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Hearing Devices

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Hearing Aids

We dispense all levels of digital hearing aid technology, based on the needs of our patients. Your audiologist will make the most appropriate recommendation based on your current hearing test results as well as your specific listening needs.

Some environments are more complex and require a more sophisticated hearing aid processor to manipulate the background noise. Speech clarity improves by compressing and filtering background noise. Your audiologist will help determine which technology is best suited for your needs after a consultation.

Learn more about hearing aids.

Cochlear Implants

Cochlear implants provide a mechanism for hearing when traditional hearing aids are no longer helpful. If you have a severe or profound sensorineural hearing loss in each ear and do not benefit from appropriate amplification, it is likely that there has been damage to the hair cells in the cochlea. You could benefit from a cochlear implant.

Learn more about cochlear implants.

BAHA

Bone conduction implants are bone-anchored devices which use bone conduction to provide a better hearing solution to people with ear canal problems, and those unable to wear a hearing aid, or those who have single-sided hearing loss. The system attaches to a titanium implant, surgically placed in the bone behind the ear. The bone provides a sound pathway to the inner ear and does not require that sound go through the ear canal. Even if the ear canal is completely absent or the middle ear is not functioning, the BAHA can help.

Learn more about BAHA.


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