The Hearing & Balance Lab is a trusted leader that provides full-range diagnostics to newborns through adults and advanced solutions for improved communication.
The Hearing & Balance Lab is dedicated to serving our neighbors in Snohomish County in order to improve quality of life, enhance communication and increase understanding about the hearing and balance systems and their disorders. Our Doctors of Audiology are regionally recognized for accurate diagnosis and skilled provision of rehabilitation. These highly skilled clinicians will utilize the latest technology to provide the very best in audiologic care. We believe in thoroughness, education and patient-centered care.
BALANCE
Our equilibrium is maintained by an interaction of inputs derived from the visual, musculo-skeletal and inner ear balance systems. If there is a disturabance in one or more of these mechanisms, a balance disturbance can occur. This disturbance can be quite disabling and incapacitating.
WHY DO I FEEL DIZZY?
There are several different reasons why you might experience spinning sensations, more often called “dizziness” or “vertigo.” If you are of retirement age it probably isn’t from riding a roller coaster, or bungee jumping. One form of dizziness in particular can occur at any age, to anyone, although it seems to occur more often to those over 60. The good news is that it can be treated quite successfully.
This relatively common balance problem occurs when your head is leaned in a particular position. It can occur in bed, turning from one side to the other, or lying back in the dentist’s chair. Vertigo can make you extremely nauseated, and if you happen to be standing it can cause you to “lose your balance.”
If you think that you or a loved one might be experiencing vertigo or if you are noticing a balance disturbance, we can help! A simple test in our office can identify what part of the balance system is causing the problem and then we will refer you for treatment, as appropriate. Call our office to make an appointment with one of our Doctors of Audiology if you have questions about this or other balance disturbances. We’re ready to help!
HEARING AIDS
The Hearing & Balance Lab not only specializes in Vestibular and Audiological Diagnostic Assessments but in the most advanced Digital Hearing aids as well. We are here to help you hear. Major advances in technology have brought the gift of sound to people with hearing losses that might not have been helped in the past.
