Department of Audiology

Audiology is the health-care profession devoted to hearing and balance function. It is a clinical profession that has as its unique mission the evaluation of hearing ability, balance function, prevention of hearing loss, diagnosis of hearing loss, and treatment of communication disorders that may result from hearing loss in people of all ages. They evaluate the need for hearing devices and assess, fit, and dispense hearing aids and other assistive listening devices. In addition, they facilitate vestibular rehabilitation. They practice in different settings such as hospitals, universities, schools, private set-up, device manufactures, industries, research etc.

Hearing assessments at Ashray Akruti are conducted utilizing advanced audiologic testing equipment by trained professionals. The evaluations cater to a broad spectrum of individuals, from infants to the elderly, and involve both subjective and objective assessments.

We maintain sound-treated rooms that adhere to international standards for conducting audiologic tests. After a diagnosis is made, comprehensive counselling about the findings, as well as habilitation, rehabilitation, and follow-up care, is provided to the patient or caregiver. The services offered include:

• Detailed case history

• Hearing Screening

• Puretone Audiometry

• Speech Audiometry

• Special tests

○ Tone decay

○ Performance intensity phonetically balanced (PIPB) function test

○ Short index sensitivity test

○ Dynamic range

○ LDL

○ UCL

• Behavioural Observation Audiometry

• Play Audiometry

• Impedance audiometry

• Tympanometry

• Eustachian tube Function test

• Reflexometry

• Oto Acoustic Emissions

• Auditory evoked potentials

○ Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)

○ Auditory Steady State Response (ASSR)

• Hearing aid trial and fitting

• Cochlear implants

• New Born Hearing Screening

• Auditory Verbal Therapy

• Tinnitus assessment and management

• Assessment and management of AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDERS

• Assessment and management of AUDITORY DYSSYNCHRONY

• Vestibular Assessment

○ Video-Nystagmography

○ Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP)