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Hearing Tests in Cornelius, NC

We believe in treating the person, not just the hearing loss. This is why we offer comprehensive communication needs assessment along with diagnostic hearing exams. This approach allows our hearing specialist to identify not just hearing loss, but your unique hearing challenges, listening environments, preferences, and goals.

During your hearing test, we’ll evaluate:

Communication Needs Assessment

This is a focused conversation designed to understand how your hearing abilities affect your real‑world listening, at home, at work, with family, in noisy environments, and in the situations that matter most to you.

Your Listening Priorities:

We discuss which environments are most important to you, such as meetings, family gatherings, restaurants, or outdoor activities.

Challenges You Face:

We explore where you notice the most difficulty, like soft voices, background noise, distance, or certain types of speakers.

Goal-Based Recommendations:

We use your goals to shape next steps, ensuring any treatment or technology aligns with the life you want to hear clearly.

Cognitive Screening:

A brief, research‑based screening that helps us understand how your brain processes information. This adds important context to your listening challenges and ensures our recommendations support both hearing and cognitive wellness.

Hearing Aid Fitting & Programming

The most successful hearing aids are those that are specifically fit and programmed to your individual needs. Looking at your ear shape, we’ll fit the hearing aids to you, so they sit comfortably yet securely in/around your ears. Then, using real ear measurement (REM) we’ll precisely program your hearing aids based on your unique hearing profile, ensuring clear, comfortable, and natural sound.

Hearing Aid Cleaning & Repair

Integral Audiology offers a wide range of hearing aid services to keep your devices performing their best. Whether your aids need a quick repair or deep cleaning, we can help you. We offer in-house services for minor repairs and will coordinate with the manufacturer if more extensive service is needed.

Regular cleanings extend the life of your devices and keep them performing well. We offer both in-office cleanings and drop-off services for your convenience.

Redux Moisture Removal

Moisture is a leading cause of hearing aid malfunction. Our Redux drying system safely removes deep moisture in minutes, helping to prevent long-term damage.

Follow-Up Care

We recommend annual checks to verify your hearing aids are still meeting your needs and to make any necessary adjustments as your hearing changes over time. Regular maintenance and follow-up care will keep your devices performing their best.

Earwax Removal

Earwax (cerumen) is a natural part of healthy ears. However excessive earwax can build-up in the ear canal, leading to impaction, clogged ears, itchiness, muffled hearing, and discomfort.

It may be tempting to use a cotton swab to remove earwax, but this can exacerbate the problem and even lead to punctured eardrums. Professional ear cleaning is the safest and most effective option, which is why we offer safe removal methods.

Wax Removal Using the Earigator™

The Earigator™ is a warm water, pressure-regulated irrigation system designed specifically for safe and efficient cerumen removal. This professional ear flushing system’s temperature-controlled flow keeps the ear canal comfortable while quickly clearing soft or impacted wax.

Manual Removal of Earwax

Curette removal is a precise, hands‑on technique that lets your audiologist gently lift and guide wax out of the canal under magnification and illumination. It’s especially useful for dry, flaky, or localized wax that doesn’t respond as well to irrigation.

Tinnitus

Tinnitus, also known as “ringing in the ears,” affects millions of people. This phenomenon is when you hear a buzzing, humming, ringing, whistling, or other sound in the ears when no external sound is present. Tinnitus itself is not a hearing disorder, but a symptom of another condition. Hearing loss, certain medications, head trauma, circulatory diseases, and stress can all cause tinnitus. It’s important to identify the underlying cause in order to find a solution.

Tinnitus Evaluation

At Integral Audiology, we offer comprehensive tinnitus tests to determine what type of tinnitus you have (subjective, objective, pulsatile, or somatic), what caused it, and what the best management plan will be for you.

Tinnitus Treatment

Lenire Tinnitus Technology

We are excited to offer Lenire, a groundbreaking tinnitus treatment device approved by the U.S. FDA. Using bimodal stimulation, Lenire combines soundscapes through wireless headphones and tongue pulses customized to your hearing profile to help your brain stop focusing on tinnitus.

With just two relaxing 30-minute sessions per day, Lenire can decrease your perception of tinnitus over time. Out of 500+ patients across three clinical trials, 83% would recommend Lenire to others with tinnitus.

Are you experiencing severe tinnitus? Contact our office today to schedule a tinnitus assessment.

Oto Tinnitus App

The Oto Tinnitus app is a convenient, clinically informed tool designed to help individuals better manage tinnitus from the comfort of home. Through a combination of guided sound therapy, relaxation techniques, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based exercises, Oto empowers users to reduce the impact of ringing in the ears. With easy-to-follow programs and personalized support, it serves as a valuable complement to professional hearing care, helping patients take an active role in improving their daily comfort and quality of life.

Hearing Protection

Your hearing allows you to connect with the people you love and participate in activities that bring you joy. Loud noise exposure is the second leading cause of hearing loss in people of all ages. It’s important to protect your hearing so you can continue to live the life you want.

At Integral Audiology, we provide custom-fit hearing protection crafted to fit your ears perfectly, offering premium comfort, durability, and effective noise reduction. Whether you’re a musician, hunter, motorcyclist, swimmer, or simply looking to protect your hearing in noisy environments, we have a personalized solution for you.

Schedule an appointment today to be fit for custom hearing protection.