Audiology
When you experience hearing loss, you deserve immediate treatment that’s unique to you and your symptoms. Look no further than the audiology team at North Kansas City Hospital & Meritas Health, where our certified audiologists are hearing experts for patients of all ages.
We help you find a diagnosis for your hearing loss, provide the right treatment and pair you with the perfect device when needed. Visit us today if you have any concerns about your hearing.
Find Answers to Hearing Loss
Your NKCH & MH audiologist supports you and your hearing health every step of the way — from diagnosis until long after treatment. Our focus is to prevent, identify, assess and treat hearing disorders.
Know that you’re getting help from the best. Our audiologists are board-certified and have doctoral degrees in audiology. That means they completed eight years of higher education and extensive training in every aspect of the ear. It also means you get the resources you need to determine what’s causing your hearing issues.
Hearing Loss Conditions We Treat
Find treatment for different types of hearing loss that affects both the inner and outer ear, such as:
- Age-related hearing loss
- Abnormal ear growths
- Ear damage from medication (ototoxicity)
- Ear infection
- Ear injury
- Fluid in the inner ear
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
Audiology Services
Access a wide range of audiology care and treatment, including:
- Digital hearing instrument recommendations for home and travel
- Hearing aid pairing and fitting
- Hearing aid repair
- Hearing tests that use sound waves and vibrations to test inner ear function and help with diagnosis. Examples include:
- Pure-tone testing − Measures the amount of hearing loss present at particular sound pitches or frequencies
- Speech recognition testing − Measures the degree to which you can hear
- Tympanometry – Measures how the eardrum and ear bones function
- Word discrimination – Measures the degree of hearing loss related to understanding words
- Patient education on ways to limit future hearing loss
