequencies is determined by the individual’s response to listening to tones.
Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)~Ages 2 weeks to 3 months
- Electrodes are put on baby’s forehead and behind their ears to read the response from the brain. Baby must be asleep for testing.
Visual Response Audiometry (VRA)~Ages 9 months to 2 years old
- Child is placed in the sound booth and responds to the sounds they hear.
Conditioned Play Audiometry~2 to 4 years old
-Child plays a listening game with blocks or pegs.
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) and Tympanometry~Ages 4 months and up
-Small rubber tip is placed in child’s ear to check for fluid and to measure the responses of the inner ear to sound.
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD Testing)~Ages 6 & up
Very specialized testing to assess a child and or adults ability to process auditory information, we are trying to pin point strengths and weakness for the individual.
Videonystagnography (VNG)- Dizziness testing
This tests the balance system. We use special goggles to measure and record eye movements during different testing situations (ocular tests on the wall, positional tests where the head is put in different positions, and caloric testing where we put air in the ears to measure the response of the horizontal balance canals).
