12/13/2023
Hearing Aid Specialists and Hearing Instrument Practitioners devote their time to learning about your day-to-day environment, hearing challenges, and hearing profile to determine a plan for improving your communication with friends, family, colleagues, doctors, and other important people in your life. Through their education, training, and licensure, a Hearing Aid Specialist or Hearing Instrument Practitioner may:
▪️ administer hearing evaluations and hearing screenings
▪️ screen for conditions indicating the need for physician intervention
▪️ identify common types of hearing loss
▪️ recommend, order the use of, dispense, and adjust hearing aids
▪️ select the appropriate hearing aid technology
▪️ perform tests to confirm the fit and function of hearing aids
▪️ provide counseling to patients and their families to optimize success with hearing aids and communication
▪️ take ear impressions
▪️ repair and troubleshoot hearing aids
▪️ perform earwax removal (may be limited depending on state and provincial regulation)
▪️ perform tinnitus management (may be limited depending on state and provincial regulation)
Trust a Hearing Aid Specialist with Your Hearing! Learn more at https://www.ihsinfo.org/consumers/hearing-aid-specialists