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Audiology

What we do

Audiologists at LHSC specialize in the diagnostic, rehabilitative treatment and monitoring of individuals with impairment of auditory and vestibular function.  This is accomplished by administering a comprehensive test battery of standardized assessment procedures including:  

  • Pure Tone Air and Bone Conduction Audiometry
    • Standard Protocol
    • Conditioned Play Audiometry (CPA)
    • Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)
    • Behavioural Observation Audiometry (BOA)
  • Speech Audiometry and Word Recognition Assessment
  • Tympanometry
  • Acoustic Reflex and Reflex Decay Assessment
  • Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response Testing (ABR) 
    • Hearing Threshold Protocol
    • Neurological Protocol
  • Otoacoustic Emission Testing (OAE) 
  • Intra-Operative Monitoring during select types of neurosurgery
  • Videonystagmography (VNG)
  • Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP) 
  • Electrocochleography (ECOG)
  • Cochlear Implant 
    • Candidacy Assessment
    • Cochlear Implant Mapping
    • Evaluation and Advanced Measures
    • Fitting & Verification  
  • Bonebridge
    • Candidacy Assessment
    • Evaluation and advanced measures
    • Fitting & Verification 
  • Bone Anchored Hearing System
    • Candidacy Assessment
    • Softband Bone Conduction Hearing Aid Trial
    • Fitting & Verification
  • Assistive Listening Device Recommendations