Audiology and Balance

Hearing testing and audiology services

Hearing TestingAn audiology work-up is part of the Werner Institute's protocol for balance and dizziness testing. Hearing evaluations can lend valuable information in the assessment of a patient's balance and disequilibrium problems. Pure-tone testing, word-recognition abilities, bone-conduction thresholds, middle-ear functioning, and acoustic reflexes are all tested in a diagnostic hearing evaluation.

The Werner Institute uses state-of-the-art Madsen audiometry equipment and custom-made sound booths made under the guidance of Dr. Dwayne Paschall, PhD, the Founding Director of The Center for Functional Brain Mapping and Cortical Studies at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Hearing services include tinnitus assessment and management, hearing aids, muscian's plugs, and custom earphones for iPods and other personal listening devices.

More information on The Hearing Center at The Werner Institute and audiologist Mark Hedrick, AuD, is available at www.hearingarkansas.com.

 

 

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