Audiology

In addition to routine hearing tests, our providers are ready and able to evaluate the following for children and adult patients:

• Sensorineural hearing loss
• Conductive hearing loss
• Mixed hearing loss
• Tinnitus
• Dizziness
• Hearing aids

Patients experiencing any of the following should speak with their doctor about making an appointment with Denver Health Audiology:

• Often needing to ask others to speak up or repeat themselves
• Feeling that your friends and family are mumbling or not speaking clearly
• Having difficulty hearing in crowds or noise
• Increasing the volume on your television or radio
• Having problems hearing over the phone
• Hearing ringing in one or both ears
• Feeling dizzy or experiencing vertigo
• Frequently around loud noise, such as construction work, power tools, firearms or concerts
• Patients who are diabetic
• Patients who are going through or have completed chemotherapy

Additionally, we recommend that pediatric patients see an audiologist if they are:

• Newborns who did not pass their hearing screening at birth
• Newborns who spent time in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Children who were born prematurely
• Children who did not pass their hearing screening at school or the pediatrician’s office
• Children with frequent ear infections
• Children with delayed speech development
• Children with a family history of hearing loss in childhood
• Children who do not seem to hear well at school or at home