Choosing the right hearing aid for your individual needs comes down to a number of issues:

your hearing loss 
the features and look you prefer
your lifestyle

There are many products to choose from, each with their own unique features and advantages.  It isn’t a case of what’s the best style of hearing aid, but rather what’s the best [...]

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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 [...]

 

Saline Audiology’s Video for Ipod Custom Earmolds
To view the video, click on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cl_d8f2uL4

To determine the type of hearing loss, the audiologist is looking for the point in the auditory system where the loss is occurring
Types of hearing loss:

conductive: a temporary or permanent hearing loss typically due to abnormal conditions of the outer and/or middle ear
sensorineural: typically a permanent hearing loss due to disease, trauma, or inherited conditions [...]

 

Approximately 6 in 1,000 babies have a signficant hearing problem at birth.

More than 4,000 babies are born with hearing loss each year.
Babies are not able to tell you they have hearing loss and the first year of life is critical to the development of normal speech and languaue.
Most states require newborn hearing screening tests.

If your [...]

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 [...]