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.

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Audiology &

Hearing Aids

Formoreinformation,visitusonlineat:

www.ENTandSLEEP.com

SHILOH1167FortuneBlvd.Shiloh,IL62269618-628-0715

WATERLOO509HamacherStreet,Suite205

Waterloo,IL62298618-939-4ENT (4368)

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to Serve You:

Hamacher St

Market St

The Ridge Club Golf Course

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To Columbia

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To Hecker

To Valmeyer

Southern Illinois Imaging Associates Building

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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