Our practice is designed to meet all of your hearing health needs with audiologists who are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss and other hearing disorders. If you’re experiencing problems with your ears, visit Accelerate ENT , where we will work to relieve your symptoms and create a treatment plan that’s right for you.

Do I Have Hearing Loss?

With over 30 million people experiencing some form of hearing loss, there’s a chance that you could have an impairment and not even know it. Most people don’t realize how important a hearing evaluation can be, both for preserving your natural hearing ability and for uncovering any hearing impairments that you may have. With our comprehensive hearing evaluations, that time is spent learning about your hearing ability and making plans to improve it.

The team at Accelerate ENT encourages everyone to complete a thorough hearing evaluation. And don’t worry, participating in these tests is easy and they are completely painless!

During your hearing evaluation, we will:

Untreated hearing loss can quickly alter your relationships with your spouse, family, friends, and coworkers. You may often ask people to repeat themselves or talk louder, which can lead to frustration for all involved. As hearing loss progresses, you might even find yourself avoiding social situations, especially in loud settings, to prevent problems with hearing and understanding conversation.

Discuss your medical history and your current lifestyle to get a better understanding of how hearing loss is impacting your daily life.
Use state-of-the-art equipment to determine your current hearing ability (and maybe even uncover hearing loss that you weren’t aware of).
Gain a better understanding of the volumes and frequencies you can hear as well as how well you understand the speech of others.

If you do have hearing loss, it’s our goal to provide you with condition-specific information so that you can decide which course of treatment is right for you.

We pride ourselves on taking a personalized approach to your hearing healthcare. We know that your hearing needs are as unique as you are, and we will work to create a customized solution that fits both your budget and lifestyle.

Types of Hearing Loss

What works for one patient may not work for another, so that’s why we take a customized approach to your care. Our hearing evaluations are designed to diagnose exactly which part of your ear isn’t functioning, allowing us to create the most appropriate treatment plan for your needs.

There are four main types of hearing loss:

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common type of hearing loss. It occurs due to a problem with the inner ear or auditory nerve. It presents itself when either the auditory nerve or the hair-like cells in the cochlea have sustained damage or are missing. This results in the inability to send complete nerve signals to the brain.

This kind of hearing loss can be caused by the following:

Genetics
Malformation of the inner ear
Exposure to loud noise
Aging
Head trauma
Illnesses
Drugs that are toxic to hearing (ototoxicity)

Conductive Hearing Loss

Conductive hearing loss is typically temporary and uncommon, but it can occur in some patients. It’s caused when an issue in the outer or middle ear blocks sound from the inner ear. Treatment involves the use of medication or surgery while other individuals opt to use hearing aids to improve their hearing ability.

Conductive hearing loss can be caused by:

Ear infections
Benign tumors
Swimmer’s Ear
Foreign object in the ear
Fluid in the middle ear from colds
Perforated eardrum
Impacted cerumen (earwax)
Absence or malformation of the outer ear, ear canal, or middle ear
Allergies

Mixed Hearing Loss

Mixed hearing loss occurs when multiple parts of the ear’s anatomy are damaged. In most cases, both the middle or outer ear along with the auditory nerve or inner ear have sustained an injury of some type or have encountered one of the conditions listed above.

The conductive hearing loss present may be reversible while the sensorineural hearing loss is often permanent.

Auditory Processing Disorders

Rather than a hearing impairment, which affects the ability to detect sounds, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) causes individuals to struggle with their ability to organize, analyze, and interpret noises around them. While all parts of the ear are functioning properly, those with APD find that the hurdle they encounter is in their brain. Often caused by a tumor, disease, injury, heredity, or an unknown cause, the auditory processing centers in the brain do not function normally. APD does not always include hearing loss and many times the treatments for this disorder versus a hearing impairment are dramatically different.

Want to Bring Someone to Your Appointment?

At Accelerate ENT, we utilize a collaborative approach to hearing healthcare; we work together as a team. We also understand that friends and family can bring more value to this important visit, so we encourage all patients to bring a loved one with them to their hearing evaluation. This can also help make you feel more relaxed and allows you to discuss your options with someone you love and trust.

We are happy to get you started on your path to better hearing health.

Contact our experienced team to schedule your hearing evaluation in New Jersey today.