Audiometry is a branch of audiology that measures hearing acuity by testing sound intensity and pitch, and is used to diagnose and monitor hearing loss, often visualized through an audiogram. 

Here’s a more detailed explanation:

• What it is:

Audiometry involves testing a person’s ability to hear sounds at different frequencies and intensities. 

• Purpose:

It helps determine the type and severity of hearing loss, and can be used to assess the function of the entire auditory system. 

• Types of Audiometry:

• Pure-tone audiometry: Tests hearing sensitivity by presenting pure tones (single frequencies) at varying intensities. 

• Speech audiometry: Evaluates a person’s ability to understand speech, including speech recognition and detection thresholds. 

• Impedance audiometry: Measures the mobility and air pressure of the middle ear system and middle ear reflexes. 

• Auditory brainstem response (ABR): Measures neural transmission time from the cochlea through the brainstem. 

• Audiogram:

The results of audiometry are often displayed on an audiogram, a graph that plots hearing thresholds (the softest sound a person can hear) at different frequencies. 

• How it’s done:

• Pure-tone audiometry: A person is presented with tones through earphones or a bone conduction oscillator and asked to indicate when they can hear the tones. 

• Speech audiometry: A person is asked to repeat words or phrases presented at different levels of loudness. 

• What it can reveal:

• Type of hearing loss: Sensorineural (damage to the inner ear or auditory nerve) or conductive (damage to the outer or middle ear). 

• Severity of hearing loss: Mild, moderate, or severe. 

• Specific frequencies affected: The audiogram shows which frequencies a person has difficulty hearing. 

BEST HEARING AID CENTRE IN AHMEDABAD

You can avail the best hearing machine at an affordable and economic cost once you book the service with us. Even the cost of seeing the professionals are highly economical thus it is best to book with us at Apple  the hearing aids in Ahmedabad. You can possess the hearing machine in Ahmedabad that hardly sounds like a hearing machine at all. Today we at the services are trying to develop and overcome the sound by the hearing machine so that they do not display any artificial sound. The hearing aid offers many benefits to your overall health besides improving communication and reducing listening efforts. It is important to keep an eye on all aspects. A hearing machine in Ahmedabad can help improve your listening efforts.

HEARING AID ACCESSORIES

You will receive a comprehensive hearing test. This is by one of our experienced audiologists. During your visit to the Apple Speech & Hearing Clinic, our audiologist will:

• Hearing aid batteries
• Domes
• Wax Guards
• Charger (Rechargeable hearing aids) with power bank
• Turbo Charger (For rechargeable hearing aids)
• Microphone Filters
• Dehumidifier Kit (non-electric & electric)
• Drying capsules
• Top Brand Hearing Aids in Ahmedabad 2021

Get Ready to Find the high-quality collection of Best Hearing Aids In Gujarat and Affordable Hearing Machine In Ahmedabad.

HEARING AID TYPES IN AHMEDABAD

With the variety of options available, you have the opportunity to choose a hearing aid type from the Best Hearing Aid Doctor In Ahmedabad once you understand the type that matches your needs. Hearing aids differ by design, technology used to achieve amplification, and other features. If you are looking for a traditional hearing aid, you may choose to go behind the ear (BTE) hearing aid. If you want to be sensible about it, you can opt for Invisible in the Canal (IIC) hearing aids.

BEHIND-THE-EAR (BTE) HEARING AIDS

These Hearing Aids are small, discreet and worn behind the ear. It is connected to an ear mould or an earpiece by a piece of clear tubing. This style is often chosen for younger children because it can accommodate various ear mould types, which needs to be replaced as the child grows. Additionally, BTEs are comfortable, easy to mold, and easy for caretakers to assist with and maneuver.

ADVANTAGES OF BTE HEARING AIDS:

• Easier to handle, insert and adjust
• Suitable for all levels of hearing loss including profound hearing loss
• Can fit many features
• Larger batteries for longer battery life
• Space for larger and more powerful batteries
• Larger program selection buttons that are easier to operate
• Open fitting
• Connection to phone, TV and radio using Bluetooth or other wireless connectivity
• Rechargeable models are available

RECEIVER-IN-CANAL (RIC) HEARING AIDS

RICs are a type of open-fit hearing aid, a very thin, almost invisible tube is used to connect the aid to the ear canal. A small, soft tip / dome sits inside the ear canal without sealing it. This way, air and sound can continue to flow to the ear canal naturally, reducing feelings of being “plugged up”.

More than half of hearing care wearers are good candidates for RIC hearing aids. If your hearing loss is in the mild to moderately severe range and you have the ability to manipulate small objects, these hearing aids may be a good option for you.

ADVANTAGES OF RIC HEARING AID:

IN-THE-CANAL (ITC) HEARING AIDS

These hearing aids are contained in tiny cases that fit partly or completely into the ear canal. They are the smallest hearing aids available and offer cosmetic and some listening advantages. However, their small size may make them difficult to handle and adjust for some people.

ADVANTAGES OF ITC HEARING AID:

• Very discreet and hardly recognizable from the outside
• Suitable for people who wear glasses
• More comfortable during sports
• Use the properties of the pinna and thus enables a natural sound

• No “plugged up” feeling
• Minimizes sounds of your own voice by allowing sounds to escape ear canal
• Small, virtually unnoticeable casings
• Nearly invisible tubing
• Larger batteries for longer battery life
• Available as a rechargeable

INVISIBLE IN THE CANAL (IIC) AND COMPLETELY IN THE CANAL (CIC)

A completely-in-canal (CIC) and invisible in the canal (IIC) hearing aid is nearly or completely hidden in the ear canal. Both types are used for mild to moderately severe hearing loss.

Because they are small, canal aids may be difficult for a person to adjust and remove. In addition, canal aids have less space available for batteries and additional devices, such as a telecoil. They usually are not recommended for young children or for people with severe to profound hearing loss because their reduced size limits their power and volume. These styles are typically fit for people with mild to moderate hearing loss. Because of their small size, they don’t usually come with any manual controls, like volume wheels or program buttons.

ADVANTAGES OF CIC AND IIC HEARING AID:

• very discreet
• good sound quality because of how they fit within the ear

NEW HEARING AID TECHNOLOGY IN AHMEDABAD OF 2021

Hearing aid technology has improved a lot over the past few decades, Digital aids convert sound waves into numerical codes, similar to the binary code of a computer, before amplifying them. Because the code also includes information about a sound’s pitch or loudness, the aid can be specially programmed to amplify some frequencies more than others. Digital circuitry gives an audiologist more flexibility in adjusting the aid to a user’s needs and to certain listening environments. These aids also can be programmed to focus on sounds coming from a specific direction. Digital circuitry can be used in all types of hearing aids. Hearing aid technology can be considered either advanced or basic, based on the sophistication of the processor. Even today’s basic digital hearing aids offer far more benefit than the best hearing aids of previous generations.

BLUETOOTH COMPATIBILITY

Bluetooth compatibility is a wireless feature that enables hearing aids to connect to mobile phones and other devices that use Bluetooth.

Bluetooth technology has the ability to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and eliminate feedback from the microphone because the signal bypasses the microphone and directly enters the hearing aid’s processor.

A Bluetooth connection is also less likely to experience interference, which can occur with an FM system.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Some premium hearing aids come with artificial intelligence (AI), which allows them to access a Deep Neural Network (DNN) to process sound. By logging volume control settings and program preferences for certain sound environments, the hearing aids can begin to make these changes automatically when the environment is detected. Essentially, a DNN allows hearing aids to begin to mimic how your brain would hear sound if your hearing wasn’t impaired.

APPS

Most of today’s advanced hearing aids come with smartphone apps, allowing the user to make adjustments, contact their hearing care provider, and monitor battery life. Most importantly, some of them work like assistive listening devices, by routing phone calls or other sources of sounds directly to a user’s hearing aids. Some also can convert speech into text, and translate different languages.

RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Increasingly, hearing aids have rechargeable batteries, allowing a person to stop swapping out tiny button batteries every few days or weeks. It’s anticipated that these will be widely available with most hearing aid models in the next few years.

TINNITUS MASKING FEATURES

The most sophisticated hearing aids come with tinnitus masking features. An audiologist or other hearing care provider can program them to emit sounds that mask the tinnitus or ringing in your ears. (But for many people with tinnitus, simply amplifying the sounds you’ve been missing with a hearing aid can help minimize tinnitus, which often develops when a person experiences age-related hearing loss.)

WHAT ARE THE REAL-WORLD BENEFITS OF THESE FEATURES?

Imagine sitting in a typical busy restaurant, having dinner with friends. Sounds are coming from all directions, such as dishes clanking, people talking and laughing at other tables and waiters rushing about. You’re wearing your new hearing aids and listening to a friend who is sitting across from you at the table. She’s telling a joke. Your hearing aids are simultaneously reducing impulse noises like silverware clanking onto a plate (impulse noise reduction), reducing the whir of the ventilation system above (digital noise reduction), suppressing the voices of the people at the tables behind you (directional microphone system) and storing information about the listening environment to be saved for later fine-tuning (data logging). They’re doing all of this automatically while amplifying and shaping the speech signal from your friend. You are free to relax and enjoy the punch line.

This is just one example of today’s sophisticated hearing aid technology in action.

EXPERIENCE THE SOUND OF WORLD WITH OUR SWARA AND MEDREX FITTING SYSTEM

Our has the newest technology to help you hear what you have been missing. The Medrex Fitting system (Robotic hearing aid fitting system) allows you to experience the world the way you hear it. Whether it is a conversation in quiet situation, movie theatre, restaurant, quiet conversation with friend, talking to friends/relatives in the party with background noise. You will hear the sound the way it’s meant to be experienced before you leave the clinic.

The medrex system allows us to do comprehensive hearing aid programming as it programs your hearing aids to perform your specific needs. Then you are able to experience your world in the medex with help of swara to hear how your hearing aid performs. This allows us to fine-tune your hearing aids and ensure the proper fit, product and programming.

Sattva Orthopaedic & ENT Hospital offers a range of services to look after all your hearing needs, from diagnosing hearing difficulties to fitting, servicing, and maintaining hearing aids in Ahmedabad.

SPEECH LANGUAGE DIAGNOSTICS

Our clinic is dedicated to evaluation and diagnosis of speech and language disorders in paediatric as well as the adult population.

Speech disorders refers to problems in producing the sounds of speech or with quality of voice.

People with speech disorders may;

• – Not say sound clearly
• – Have a hoarse or rough voice
• – Repeat sounds or pause when speaking

OTHER SPEECH DISORDERS

• – Apraxia of speech
• – Dysarthria
• – Dysprosody

SPEECH ASSESSMENT TESTS AHMEDABAD

• Stuttering Severity Index
• Stuttering Prediction Instrument
• Articulation Test
• FrenchayDysarthric Assessment
• Apraxia Battery for Adults
• Behavior assessment battery for school-age children who stutter
• Dr. Speech Voice Analysis system
• PRAAT
• Proforma – CP, Voice, Fluency, Laryngectomy, Cleft lip & Palate.

Language disorders involve the processing of linguistic information. Problems that may be experienced can involve grammar, meaning, or other aspects of language. Disordered language may be due to a receptive problem (a difficulty in understanding speech sounds involving impaired language comprehension). It can also be due to an expressive problem (a difficulty in producing the speech sounds.

LANGUAGE DISORDER

• Aphasia
• Autism
• Learning disability
• Alzheimer�s disease
• Developmental phonological disorders
• Dyspraxia

Language Assessment Tools

• Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination test
• Western Aphasia Battery
• Receptive and Expressive Emergent Language Scale
• Scale of Early Communication Skills
• 3 Dimensional Language Acquisition Skills
• Childhood Autism Rating Scale
• Linguistic Profile Test
• Autistic Behavior Composite Checklist and Profile
• Assessment of Language Development
• Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers

SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPY IN AHMEDABAD

In Speech and Language Therapeutics, we provide habilitative and rehabilitative treatment services. 

We provide quality clinical services to adults and children with speech and language difficulties.

• Language and speech disorders, secondary to cleft palate, cerebral palsy, autism, hearing loss, cognitive disorders, learning disabilities.
• Language or speech difficulties following brain damage such as stroke or any head
• Speech difficulties after surgical removal of tongue or larynx
• Voice disorders
• Hearing loss
• Swallowing disorders

We provide individual and group therapy under the supervision of certified speech-language pathologist approved by Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). Speech therapy timings will be allotted to the clients depending on the convenience of the client as well as the availability of therapists.

Each therapy session has duration of 45minutes following which home training goals and activities will be counselled to the parents. Often Parental Awareness Programs are organized for different disorders at our clinic.