Audiology - Hearing and Balance
Audiologists identify, assess and manage disorders of the auditory, balance and other neural systems that impact the ability to hear. Common conditions appropriate for audiological interventions include:
- Pediatric hearing loss management and prevention (ages 0-17), including genetic, congenital, syndromes, chemotherapy, ototoxicity, CMV, meningitis, middle ear effusion, microtia, ossicular malformations
- Adult hearing loss and prevention, including presbycusis, noise induced, chemotherapy, ototoxicity, middle ear effusion, ossicular problems, perforations, cholesteatoma, vertigo, tinnitus
Assessment and Intervention
Audiologists provide the following assessment and intervention strategies to manage or prevent hearing problems:
- Hearing aid evaluation and fitting - analog, programmable analog, digital, disposable hearing aids
- Electroacoustic evaluation of hearing aids
- Audiologic assessment (infant to adult) - to determine hearing acuity and perception
- Electronystagmography (ENG) - evaluates peripheral and central balance systems of the ear
- Brainstem Evoked Response (BSER, ABR) - evaluates the auditory brain-stem pathway. Used to infer hearing sensitivity in infants and as part of oxotoxic monitoring.
- Video otoscopy
- Cochlear implant candidacy test battery and fitting
- Custom ear products - custom ear plugs for noise reduction, "musician" ear plugs (high fidelity sound reduction), swim plugs, custom molds for ear level monitors, telephone, stereo, radio and stethoscopes
- Assistive listening devices
- FM systems
- Amplified stethoscopes
Outpatient Audiology Locations
St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
2001 W. 86th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Ph: (317) 338-2270
Fax: (317) 338-2366
(Scheduling: 338-3224)
Westfield
14828 Greyhound Court - Suite 150
Carmel, IN 46032
Ph: (317) 582-9029
Fax: (317) 582-9037
Fishers
13914 E. State Road 238 - Suite 206
Fishers, IN 46037
Ph: (317) 415-9260
Fax: (317) 415-9264
Zionsville
10801 North Michigan Road - Suite 200
Zionsville, IN 46077
Ph: (317) 344-1290
Fax: (317) 344-1295
Scheduling for Computerized Dynamic Posturography
1185 W. Carmel Drive - Suite 105
Carmel, IN 46032
Ph: (317) 415-6980
Fax: (317) 415-5895