Saline Audiology Open House 
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
#5 Medical Park Drive Suite 101
Benton, Arkansas 72015
501-778-3868
www.salineaudiology.com
Come get acquainted, see our newly renovated and expanded office,  learn about your hearing health, and discover how people are enjoying improved hearing with the help of amazing hearing aid technologies.
If you suspect a hearing loss, we’ll help [...]

Arkansas teachers’ insurance now covers hearing health care and hearing aids.
This is a big breakthrough in health care coverage in the field of audiology.  Now teachers will have the opportunity to use their insurance for audiological evaluations, hearing aids, and other hearing health care diagnosis and treatment.
For complete details about audiology services covered under your [...]

The audiologist is looking for quantitative information with regard to your degree of hearing loss.
Hearing levels are expressed in decibels (dB):

normal hearing (0 to 20 dB HL)
mild hearing loss (20–40 dB HL)
moderate hearing loss (40–60 dB HL)
severe (60–80 dB HL) and profound hearing loss (80 dB HL or greater)

Arkansas was among the first to implement a bill (Senate bill 819) to “ensure early detection of hearing loss for all newborn and infant children in Arkansas to avoid developmental delays associated with late identification of hearing loss.”
Research confirms that children who are identified and receive intervention before the age of six months have significantly [...]

All newborns should be screened for hearing loss.
Why Screen Newborns?
Newborn hearing screenings are extremely important. When newborns have hearing loss and are diagnosed early, effective intervention is available to help them achieve normal or nearly normal speech, language, and hearing milestones.

Approximately 3-6 of every 1,000 newborns have significant hearing problems. More than 95 percent of [...]

A common complaint of those who are suffering hearing loss is that they can hear but cannot understand.  This is typically the result of a loss of hearing sensitivity in the high frequency (pitch) range.  Because consonant sounds are affected, the clarity of speech starts to decrease.  This symptom may also cause other people to [...]

For a complete list of services and descriptions, click here.
Diagnostic Testing and Services
• Basic hearing evaluations
• Evaluations for any medical-related ear problems such as: middle ear fluid, otosclerosis and Meniere’s Disease
• Testing for acoustic tumors of the hearing nerve
• Full diagnostic evaluations for the dizzy patient
• Pre-operative and post-operative testing for ear surgery
• Infant hearing [...]

Although your child is now hearing better with the use of hearing aids, he or she may initially feel otherwise:  that’s because things will sound different than they used to.  For some children this will be the first time they’ve heard anything except extremely loud sounds.  If that’s the case, your child may require many [...]

Get Back Into The Conversation!
If you are having trouble hearing or understanding your friends and family, in a large group, or in a meeting…give Saline Audiology a call.
We provide full service audiological exams and are very knowledgeable
 in the latest hearing aid technology. 
If you currently wear hearing aids and are having trouble, let us clean and [...]

I have problems with ear infections from swimming.
My ears get irritated from the pool water or lake water.
My ears get infected nearly every time I swim.
It feels like I have water inside my ear that won’t empty out.
Saline Audiology can help.
Custom earmolds for swimming create a waterproof barrier
which prohibits water from entering into your ear [...]