Hearing Care Services in the North Bay

Diagnostic Evaluation

Our expert staff at Audiology Associates provides services to those from newborn to over a hundred years old. These include basic behavioral tests and sophisticated computerized otoneurological evaluations. When appropriate, the latest digital hearing aids may be utilized to help compensate for hearing loss. Hearing care services are offered at our office locations in Santa Rosa, Novato, Mill Valley and Mendocino.

• Air and bone conduction testing
• Speech threshold and discrimination testing
• Immittance (impedance) testing, including tympanometry, acoustic reflexes and reflex decay
• Industrial hearing evaluations and screenings
• Pediatric hearing evaluations
• Infant hearing assessment

Specialized Testing

• Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response (ABR)
• Automated Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response (AABR)
• Electronystagmography (ENG)
• Central Auditory Processing (CAP) Screening
• Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)

Hearing Assistance

At Audiology Associates we provide:

• Comprehensive communicaion needs assessment
• Hearing aid evaluation and dispensing: Basic, Advanced, Programmable and Digital
• “Real Ear” computerized hearing aid evaluation
• Assistive Listening Devices

Special Patients

Not all patients can offer feedback on their hearing. For difficult-to-test patients such as infants and the developmentally disabled, Audiology Associates provides expert testing with tools such as:

• Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)
• Conditioned Operant Response (COR)
• Behavioral Observation Audiometry (BOA)
• Test Assistance from a trained Audiology Aide

Other Services

• Battery Club/Battery Card
• Senior programs
• Loaner hearing aids
• Assistance programs
• Custom hearing protectors
• Swim plugs
• Lip reading/communication skills course (SRJC)
• Educational presentations/inservices

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For more information on any of our Hearing Services, please contact us.