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Did You Know?
One out of every 12 adults has some amount of hearing loss. For those 65 or older the ratio is 1 out of 3! Hearing loss can be so gradual you may not realize what sounds around you have faded away.
Call today for your personalized diagnostic hearing evaluation and bring the sound of life back to your everyday!
Patients
- Diagnostic Hearing Evaluations for Adults, Children, & Infants
- Hearing Aid Evaluation, Sales, and Fitting for Adults & Children
- Hearing Aid Repair for All Major Manufacturers
- Dizziness/Vertigo Evaluation
- Videonystagmography
- Canalith Repositioning Treatment Vestibular Rehabilitation
- Cerumen Management / Ear Wax Removal
- Monitoring for Ototoxic Drug Therapy/Cancer Patients
- Customized Hearing Protection for Noise & Shooters Plugs
- Custom Musician Plugs & In-Ear Monitors
- Custom Ear Plugs for Cell Phones, iPods, Swimming, & Sleeping
Business Services
- Expert Witness Case Review & Trial Testimony
- Professional Speaking Presentations for Community Events
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Freedom from “What”?! with Bluetooth Wireless Accessories at The Hearing Doctor, your Oklahoma Audiologist Even with properly fit hearing aids, there are still difficult communication situations that you will encounter. Some of the most common are understanding on the…
How We Hear We need two ears Our two ears act like radar antenna to register acoustic signals coming from multiple directions. The complex structures of each ear process the received signals and pass them to the brain where…
Hearing is One Thing…..LISTENING is Another! The Importance of Auditory Retraining Therapy We don’t really hear in our ears; we hear in our brain. Hearing aids can help a person detect softer sounds, but they don’t necessarily provide good…
The causes of hearing loss are varied and their impact on hearing is variable. Sometimes the cause or etiology is readily apparent, such as a wax build-up in the external ear canal or an ear infection. At other times,…
Communication Strategies for the Entire Family When someone in the family has a hearing loss, the entire family has a hearing problem. Communication is a two-way street, and both the listener with the hearing loss, and his or her…
There are two core features of resistant hard-of-hearing people that can also be seen in diehard alcoholics: they fail to recognize the problem (denial) and therefore do not take responsibility for it (resist treatment). Resistant hard-of-hearing people want to…
Feeling Dizzy? Evaluation of the Vestibular and Balance System Feeling dizzy? You are not alone. It is estimated that at least half the population of the US will be affected by dizziness or balance problems during their lifetime. Balance…
Nothing Is Quite So Lonely As a Silent World! Nothing is more frustrating than not being able to hear. It’s almost like the world is going on around you without you being a part of it. The goal at…
The functional model of care offers a patient-centered approach to health concerns. Functional health providers spend time listening to you and gathering all aspects of your health history including medical, emotional, social, and environmental influences. This information is utilized…
Are you interested in hearing instruments? As the kind and degree of hearing loss varies from person to person, there are different hearing instrument models which are tailored to specific hearing losses and which take into account personal needs.…
Noise: Bad for Your Hearing, Bad for Your Health!! Noise is dangerous, all around us, and can painlessly and silently steal our hearing. Noise exposure is the most common cause of hearing loss and can result is difficulty sleeping,…
Hearing Care Information for Musicians and Audiophiles! No matter how you look at it, there’s one basic formula that leads to hearing loss for Musicians: TIME + EXPOSURE = LOSS Many of us wait until it’s too late to…
Medications & Their Effect on Hearing Commonly used medications–both over the counter and prescription, can damage hearing or aggravate an already existing condition! Any drug with the potential to cause toxic reaction to structures on the inner ear are…
How Does Your Child Hear and Talk? Communication Tips Talk naturally to your child. Talk about what your child is doing, and what your child sees. Take time to listen to your child. Respond to what is said so…
It would seem that hearing is a second-rate sense when compared to vision in our visually oriented modern society. People with hearing loss delay a decision toget hearing help because they are unaware of the fact that receiving early…
Introduction The following hearing loss check is a means of quickly assessing if you possibly have a hearing loss requiring referral for an objective hearing test and possible hearing solution. This screening is related to objective measures of hearing…
What is Tinnitus? Tinnitus represents one of the most elusive mysteries facing audiologists and other hearing health care professionals. It refers to an auditory perception not directly produced by an external sound. Tinnitus is commonly described as a “hissing,…
THE SIGNS OF HEARING LOSS CAN BE SUBTLE AND EMERGE SLOWLY, OR THEY CAN BE SIGNIFICANT AND COME ON SUDDENLY. EITHER WAY, THERE ARE COMMON INDICATIONS. DON’T BE LEFT IN THE DARK! YOU SHOULD SUSPECT HEARING LOSS IF YOU…
Oohey, Gooey Ear Wax!! What is Cerumen? Cerumen is a necessary, waxy material that helps provide the sensitive ear canal skin with a protective coating. It is thought to have some anti-fungal and antibacterial properties as well as…