Chillicothe, MO

Our Practice Specialities

• Hearing Exams

  Hearing impairment affects more than just your ability to hear — it affects your quality of life.
  
  The hearing evaluation is just the beginning of your treatment, and it’s essential to setting your unique care plan in motion and taking action on hearing loss. Your in-depth hearing evaluation will help us craft a treatment plan that renews your ability to hear, allowing you to truly hear your best and live life on your terms.

• Hearing Aid Selection and Fitting

  We treat hearing loss with personalized care and state-of-the-art hearing aid technology.
  
  No two people are alike – we believe your treatment should be the same way. Bring back the sounds of life you love with a customized treatment plan tailored to your unique life.

• Hearing Aid Repairs

  Even if you take care of your hearing aids and keep up with regular maintenance, time takes its toll on all technology, and it’s possible that yours will eventually wear out through the course of normal use.
  
  While replacing your damaged hearing aids may be the best answer in some cases — it gives you the opportunity to upgrade your technology — there are some common hearing aid repairs that you can try if you’re having problems with one or both of your devices.

• Tinnitus Treatment

  Though the common misconception about tinnitus is that it’s a disease, tinnitus is actually a medical condition characterized by persistent ringing in one or both ears that can only be heard by the affected individual.
  
  Many who suffer from tinnitus describe the annoying sound as ringing in the ear, but a whistling, hissing, buzzing, or pulsing sound is also possible. For some, these sounds come and go. But most are not that lucky, and will experience symptoms 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• Custom Hearing Protection

  Hearing loss happens for many reasons, one of the most common being exposure to loud noise (noise-induced hearing loss, or NIHL). Repeated exposure to sound levels above 85 decibels (the sound of an idling bulldozer) can cause permanent, irreparable hearing loss. To give you perspective, hearing professionals consider exposure to loud music, either live or through headphones, to be particularly dangerous with sound intensity sometimes reaching 100 to 115 decibels (dB). This is where hearing protection, like earplugs, comes in.
  
  While hearing loss is irreversible, that doesn’t mean it’s not preventable. Knowledge, hearing protection, and prevention can help keep your hearing healthy and you happy!

• Hearing Aid Supplies

  Whether you need batteries, wax guards, or cleaning and maintenance supplies for your hearing aids, we're here to help. Give us a call to find out more - we even offer shipping of supplies when you're unable to make it into our office.

• Earwax Management

  Normally you needn’t remove earwax; your ears will naturally handle that function by pushing out the excess. At times, however, the ear glands may produce more wax than necessary, and earwax blockage can occur. People who use hearing aids, wear earplugs, or push objects such as cotton swabs into their ears can be more prone to these problems.
  
  When earwax builds to the point of causing pain or other symptoms, or preventing a professional examination of the ear, it’s time to clean it out.