Audiology
- Medical Specialities
- ENT & Head and Neck Care
- Audiology
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Audiology
- Excessive and prolonged exposure to noise
- Viral or bacterial infections
- Head injury or head tumours
- Stroke
- Drug abuse
- Heredity
- Age-related hearing loss
- Others' speech may appear mumbled or slurred.
- Difficulty distinguishing high-pitched sounds like "s" or "th."
- Conversations are challenging to understand, particularly in noisy surroundings.
- Men's voices are clearer compared to women's.
- Certain sounds may seem excessively loud and irritating.
- Tinnitus (ringing in the ears) may occur in one or both ears.
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- Evaluations for diagnosis, monitoring, conservation, and hearing loss management
- Vestibular and balance assessments
- Rehabilitation services to facilitate using residual or restored hearing
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BAHA System
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The BAHA or Bone conduction hearing aids are alternative hearing aids for young children and adults with hearing loss who do not tolerate conventional hearing aids.
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They amplify sounds via bone conduction or vibrations through the bone of the skull which directly stimulate the cochlea (a small cavity in the inner ear).
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These aids help patients with hearing loss caused by:
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- Malformation of the ear canal or middle ear
- Infection of the ear canal resulting in chronic draining ears
- Chronic otitis media
- Congenital atresia
- Cholesteatoma
- Middle ear dysfunction/disease
- Sudden hearing loss
- Acoustic neuroma
- Meniere’s disease
- Single-sided deafness
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It is best to consult an ENT specialist if one notices any of the symptoms mentioned above.
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Other Audiological Tests:
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- Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA)
- Impedance Audiometry (IA)
- Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
- Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA)
- Auditory Steady-State Response (ASSR)
- Late Latency Response (LLR)
- Middle Latency Response (MLR)
- Short Increment Sensitivity Index (SISI)
- Tone Decay Test (TDT)
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Speech Disorders
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- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Dysarthria
- Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
- Speech Sound Disorders
- Stuttering
- Voice
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Language Disorders
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- Childhood Spoken Language Disorders
- Learning Disabilities (Reading, Spelling, and Writing)
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Medical and Development Conditions
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- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Autism (Autism Spectrum Disorders)
- Cleft Lip and Palate
- Right Hemisphere Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
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Communication Options
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- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Speech for People with Tracheostomies or Ventilators
- Swallowing Therapy
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Audiology Clinic
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Audiometry – Helps quantitatively determine the degree of hearing loss
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Brain-Evoked Response Audiometry (BAER) – Helps check the auditory response from the brain to the ears
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Tympanometry – Assesses condition of the eardrum and middle ear
Dr. Bhavin Patel
