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Hearing Checklist Do You... • Misunderstand conversations? • Ask people to repeat certain words? • Avoid social situations where you find it harder to hear or understand? • Turn up the TV or radio so loud that it annoys others? • Have ringing, roaring or buzzing in your ears? • Think people mumble? • Hear better in one ear than the other? • Find women’s and children’s voices difficult to hear? If you answer “yes” to one or more of these “warning signs,” you may have a hearing loss. 30% of people over age 65, and 70-80% of people age 75 have a “significant” hearing impairment. In all, more than 30 million Americans have hearing loss. anvil stirrup semicircular canals balance nerve auditory nerve auricle external auditory canal hammer ear-drum oval window Eustrachian tube helix Serving the Greater St. Louis Area Audiology & Hearing Aids For more information, visit us online at: www.ENTandSLEEP.com SHILOH 1167 Fortune Blvd. Shiloh, IL 62269 618-628-0715 WATERLOO 509 Hamacher Street, Suite 205 Waterloo, IL 62298 618-939-4ENT (4368) 2 Convenient Locations to Serve You: Hamacher St Market St The Ridge Club Golf Course 3 3 156 156 To Columbia To Red Bud To Hecker To Valmeyer Southern Illinois Imaging Associates Building
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Hearing ChecklistDo You...
•Misunderstandconversations?
•Askpeopletorepeatcertainwords?
•Avoid social situationswhere you find ithardertohearorunderstand?
•Turn up the TV or radio so loud that itannoysothers?
•Have ringing, roaring or buzzing inyourears?
•Thinkpeoplemumble?
•Hearbetterinoneearthantheother?
•Find women’s and children’s voices
difficulttohear?
Ifyouanswer“yes”tooneormoreofthese“warningsigns,”youmayhaveahearingloss.30%ofpeopleoverage65,and70-80%ofpeople age 75 have a “significant” hearingimpairment. In all, more than 30 millionAmericanshavehearingloss.
anvil stirrupsemicircularcanals balance
nerve
auditory nerve
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Eustrachian tube helixServing the Greater St. Louis Area
Audiology &
Hearing Aids
Formoreinformation,visitusonlineat:
www.ENTandSLEEP.com
SHILOH1167FortuneBlvd.Shiloh,IL62269618-628-0715
WATERLOO509HamacherStreet,Suite205
Waterloo,IL62298618-939-4ENT (4368)
2 Convenient Locations
to Serve You:
Hamacher St
Market St
The Ridge Club Golf Course
3
3
156
156
To Columbia
To Red Bud
To Hecker
To Valmeyer
Southern Illinois Imaging Associates Building
Images courtesy of ReSound.
Audiologic Services Include:
• Comprehensive Hearing Evaluations todeterminehearinghealth
• Tympanometry (test for presence of fluid inears)
•Otoacousticemissionstesting(OAEs)(simple,non-invasive test for hearing defects –particularlyinchildren)
• Electro/Videonystagmography (ENG/VNG)(diagnostictesttodeterminecauseofbalancedysfunction)
• Electrocochleography (ECochG) (diagnostictesttolookforMeniere’sdisease)
• Treatment of benign positional vertigo (BPV)(dizziness)
• Fitting of custom earmolds for water andhearingprotection
• Tinnitusevaluations,(ringingintheears)
About Us
ENT and Sleep Medicine Associates, LLCis staffed by fully licensed, certified anddedicatedaudiologists.Theaudiologystaffof ENT and Sleep Medicine Associates,LLCisveryexperiencedandusesthelatesttechnology to analyze complex hearingproblems,fitthelatesttechnologyinhearinginstruments, and in the rehabilitation ofhearingproblems.
An audiologist is a university trainedprofessional who has earned a MastersDegree or Doctorate in the identificationand care of all types of hearingproblems.Theaudiologististheonlypersonwhocanensurethatyoureceiveathorough,accuratehearing evaluation and that your hearinghealthcareneedsaremet.
Hearing Aids
Hearing Aid Services Include:
•Hearing aid evaluations with highly trainedAudiologists
• Advanceddiagnostictesting
•Hearingaiddispensing/fitting
• Periodiccleaningandmaintenanceofhearingaids
•Hearing instrument evaluations andre-programming
• Periodichearingscreenings
• Hearingaidprogrammingforawidevarietyofmakesandmodels
•WidevarietyofhearinginstrumentsthatfeaturewirelessconnectivitytotheTVandphone
RIC(Receiver-In-The-Canal)Theseareverysmallreceiver-in-the-canaldevicesthatfitbehindthe ear. Sound travels fromthe nearly invisible instrumentthroughasmalltubeorwireto
a comfortable, tiny dome or speaker in theear.
ITE(In-The-Ear)ITE devices are custom madeandfilltheconcha(thebowlofthe ear) and some portion oftheearcanal.Abroadrangeofcircuitdesignsareavailablethat
allowthesedevicestobeusedinindividualswithamildtoseverehearingloss.
ITC(In-The-Canal)ThesedevicesaresmallerthanITEs and fit only in the outerportion of the ear canal. ITCsaresuitableforpatientswitha,mild-to-moderatehearingloss.
CIC(Completely-In-The-Canal)CICsarethesmallestdevicesavailableandarecosmeticallydesirable because they fitdeep in the canal and takeadvantageoftheear’snatural
resonanceandshape,allowingforamorenaturalsoundquality.
Callustoday:Waterloo:618-939-4ENT (4368)
Shiloh: 618-628-0715tomakeanappointment.
For more information, visit us online at:www.ENTandSLEEP.com
