What We Do
You have a hearing problem. We have a solution.
Hearing Aids
Choosing the right professional is the most important decision you will make when to treat your hearing loss.
Hearing Tests
The first step in any evaluation is to assess your current health and your health history with an audiologist.
Tinnitus
Apex Hearing Group always starts every tinnitus management program by helping patients understand what is known about tinnitus
Other Hearing Services
Custom Earmolds
The shape of your outer ear and ear canal are unique to you. Custom hearing protection and custom earmolds will make sure you get the maximum benefit from hearing protection. Whether you work in a noisy environment, enjoy listening to live music, are a professional musician or an avid swimmer, a custom earmold that offers you a custom level of protection will allow you to carry on your day safely, greatly reducing your chance of experiencing hearing loss.
Aural Rehabilitation
Aural rehabilitation or “aural rehab” is the process of identifying and diagnosing a hearing loss and then providing different types of therapies to patients who are hearing impaired. We use aural rehab in our practice as an important component in the overall care of our patients. We don’t just see our patients as a set of ears disconnected from the overall person. We know that there is much more to you than your hearing loss. The goal of all aural rehab therapies is to assist anyone with a hearing loss to overcome or learn to compensate for any problems caused by a hearing loss. Trust your hearing care to a practice that views you as an individual who happens to be hearing impaired and not just a set of ears.
More About Custom Earmolds
The shape of your outer ear and ear canal are unique to you. Custom hearing protection and custom earmolds will make sure you get the maximum benefit from hearing protection. Whether you work in a noisy environment, enjoy listening to live music, are a professional musician or an avid swimmer, a custom earmold that offers you a custom level of protection will allow you to carry on your day safely, greatly reducing your chance of experiencing hearing loss.
Earmolds are typically used for one of two reasons:
- To keep things out (noise and water are the two big issues).
- To keep things in (amplified sound from a hearing aid).
To obtain the maximum benefit from an earmold you need the best fit possible and that is exactly why we offer custom made earmolds.
Custom Earmolds
- iPod earbuds
- Musician’s earplugs
- Swim Molds (for swimming or showering)
- Noise protection
- Hunter’s earplugs for shooting
More About Aural Rehabilitation
The many different types of aural rehabilitation therapies:
- Hearing aid orientation: The process of providing education and therapies to persons (individual or group) and their families about the use and expectations of wearing hearing aids to improve communication.
- Listening strategies: The process of teaching someone who has a hearing
loss different strategies when listening with or without amplification to improve their ability to communicate. - Speechreading: The process of using or teaching the
understanding communication using visual cues observed from the speaker’s mouth, facial expressions, and hand movements. - Auditory Training: The process of teaching an individual with a hearing loss the ability to recognize speech sounds, patterns, words, phrases, or sentences via audition.
- Unisensory: Therapy philosophy that centers on extreme development of a single sense for improving communication.
Steps included in an aural rehabilitation program for an adult:
- Assessment and impact of hearing loss
- Assessment for the use of hearing aids and or assistive listening devices
- Assessment of listening strategies and speech reading skills
- Developing a treatment program including the family
- Delivery of the treatment program
- Outcome measures
Treatment strategies for adults center on:
- Hearing aids and or assistive listening device evaluation and orientation
- Providing therapy to increase listening strategies and speech reading
- Counseling to ease the adjustment to hearing aids and or assistive listening devices and the possible psychological, emotional, and occupational impacts of hearing loss
Getting Started is Easy
It’s easy to get started. Give us a call, send us an email or just stop by to make an appointment. We’re always happy to see new faces and can’t wait to help you start your journey toward better hearing. To contact us, please see the information at the bottom of this page.
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Cincinnati, OH 45242
Hearing Loss Can be Linked to:
Hearing loss is twice as common in people with diabetes.
Studies show that people with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss. When broken down by age, one study showed that those 60 and younger are at greater risk.
Your hearing may say something about your heart.
Studies show that people with diabetes are twice as likely to have hearing loss. When broken down by age, one study showed that those 60 and younger are at greater risk.
Are hearing loss and dementia linked?
Research not only shows a connection between hearing loss and dementia, but a Johns Hopkins study of older adults found that hearing loss actually accelerates brain function decline. Some experts believe that interventions, like hearing aids, could potentially delay or prevent dementia. Research is ongoing.
Is hearing loss tied to depression?
Research shows that hearing loss is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults of all ages, but is most pronounced in 18 to 69-year-olds. Research also shows that the use of hearing aids reduces depressive symptoms.
Staying fit may also help your hearing.
Research on women’s health shows that a higher level of physical activity is associated with a lower risk of hearing loss. Conversely, a higher body mass index (BMI) and larger waist circumference in women are each associated with a higher risk of hearing loss.
Hearing loss may put you at greater risk of falling.
A Johns Hopkins study showed that people in middle age (40 to 69) with even just mild hearing loss were nearly three times more likely to have a history of falling.
What devices are available for communicating by telephone?
Some hearing aids provide the ability to hear a phone conversation in both ears at the same time. This can greatly add to the clarity of the phone conversation. Today’s hearing technology can be paired to your cell phone for hands-free cell phone use and increased clarity.
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