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Advanced Hearing Services, Inc. (AHS) was developed as a separate, affiliated company by our physicians to specifically address the needs of the hearing impaired. AHS is committed to providing the highest level of hearing healthcare and hearing aid sales and service in a comfortable and professional private practice setting.
Staff:
AHS is staffed by a team of professional audiologists, all licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia and certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Our audiologists hold advanced degrees from accredited universities with special training in the prevention, identification, assessment and non-medical treatment of hearing disorders. Our staff is not only able to detect hearing loss but also determine whether amplification (hearing aids) or a medical referral to our affiliated company, Otolaryngology Associates, will best assist you. You may contact our audiologists directly at (703) 573-7606 in Fairfax, (703) 834-2907 in Reston and (703) 968-9087 in Centreville.
Services:
We provide advanced hearing and balance assessment services including sound proof testing suites and state-of-the-art audiometers at all three office locations. All offices are fully equipped to provide a complete range of audiology and hearing aid services to patients of all ages, infant through geriatrics. Diagnostic testing and hearing aid services are available by appointment only, Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.
At your visit, our audiologist will obtain a thorough case history and comprehensive audiologic evaluation. Once the audiologist has completed your audiometric assessment, he or she will take as much time as needed to review the results of your hearing evaluation and answer your questions. The audiologist will discuss your difficulties and personal expectations with regard to your hearing and provide you with detailed advice on the most appropriate remedy to your situation. Such suggestions may include a recommendation for hearing instruments, utilization of assistive listening devices, or advice on how to make use of effective communication strategies. Should your test results suggest the need for medical follow-up, the audiologist will provide you with the appropriate physician referral.
Hearing Aid Dispensing:
Our audiologists are among the most experienced hearing aid dispensers in Northern Virginia. We provide sales, fitting, orientation and service for all types, styles and major manufacturers of hearing aids including Widex, Oticon, ReSound and Siemens. These hearing aid manufacturers have proven themselves to provide the most reliable, natural and comfortable hearing instruments available. We also dispense all appropriate hearing aid accessories such as batteries, battery testers, Dry & Store containers, hearing aid ear molds, custom swim-plugs and musician ear-plugs.
Through the use of the advanced digital hearing aid technology, our audiologists have helped thousands of children and adults improve their quality of life by providing customized hearing aids specifically programmed to meet their individual hearing needs and desires.
Signs of Possible Hearing Loss:
One or more of these problems could indicate you
have a hearing impairment:
- You hear, but do not understand, what is being said.
- You have no trouble hearing in a quiet place, but cannot understand when there is any background noise such as in a crowd of people, in a noisy restaurant, or when someone talks to you while you are listening to television.
- You turn up the TV or radio louder than other people would like.
- You think that people mumble; that if they would speak clearly, you could understand them.
- You hear better in one ear than the other.
- You find yourself watching people's faces intently.
- You have noises like ringing or buzzing in your ears.
- You have been exposed to considerable high noise levels, such as tractors, machinery in factories, firing of guns, use of power tools, etc.; without ear protection.
- Your have a family history of hearing loss.
- You have had diabetes, heart, thyroid or circulation problems.
- You are over sixty years of age (one out of every four persons sixty-five years or older has a hearing problem.