For more information, contact Saline Audiology at 501-778-3868

are you hearing all the sounds of spring?

• the crack of the bat at a baseball game

• the sound of birds chirping

• the voice of a loved one giving a graduation speech

For some of us, familiar sounds aren’t as clear as they used to be.  If you suspect that you’re experiencing hearing loss – now is the perfect time to get more information.  May is National Better Hearing Month, and there’s never been a better time to focus on your own hearing health.

Call Saline Audiology and schedule a hearing check-up today!

501-778-3868 or 501-922-0053

 
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Best of the Best Audiologist!

We appreciate all our patients and will continue to strive
to serve you with care and integrity!

SALINE AUDIOLOGY
501-778-3868

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 testing (OAE)
• Industrial hearing screening and evaluations
• Follow-up testing for screening failures  (i.e. school or industrial)
• Central auditory processing testing
• Evaluations to determine hearing aid needs
• Electronic ear plugs for hunters
• Computerized state-of-the-art hearing aid fittings
• Computerized hearing aid adjustments
• Hearing aid cleaning and checks
• Hearing aid repair (all makes)
• Hearing aid batteries
• Custom ear molds for hearing aids, iPods, MP3 players, Bluetooth devices
• Ear mold tubing changes
• Hearing protection
• Swim molds

All newborns should be screened for hearing loss.

Make sure your newborn’s hearing is screened before leaving the hospital.

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 newborns who are born deaf have parents with normal hearing.
• Hearing loss is invisible; it cannot be seen by examining your newborn’s ears.
• Most newborns with hearing loss have no signs or symptoms.

What Should I Know About the Hearing Screening?

• Hearing screenings are fast, safe, and painless.
• Sometimes newborns are screened once or twice.
• Hearing screenings take about 10 minutes.
• Most babies sleep through the hearing screening.
• You will receive the hearing screening results before you leave the hospital.

What If My Newborn Does Not Pass the Hearing Screening?
Some newborns who need a follow-up hearing screening or a hearing test have normal hearing—BUT some have hearing loss.

If your newborn does not pass the screening, it is important to make an appointment with an audiologist for a complete hearing test.

What If My Newborn Passes the Hearing Screening?
Newborns who pass the screenings are usually fine. However, some newborns might hear well enough to pass a screening, even though their hearing is not perfectly normal. Some newborns may pass the screening, yet they can lose hearing from illness, medications, or genetic reasons—after leaving the hospital. Therefore, even if your newborn passes the screening, tell your audiologist or physician if you suspect hearing loss at any time.

Other Warning Signs of Hearing Loss
Your newborn might be at risk for delayed onset hearing loss if any of the following applies to your baby.

• You or another caregiver has concerns.
• Family history of childhood hearing loss.
• Neonatal intensive care stay with ECMO therapy.
• Chemotherapy.
• Some infections that occur before and after birth (including CMV, bacterial, and viral meningitis).
• Some disorders that affect the baby’s nervous system.

If one or more apply to your newborn, make an appointment with  an audiologist.

SALINE AUDIOLOGY
501-778-3868

EARS…YOU ONLY GET ONE PAIR!

Let SALINE AUDIOLOGY help you take care of yours!
501-778-3868 or 501-922-005

Let us help you
Hear with Confidence
the ones who mean the most to you!

SALINE AUDIOLOGY
www.salineaudiology.com

Saline Audiology is a full service audiology clinic that specializes in testing ears of all ages.  Give us a call and schedule a hearing test for you or your family.

501-778-3868 or 501-922-0053