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Hearing services
The goal of the Audiology Clinic is to maximize the communication abilities of individuals with hearing loss by providing comprehensive diagnostic services and state of the art treatments for hearing loss and related disorders. The Audiology Clinic serves patients of all ages and encourages family involvement throughout the entire process. Graduate student clinicians in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders conduct the assessment and intervention services. These services are supervised by state licensed and nationally certified audiologists.
Audiological evaluations
An audiological evaluation is a series of diagnostic procedures used to determine the type, degree, and configuration of hearing loss. The goal of this evaluation is to develop a treatment plan that is unique to the patient’s needs in order to improve their communication skills. Individuals may be self-referred or referred by a physician or other professional.
The following sites are recommended to further educate you about hearing loss and the procedures for evaluating hearing impairment:
Assistive listening devices
For many individuals, the use of hearing aids will enhance their communication and listening skills. However, hearing aids alone cannot be expected to solve all difficulties that result from hearing loss. Assistive devices can help to make interpersonal and group communication more manageable in noisy environments, in situations with poor acoustics or where distance is a factor. Assistive listening devices include any device, except hearing aids, which help a hearing impaired person communicate more effectively through direct sound amplification, or visual or vibrotactile alerts. Assistive devices include an array of technology: television and telephone aids, alerting or signaling devices, and personal or large area assistive listening systems. Assistive devices are also known as auxiliary aids, assistive listening devices or ALDs.
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Custom hearing protection and swim molds
Custom hearing protection (earplugs) and swim molds are available through the Northern Arizona Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. Both custom hearing protection and swim molds are custom made to fit the size and shape of an individual’s ears. This promotes a comfortable and proper fit. Therefore, an earmold impression appointment is necessary to make impressions that will be sent to the manufacturer.
Hearing protection should be worn in environments that expose an individual to loud sounds to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Individuals with hearing loss should also wear hearing protection in noisy environments to protect residual hearing. Sources of noise exposure include concerts, lawn mowers, leaf blowers, machinery in the work place, guns, etc. Custom musician earplugs are also available.
Swim molds may be used in situations in which one wishes to keep water out of his or her ears, such as swimming or bathing. Swim molds are often recommended by physicians for patients who have had tubes placed in the eardrums or have conditions in which water should be kept out of the ears.
Custom hearing protection and swim molds are available in a variety of colors. Solid colors or a multi-colored swirl pattern may be chosen.
For more information on noise-induced hearing loss, please visit
Hearing aid sales and service
The Northern Arizona University Speech Language Hearing Clinic offers entry level and high-end digital hearing aid technology in a variety of styles from many different manufacturers including Phonak, Unitron, GN Resound and more. We prescribe and fit hearing aids to persons of all ages. Patients and their families will be provided extensive counseling on the care and use of their new hearing aids to ensure maximum benefit. Follow up hearing aid checks are required and help to verify an appropriate fitting and are essential to the success of the new hearing aid user.
Repair services for all makes of hearing aids are provided, even for those hearing aids we did not fit.
Free hearing aid consultations are also available for anyone who has had their hearing evaluated elsewhere, as long as it has been within the past 6 months.