Diagnostic Services

A comprehensive audiological assessment is performed to determine the presence, type, configuration and severity of hearing impairment. In addition to routine audiometry, special testing is conducted such as immittance, otoacoustic emissions and speech-in-noise testing to provide recommendations as needed for medical intervention, further evaluation and/or avenues available to improve communication such as hearing aids or cochlear implants.

Vestibular services include a comprehensive battery of tests that are designed to evaluate a patient's balance system. Electronystagmography and videonystagmography are used to record and analyze eye movements that help us determine how well the balance system is working. Recordings of those eye movements will be made with electrodes taped around the eyes or by infrared goggles.

Our electrophysiology lab provides a variety of specialized diagnostic testing including electrocochleography, auditory brainstem response, middle latency response, late latency response, auditory steady-state response, stacked auditory brainstem response and vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials.

Auditory Processing Disorder assessments are available for children (seven years or older) and adults who may have an impaired ability to attend, discriminate, recognize or comprehend auditory information. Audiology-based assessments are combined with language assessments to gain a complete picture of auditory processing as part of our Language, Listening and Learning Program.