Diagnostic Testing

ASC HEARING CLINIC specializes in advanced diagnostic testing and rehabilitation for individuals with impairments in hearing, balance, auditory processing/discrimination difficulties and communication related disorders. Services are provided to ALL AGES - NEWBORN THROUGH ADULT.

All diagnostic testing is conducted with state of the art and calibrated equipment in soundtreated rooms. These tests include:

• Complete Hearing Evaluations
  • Pure Tone Air Conduction
  • Pure Tone Bone Conductoin
  • Speech and Word Recognition
• Impedance Audiometry
  • Middle Ear Assessment
• Video Otoscopy
  • Visualization of the Ear Canal and Eardrum
• Hearing Aid Consultations and Sales/Orientation/Fittings
  • Review of hearing aid styles and circuits
  • Demonstrations of various hearing aid technologies
• Verification of Hearing Aid Performance
  • Real ear measurements to include Speechmapping
  • Speech in noise testing
• Otoacoustic Emission Testing (OAE)
  •  Inner Ear Assessment
• Auditory Brainstem Response Testing (ABR)
  • Eighth Nerve Assessment
• Electronystagmography/Videonystagmography Testing (ENG/VNG)
  • Balance (Dizziness) Assessment
•  Industrial Hearing Screenings and Analysis
• Fabrication of Custom Noise / Hearing Protection, Musician's Earplugs, Swim Molds, Hands-Free Molds and Personal Listening Devices (iPod, MP3 players, etc.)

If you or someone you know has a hearing problem, go to medical.siemens.com  that will assist in determining if a complete hearing evaluation is needed.

ADVANCED TESTING FOR HEARING AND BALANCE DISORDERS

OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION (OAE) TESTING

Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) are sounds originating in the cochlea, specifically from the outer hair cells, that propagate through the middle ear and then into the ear canal where they are measured with a sensitive microphone system. These emissions are an objective measure used to evaluate cochlear function, specifically outer hair cell performance, and they are pre-neural and not influenced by the state of the auditory (eighth) nerve.

AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE (ABR)

The Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) is a neurological test of auditory function that measures the timing of the brainstem's responses to click or tone stimuli, traveling from the outer, middle, and inner ear structures and through and including the brainstem. 

ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY/VIDEONYSTAGMOGRAPHY (ENG/VNG)

Electronystagmography/Videonystagmography (ENG/VNG) consists of a battery of tests used to assess the function of the peripheral and central vestibular systems. Electrodes (ENG) or video goggles (VNG) are used to measure the movements of the patient's eyes to detect nystagmus. Nystagmus is the only physical sign uniquely linked to the vestibular system and the ENG/VNG test battery provides a valuable tool in the assessment.

For additional information regarding dizziness and balance problems, please consider the following website:  http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/index.html