Hearing
Personalized Hearing Care
At Alpharetta ENT Specialists we strive to create a better way of life for all of our patients through better hearing. Our focus is to hear your needs, provide an accurate diagnosis, and offer suitable treatment options for your hearing, tinnitus and balance concerns. We are an independent, family-run and community-oriented practice, and strongly believe that exceptional care and follow-up are essential for best patient outcomes.
Our expertise and passion to help individuals with hearing loss, tinnitus, or balance problems allows you to get the care you deserve. An educated patient is the best patient, and we pride ourselves on helping you to make an informed decision about your hearing healthcare.
Our audiology services include:
Comprehensive audiologic evaluations
Pediatric audiologic evaluations
Tympanometry and Middle Ear assessment
Otoacoustic Emissions testing
Auditory
rehabilitation
Tinnitus relief
programs
The ENT physicians and our certified audiologist collaborate closely to manage all ear-related diagnoses. This collaboration enables us to identify and treat problems more quickly and systematically all under one roof. While only 5 to 10 % of hearing problems are medically or surgically treatable, the next steps for proper treatment only come from an accurate diagnosis. For children, the presence of ear disease, such as ear infections, is typically much higher than for adults. Other medically treatable and surgical treatments for various causes of hearing loss include:
- Otitis externa and Otitis media
- Tympanic membrane perforations
- Eustachian tube dysfunction
- Otosclerosis
- Cholesteatomas
- Congenital malformations
- Cerumen buildup
If your comprehensive audiologic evaluation indicates that your problem cannot be surgically or medically managed, additional testing will determine if you are a good hearing aid candidate. Our audiologist utilizes the most advanced state-of-the-art equipment and diagnostic testing for discerning hearing aid candidacy. The following are services provided by our audiology department:
- Digital hearing aid consultation, evaluation, and fitting
- Real Ear Measurements
- Validation and verification testing
- Hearing aid services and repairs
- Cerumen (earwax) removal
- Custom hearing protection, musician earplugs/monitors, swimplugs, etc.
- Assistive listening devices and alerting devices