Quick And Accurate Hearing Tests In Lake Charles
By scheduling a hearing loss assessment with one of our hearing test experts at the Acadian Hearing Center sooner rather than later, optimizing your hearing is easier and we have a better chance of achieving the results you need.
Quick And Accurate Hearing Tests In Lake Charles
By scheduling a hearing loss assessment with one of our hearing test experts at the Acadian Hearing Center sooner rather than later, optimizing your hearing is easier and we have a better chance of achieving the results you need.
Quick And Accurate Hearing Tests In Lake Charles
By scheduling a hearing loss assessment with one of our hearing test experts at the Acadian Hearing Center sooner rather than later, optimizing your hearing is easier and we have a better chance of achieving the results you need.
The Most Trusted Team of Audiologists in Lake Charles Are Here To Help
If you have a question regarding your hearing care, please reach out to us.
The Most Trusted Team of Audiologists in Lake Charles Are Here To Help
If you have a question regarding your hearing care, please reach out to us.
The Most Trusted Team of Audiologists in Lake Charles Are Here To Help
If you have a question regarding your hearing care, please reach out to us.
Why Do People Put Off Hearing Assessments?
In spite of the growing number of people experiencing hearing challenges, there is still a great deal of hesitancy when it comes to assessments for hearing loss.
My Hearing Loss Doesn’t Bother Anybody
In reality, you are the person most affected by your hearing loss. When hearing loss is left untreated, it reduces your quality of life by putting you at risk for developing mental health issues, like depression and anxiety, as well as other physical health problems, like cognitive decline, vertigo, balance disorders, and an increased risk of accidents.
Unaddressed hearing challenges also contribute to relationship issues at home and at work due to reduced communication issues and greater dependence on others to make up for your hearing deficiency.
I’d Be The First To Know If I Had A Hearing Problem
Hearing loss comes on so gradually that it is difficult to notice day-to-day changes, sort of like watching paint dry. Consequently, you’ll probably be the last to know if you have a hearing problem, while family, friends, and coworkers are likely to recognize that you’re struggling with your hearing.
The caring advice given by others when it comes to your hearing challenges, even if it is annoying, is meant to help guide you toward getting the help you need to achieve better hearing health.
I’ll Just Turn Up The Volume When I Can’t Hear
Volume is only one of the problems associated with hearing loss. Hearing clarity is what typically suffers as you begin to experience hearing loss.
The inability to sort out conversations when there is background noise, difficulty understanding women and children, or struggling to distinguish between the consonant sounds th, s, and f, are the product of reduced hearing clarity rather than volume.
Only Old People Suffer From Hearing Loss
This is partly true, the majority of individuals with hearing loss are over 70, and the cause of their condition is related to age deterioration. However, people of all ages experience hearing loss stemming from a variety of different causes unrelated to age.
A 2011-2012 CDC study indicated that at least 10 million adults (6 percent) in the U.S. under age 70, maybe up to 40 million adults (24 percent), show signs of hearing loss related to exposure to loud noise or noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Research conducted six years earlier found that about 17 percent of U.S. teens (ages 12 to 19) tested for hearing loss also showed signs of NIHL.
I Won’t Learn Anything Useful From A Hearing Loss Assessment
Actually, a hearing loss assessment is the only way to accurately determine whether or not you’re experiencing hearing loss. Without one, audiologists cannot prescribe the right treatment plan for your hearing loss. Besides identifying your type and severity of hearing loss, hearing tests provide the data used to customize a treatment program that addresses your specific hearing needs.
Because hearing loss is often connected to a variety of physical and mental health issues, the early detection of hearing loss through a comprehensive hearing assessment by our hearing care professionals helps prevent or correct issues that put you at risk of developing debilitating mental, physical, and emotional health condition and broken relationships that threaten your quality of life.
Why Do People Put Off Hearing Assessments?
In spite of the growing number of people experiencing hearing challenges, there is still a great deal of hesitancy when it comes to assessments for hearing loss.
My Hearing Loss Doesn’t Bother Anybody
In reality, you are the person most affected by your hearing loss. When hearing loss is left untreated, it reduces your quality of life by putting you at risk for developing mental health issues, like depression and anxiety, as well as other physical health problems, like cognitive decline, vertigo, balance disorders, and an increased risk of accidents.
Unaddressed hearing challenges also contribute to relationship issues at home and at work due to reduced communication issues and greater dependence on others to make up for your hearing deficiency.
I’d Be The First To Know If I Had A Hearing Problem
Hearing loss comes on so gradually that it is difficult to notice day-to-day changes, sort of like watching paint dry. Consequently, you’ll probably be the last to know if you have a hearing problem, while family, friends, and coworkers are likely to recognize that you’re struggling with your hearing.
The caring advice given by others when it comes to your hearing challenges, even if it is annoying, is meant to help guide you toward getting the help you need to achieve better hearing health.
I’ll Just Turn Up The Volume When I Can’t Hear
Volume is only one of the problems associated with hearing loss. Hearing clarity is what typically suffers as you begin to experience hearing loss.
The inability to sort out conversations when there is background noise, difficulty understanding women and children, or struggling to distinguish between the consonant sounds th, s, and f, are the product of reduced hearing clarity rather than volume.
Only Old People Suffer From Hearing Loss
This is partly true, the majority of individuals with hearing loss are over 70, and the cause of their condition is related to age deterioration. However, people of all ages experience hearing loss stemming from a variety of different causes unrelated to age.
A 2011-2012 CDC study indicated that at least 10 million adults (6 percent) in the U.S. under age 70, maybe up to 40 million adults (24 percent), show signs of hearing loss related to exposure to loud noise or noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Research conducted six years earlier found that about 17 percent of U.S. teens (ages 12 to 19) tested for hearing loss also showed signs of NIHL.
I Won’t Learn Anything Useful From A Hearing Loss Assessment
Actually, a hearing loss assessment is the only way to accurately determine whether or not you’re experiencing hearing loss. Without one, audiologists cannot prescribe the right treatment plan for your hearing loss. Besides identifying your type and severity of hearing loss, hearing tests provide the data used to customize a treatment program that addresses your specific hearing needs.
Because hearing loss is often connected to a variety of physical and mental health issues, the early detection of hearing loss through a comprehensive hearing assessment by our hearing care professionals helps prevent or correct issues that put you at risk of developing debilitating mental, physical, and emotional health condition and broken relationships that threaten your quality of life.
Why Do People Put Off Hearing Assessments?
In spite of the growing number of people experiencing hearing challenges, there is still a great deal of hesitancy when it comes to assessments for hearing loss.
My Hearing Loss Doesn’t Bother Anybody
In reality, you are the person most affected by your hearing loss. When hearing loss is left untreated, it reduces your quality of life by putting you at risk for developing mental health issues, like depression and anxiety, as well as other physical health problems, like cognitive decline, vertigo, balance disorders, and an increased risk of accidents.
Unaddressed hearing challenges also contribute to relationship issues at home and at work due to reduced communication issues and greater dependence on others to make up for your hearing deficiency.
I’d Be The First To Know If I Had A Hearing Problem
Hearing loss comes on so gradually that it is difficult to notice day-to-day changes, sort of like watching paint dry. Consequently, you’ll probably be the last to know if you have a hearing problem, while family, friends, and coworkers are likely to recognize that you’re struggling with your hearing.
The caring advice given by others when it comes to your hearing challenges, even if it is annoying, is meant to help guide you toward getting the help you need to achieve better hearing health.
I’ll Just Turn Up The Volume When I Can’t Hear
Volume is only one of the problems associated with hearing loss. Hearing clarity is what typically suffers as you begin to experience hearing loss.
The inability to sort out conversations when there is background noise, difficulty understanding women and children, or struggling to distinguish between the consonant sounds th, s, and f, are the product of reduced hearing clarity rather than volume.
Only Old People Suffer From Hearing Loss
This is partly true, the majority of individuals with hearing loss are over 70, and the cause of their condition is related to age deterioration. However, people of all ages experience hearing loss stemming from a variety of different causes unrelated to age.
A 2011-2012 CDC study indicated that at least 10 million adults (6 percent) in the U.S. under age 70, maybe up to 40 million adults (24 percent), show signs of hearing loss related to exposure to loud noise or noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). Research conducted six years earlier found that about 17 percent of U.S. teens (ages 12 to 19) tested for hearing loss also showed signs of NIHL.
I Won’t Learn Anything Useful From A Hearing Loss Assessment
Actually, a hearing loss assessment is the only way to accurately determine whether or not you’re experiencing hearing loss. Without one, audiologists cannot prescribe the right treatment plan for your hearing loss. Besides identifying your type and severity of hearing loss, hearing tests provide the data used to customize a treatment program that addresses your specific hearing needs.
Because hearing loss is often connected to a variety of physical and mental health issues, the early detection of hearing loss through a comprehensive hearing assessment by our hearing care professionals helps prevent or correct issues that put you at risk of developing debilitating mental, physical, and emotional health condition and broken relationships that threaten your quality of life.
What Happens in a Hearing Test?
Our hearing test for adults begins with a conversation about you. We enjoy the opportunity to get to know our patients, but we’re also interested in determining how your occupation, lifestyle, hobbies, medical history, and family history might be contributing to your hearing challenges.
Physical Examination Of Your Ears
Physical Examination Of Your Ears
After our conversation, your audiologist will use an otoscope (a magnifying glass with a light on a tapered tip) in order to evaluate the ear canal and eardrum. We are assessing skin conditions, earwax accumulation, the presence of other obstructions like inflammation or a growth, and the structural integrity of the eardrum.
In some cases, the removal of earwax, a bug, or some other foreign object found during an otoscopy is all it takes to improve your hearing. In other cases, where a growth or inflammation is involved, medication or a simple surgical procedure to remove an obstruction will restore a temporary hearing loss.
After our conversation, your audiologist will use an otoscope (a magnifying glass with a light on a tapered tip) in order to evaluate the ear canal and eardrum. We are assessing skin conditions, earwax accumulation, the presence of other obstructions like inflammation or a growth, and the structural integrity of the eardrum.
In some cases, the removal of earwax, a bug, or some other foreign object found during an otoscopy is all it takes to improve your hearing. In other cases, where a growth or inflammation is involved, medication or a simple surgical procedure to remove an obstruction will restore a temporary hearing loss.
Comprehensive Hearing Assessment
Best practices for professional hearing assessments include a full series of hearing tests that zero in on the exact type of hearing loss and its level of severity, including typmanometry, pure tone audiometry, word recognition, bone conduction testing, otoacoustic emissions tests, and play audiometry for children.
Discussing Your Results
Discussing Your Results
The final part of our comprehensive hearing assessment is discussing the results of your tests. In addition to helping clarify what each of the results means, our best practices include making sure that you fully understand by encouraging you to ask questions.
When it comes to the treatment options to help restore or protect your hearing from further damage, we ask for your input during this process. For us, complete honesty and transparency are a critical part of establishing a hearing care partnership designed to combine our expertise with your needs, objectives, lifestyle, and personal preferences.
The final part of our comprehensive hearing assessment is discussing the results of your tests. In addition to helping clarify what each of the results means, our best practices include making sure that you fully understand by encouraging you to ask questions.
When it comes to the treatment options to help restore or protect your hearing from further damage, we ask for your input during this process. For us, complete honesty and transparency are a critical part of establishing a hearing care partnership designed to combine our expertise with your needs, objectives, lifestyle, and personal preferences.
Schedule a Hearing Assessment
Is it becoming more and more difficult to enjoy a night out or family gathering due to background noise?
Your best response is to contact the hearing care expert nearest you to schedule a hearing assessment.
It’s easy. Just fill in and submit the adjacent form, and one of our patient care specialists will help schedule a hearing assessment.
Schedule a Hearing Assessment
Is it becoming more and more difficult to enjoy a night out or family gathering due to background noise?
Your best response is to contact the hearing care expert nearest you to schedule a hearing assessment.
It’s easy. Just fill in and submit the adjacent form, and one of our patient care specialists will help schedule a hearing assessment.
Schedule a Hearing Assessment
Is it becoming more and more difficult to enjoy a night out or family gathering due to background noise?
Your best response is to contact the hearing care expert nearest you to schedule a hearing assessment.
It’s easy. Just fill in and submit the adjacent form, and one of our patient care specialists will help schedule a hearing assessment.
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This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for family, health, and the sounds that make life meaningful.
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