October Is Audiology Awareness Month – Attend a Free Hearing Screening
Have you stopped going to restaurants and social gatherings? Do you keep to yourself when in noisy environments? If you answered yes, you may have a hearing problem.
More than 36 million American adults—half of them under the age of 65—have some degree of hearing loss. Hearing loss is an increasing health concern in this nation that is often preventable. Taking time to see an audiologist for regular hearing screenings and knowing the signs of hearing loss can help protect your hearing. Make an appointment with an audiologist this October during National Audiology Awareness Month.
Some tell-tale signs of hearing loss are trouble hearing conversation in a noisy environment such as restaurants, difficulty or inability to hear people talking to you without looking at them, and/or a constant pain or ringing in your ears.
On average, most Americans don’t know how to recognize the first signs of hearing loss or which health professional is qualified to diagnose and treat the condition. If you think you may have a hearing loss, you need to see an audiologist.
Cooper University Health Care’s Audiology Department provides diagnostic and treatment services for adults and children (newborn and up) with hearing disorders. Our services include the following:
- Comprehensive hearing evaluations (pediatric through adults)
- Tympanometry with reflex testing
- Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs)
- Central auditory processing (CAP) testing
- Bone anchor hearing aid (BAHA) assessment
- Tinnitus evaluations
If you believe you or a loved one might be experiencing hearing loss, schedule an appointment today with one Cooper’s audiologist by calling 1.800.8.COOPER (1.800.826.6737), visit CooperHealth.org/audiology or register for one of our free screenings on the following dates:
Monday, October 6, 2014
5 -7 p.m.
Thursday, October 16, 2014
5 -7 p.m.
Monday, October 20, 2014
5 -7 p.m.
Cooper University Health Care – Voorhees Campus
6200 Main Street
Voorhees, NJ