Hearing & Balance of Dallas ENT
Dallas ENT – Head & Neck Surgery Center is a full service provider of both hearing and balance services.
This includes evaluation and treatment for ear pain, hearing loss, dizziness (vertigo), and ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
Our friendly, professional staff is available to provide a full range of diagnostic testing and, when necessary, state-of-the-art hearing aids. Our board-certified Ear, Nose and Throat specialists, as well as our staff of licensed audiologists, are dedicated to providing you with outstanding clinical excellence and customer service.
An audiologist is a professional who has received a Master's or Doctoral degree from an accredited university graduate program. This means your services are being provided by a professional who has between 6 to 8 years of college education with 2 to 4 of those years spent exclusively in the areas of ear and hearing disorders. Our physician-audiologist team is trained to diagnose, manage and treat hearing or balance problems for individuals from birth through adulthood. If a patient's hearing problem is non-medical in nature, the audiologist will prescribe a treatment plan that incorporates a hearing aid or other assistive devices. There are no other professionals better trained or able to serve your hearing needs.
Nearly 30 million Americans have impaired hearing - that's one in ten of the general population and one in three persons over the age of 60. Medical devices such as hearing aids and rehabilitation can substantially reduce hearing loss in the vast majority of patients.
Physicians classify hearing loss as either "conductive" or "sensorineural." A hearing loss is conductive when there is a problem with the ear canal, the eardrum and/or the middle ear including the three bones connected to the eardrum. Common reasons for this type of hearing loss are a plug of excess wax in the ear canal or fluid behind the eardrum. Medical treatment or surgery may be available for these and more complex forms of conductive hearing loss.
A hearing loss is sensorineural when it results from damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or auditory nerve, often as a result of the aging process and/or noise exposure. Sounds may be unclear and/or too soft. Sensitivity to loud sounds may occur. Medical or surgical intervention cannot correct most sensorineural hearing losses. However, hearing aids may help you reclaim some sounds that you are missing as a result of nerve deafness.
A mixed hearing loss is a combination of both conductive and sensorineural type hearing problems.
All hearing aids at Dallas ENT – Head & Neck Surgery Center are fitted on a 30-day trial basis–regardless of whether you are a first-time user or an experienced wearer who wants to upgrade to more advanced technology. We believe allowing you to experience hearing aids in your own home and personal environment helps you to determine what is best for you. If for any reason you choose not to keep the hearing instrument during the trial period, it can be returned to the factory for credit and only a nominal fitting fee will be charged. Our professional team of audiologists are properly instructed on the correct use and care of your devices, and continually works with you so you can receive maximum benefits from your hearing aids.
Child Hearing Screening
Audiology Department Services The impact of Hearing on Quality of LifeCommunication, socialization, and a feeling of well being are strongly dependent on the sense of hearing. The personal impact of wearing hearing instruments goes beyond treatment of a hearing loss and is associated with the physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being of people of all degrees of hearing loss. According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), amplification with hearing aids is positively related to the following quality of life issues:
- Improved interpersonal relationships
- Enhanced group social activity
- Increased belief that one is in control of one's life
- Improved emotional stability
- Improved overall health
- Reduction of discriminatory behaviors toward the person with the hearing loss
- Reduction in hearing loss compensatory behaviors
- Reduction in depression and depressive symptoms
- Reduction in introverted behaviors
- Reduced feelings of paranoia and anxiety
How Can an Audiologist Help Your Audiologist is a professionally trained hearing expert with a master's degree. Audiologists specialize in evaluating your hearing & understanding ability. This allows us to help make sure that your hearing health is sound.Qualified Audiologists hold a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.At your initial hearing assessment, you will be thoroughly evaluated to determine your communication needs. If the results indicate a hearing impairment, your Audiologist will provide the hearing care most effective for you.Meet our Audiologists: Paul Stephenson, M.S., CCC-A and Lynn Norwood, PhD, CCC-AOur Services Include- Diagnostic Hearing Testing for adults and children
- Instruments available in a wide range of hearing-aid technology, including programable and digital aids
- 30-day satisfaction period for all hearing aids
- Hearing aid rehabilitation and counseling
- Hearing aid checks and repairs
- Batteries for all hearing aids
- Hearing aid accessories & assistive listening devices
- Musician's ear plugs, sound protection devices, and swim plugs
- Cerumen (ear wax) management
Our Hearing Aid Products  Behind-The-Ear - (BTE) intruments are appropriate for hearing losses from mild to severe-profound. An earmold is required for these aids.In-The-Ear - (ITE) hearing aid fills the outer portion of the ear and is appropriate for mild to severe hearing losses.In-The-Canal - (ITC) hearing instrument is a smaller model than the full shell ITE and is appropriate for hearing losses from mild to moderately-severe.Completely-In-The-Canal- (CIC) hearing aid is almost invisible. The appropriateness of this style of hearing aid is limited to the degree of hearing loss and ones manual dexterity.100% Digital Technology - Our digital products range from $1500 - $3100 plus. Digitals are the best solution for the difficult listening situations you encounter.
Patient Information for Hearing & Balance
Patients please go to our Patient Resources page for information about your visit and access to our secure Medical Web Office.
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