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Staff at the Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California have been practicing state of the art audiology for over 50 years by offering hearing testing and hearing aid services to children and adults of all ages. Currently, we have a staff of 6 top-notch audiologists. The
following hearing health services are completed at the Center:
Adult hearing testing (audiogram, speech reception and word recognition testing).
Pediatric audiologic testing (evaluation of children of all ages including any or all of the following special procedures auditory evoked potentials, otoacoustic emissions, visual reinforcement audiometry, and conditioned play audiometry).
Imittance measures (assessment of middle ear system and acoustic reflexes).
Otoacoustic emission (transient and distortion-based techniques to investigate cochlear function).
Auditory evoked measures (auditory brainstem, middle and late latencies, mismatched negativity, and steady state evoked potentials).
Central auditory processing testing (test batteries designed to assess auditory processing abilities for children 7 years of age and older).
Electronystagmography (ENG assessment of balance or vestibular region of the inner ear).
Tinnitus Assessment (including rehabilitation using hearing aids and maskers, counseling, and habituation techniques such as tinnitus retraining therapy). Click here for information on our Tinnitus Support Group
Hearing Aid Services,
Hearing aid evaluations and dispensing for children and adults (for conventional to 100% digital products from all premier manufacturers of hearing aids - Oticon, Phonak, Qualitone, GN Resound, Siemens, Starkey, Sonic Innovation, Unitron, and Widex).
Sales of hearing aid batteries.
Sales of FM and assistive listening devices.
Hearing aid repairs for all makes.
Musician's and swimmer's earplugs.
Reprogramming for most programmable and digital instruments.
Aural rehabilitation and counseling.
Costs of hearing aids offered at the Center vary tremendously depending upon the style of the instrument and the technology of the circuitry inside (analog, programmable, digital, etc.). Audiologists at the Center help patients narrow the choices of hearing aids by taking into account information such as the audiogram, manual dexterity, and personal needs and preference.
To be considered for a hearing aid, patients must either complete a diagnostic hearing test at the time of the appointment or bring a record of a hearing test conducted within the six prior months.
Charges for diagnostic hearing testing are frequently covered by health insurance. The Center is a provider for most health insurance companies. Pending prior approval, occasionally, hearing aids are covered by health insurance. The Center also accepts MediCal and CCS payments for hearing aids and related products, provided the patient is eligible for these services.
A sliding fee scale is also available for audiologic testing for qualified individuals but sliding fees cannot be applied to hearing aids, assistive listening devices, batteries, and other hearing aid related products. |
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