Clinical Audiology Services

The first step in determining your hearing ability is with a diagnostic hearing evaluation. If you have hearing loss, the evaluation will detail the extent, type, and specifics of your loss.

The diagnostic hearing evaluation consists of a variety of tests to determine the unique aspects of your hearing, as well as the level at which you can detect and understand speech.

We evaluate a wide scope of patients ranging from pediatrics to seniors.

Comprehensive Diagnostic Audiology Evaluations for Adults

Diagnostic hearing evaluations identify hearing loss, and give your audiologist important information to help determine the best course of action for treatment. Some types of hearing loss can be treated medically or surgically, so it’s important that these types of hearing losses be ruled out before hearing aids or other treatments are considered.

The diagnostic hearing evaluation consists of a variety of tests to determine the unique aspects of your hearing loss, as well as the level at which you can detect and understand speech.

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Comprehensive Pediatric Diagnostic Hearing Evaluations

Developmentally appropriate diagnostic audiologic evaluations for children and infants/toddlers are customized to the child’s individual needs, with developmentally-appropriate behavioral and objective measures.

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Auditory Processing Evaluations

The Northeastern University Speech-Language-Hearing Center is one of the few facilities in Massachusetts to offer central auditory processing evaluations, or CAP assessments. We specialize in determining if students have CAPD. We provide schools, the community, and families with appropriate recommendations to best accommodate the student’s listening needs.

Children need to be at least seven years old to have a CAP Evaluation.

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Hearing Screenings

In children between 3 and 5 years of age, hearing screenings can help identify hearing loss that may affect development, interfere with future performance in school, or indicate a medical condition (e.g., middle or inner ear disorder). Northeastern provides hearing community-based hearing screenings to various Head Start and preschool based programs. Feel free to contact us at 617-373-2492 for further information.

Custom Musician’s Ear Protectors and In-Ear Monitors

Click on the product name below to learn more about these services. Please call the Center at 617-373-2492 to inquire about our pricing or to schedule an appointment. A complimentary baseline hearing test is included.

Hearing Aid Fittings, Repairs, & Programming

There are many steps that are part of a hearing aid evaluation. If you suspect that you might need a hearing aid, you will first need to have a hearing evaluation. The audiologist will review the type of hearing loss as well as how it is affecting a patient’s life and recommend the “best fit” with the patient’s medical condition, lifestyle, and budget from a variety of hearing aid models.

When the hearing aid arrives, a patient will return to work with the audiologist to fine tune the incoming sounds using a special computer program.

Significant technological advances have been made to improve digital amplification. Many of the new digital aids can be easily adjusted for background and environmental noises, improving patient satisfaction.

We carry full lines of Phonak, Oticon, Widex, Starkey and Siemens hearing aids.

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More information about hearing and communication disorders:

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• American Academy of Audiology
• My Baby’s Hearing
• Self Help for Hard of Hearing People, Inc.
• Association of Late Deafened Adults
• Hearing Health Foundation
• Hearing Loss Association of America
• NIOSH
• National Hearing Conservation Association