AUDIOLOGY & HEARING SERVICES

When you're dizzy or have hearing loss or ear noise, you want expert care. ENT Carolina's certified audiologist, Katherine M. Hipps, AuD, Thomas G. Bocchino, AuD., Gary Friedman, M.S. and Carolyn Thompson, AuD. have the knowledge and experience you seek .  You also have access to our board certified physicians, specializing in the management of adult and pediatric ear disorders. 
We have the latest testing and hearing aid technology for almost any problem. Hearing aids include analog, programmable analog, and advanced digital devices for a wide range of choices. You can be certain that after almost 20 years of service, ENT Carolina will stand behind our products and recommendations. 

Our audiology department features:

• Complete audiological testing from newborns to adults
• Hearing aid evaluation, counseling, fitting, and service
• Vestibular testing for dizziness
• Hearing loss prevention (custom ear plugs and molds for in ear devices)
• Community education programs

Our "Patient Education" section contains the following AAO-HNS ear related brochures:

• Baby's Hearing
• Cochlear Implant
• Cholesteatoma
• Dizziness
• Earache and Otitis Media
• Ear and Altitude
• Ear Noise
• Ear Wax
• Hearing Protection
• Hearing Test in 5 minutes
• Meniere's Disease
• Why do we fall?

Read Gary Friedman's recent article on Mercury Free "Green"  Hearing Aid Batteries.

Other Valuable Links:

• American Academy of Audiology (Audiology news and current research)
• American Tinnitus Association (Tinnitus self-help)
• Turn it to the Left (Noise induced hearing loss and general audiology information)
• HearingLoss.org (Great resource for hearing aid candidates)
• ASHA (information on dizziness, hearing loss, tinnitus)
• Hearing Aid Manufacturers:  Starkey, Siemens, Phonak