Patti Thigpen Hearing Center |

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Services

Our Total Hearing Health Care Center Provides:

  • Comprehensive hearing assessment for infants through adults including newborn through school age, active adult, aged adult and the mentally/physically impaired
  • Rehabilitation for patients and families
  • Hearing aids prescribed and fitted with a full range of assistive products and latest technology
        Free 30 day trial on new hearing aids
          Free follow up and programming on newly purchased hearing aids


  • Hearing aid service and repairs on all makes and models
  • Physician & self referrals for evaluations
  • Hearing loss created by known and unknown causes
  • Ear wax management
  • Effects of middle ear dysfunction on hearing
  • Custom earplugs for swimming and musician monitors
  • Custom hearing protection devices
  • Assistive listening devices for television, telephone and noisy environments
  • Tinnitus (unwanted noise in the ears) evaluation and management
  • Newborn hearing evaluations
  • Hearing aid batteries and hearing aid accessories 

Diagnostic Audiology

The audiometric evaluation consists of pure tone air and bone conduction testing. Speech audiometry is also completed. Testing pure tones is done to determine the degree of hearing loss and whether the hearing loss is conductive or sensorineural. Speech audiometry is obtained to evaluate the individual's ability to understand speech at an elevated, comfortable volume.

Consultation

  • Common battery sizes are 10, 13, 312 and 675. To identify the battery size, manufacturers use an industry standard color code system.
    • Size 10 yellow dot
    • Size 312 brown dot
    • Size 13 orange dot
    • Size 675 blue dot
 

Assistive Devices

We offer many types of assistive listening devices such as telephone amplifiers, personal FM systems, t-coil compatabile earpieces for cell phone usage, and TV listening devices. We also have devices that work with Bluetooth technology

Hearing Aid Dispensing & Fitting

We offer a wide selection of digital hearing aids from a variety of manufacturers. We will work with you to find the best solution for your hearing healthcare needs within your budget.

Public Educational Seminars

If your hearing aid should need to be repaired, it is sent to the manufacturer and is returned in a timely manner

Ear Molds and Ear Protection Plugs

We offer a variety of earmolds and earpieces for noise protection, swimming, music, ipod and cell phone use, and hunting.

ABR

An Auditory Brainstem Response Evaluation (ABR) is a type of test, usually performed for infants and young children, that evaluates how well sounds travel along the hearing nerve pathways from the ear to the brainstem.