Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Saline Audiology
is hosting an Open House
9:00 to 4:00
at our Benton Office
#5 Medical Park Drive, Suite 101
Benton, Arkansas
Office Building B (next to Saline Memorial Hospital)
Come by and see our newly remodeled and expanded office!
Refreshments will be served.
Free hearing screenings and hearing aid demos will be available by appointment only! Spaces are limited, so [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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)
Saline Audiology Commercial that airs on KARK 4 & KARZ 42.
To view the commercial, click on the link below.
Saline Audiology Commercial
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 [...]
