When you choose Ascension Via Christi in Wichita, Kansas, you get an entire team dedicated to your hearing health. If you think you or your child may have a hearing problem, we deliver personalized hearing tests to diagnose your condition. Your audiologist works closely with other specialists, including your primary care doctor, pediatrician, ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist, neurologist, speech-language pathologist, and more. Your doctor starts by listening to understand you and your health concerns. Then, we work with you to create a care plan that's right for you.
Comprehensive care for your hearing needs
Every appointment starts with a conversation about how you are feeling, any new symptoms or concerns. Your care team will take the time to answer all your questions and work together with you and for you. Hearing loss can be affected by different health conditions and your environment. At Ascension Via Christi, we provide treatment options and plans for monitoring changes in your hearing, including:
- Adult hearing assessments
- Auditory brainstem response testing
- Balance services
- Diagnostic testing for newborns
- Pediatric hearing assessment
- Hearing aid evaluations and fittings for children and adults
- Tinnitus evaluation and treatment
Your care team may also provide information on how to reduce exposure to high frequency sounds. And, help you manage symptoms such as ringing in the ears, dizziness and loss of balance.
Hearing tests for children and adults close to home
After your evaluation, your doctor may recommend audiology tests based on you or your child’s symptoms. Hearing tests include:
Auditory brainstem evolved response (ABR) testing (sedated and non-sedated) is available for children and adults of all ages. ABR testing focuses on a specific pattern of brainwaves to detect the softest level of sound you can hear.
Behavioral audiometry is a behavioral test that detects the softest level a child or adult can hear across different frequencies.
Extended high-frequency (EHF) audiometry monitors the hearing of a person who has been exposed to ototoxic medications (medicines that are damaging to ears), such as chemotherapy.
Otoacoustic emissions (OAE) testing measures sounds to the level of the hearing organ, the cochlea.
Tympanometry helps determine the condition ofthe middle ear.
Hearing tests are available at our Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital and Ascension Via Christi St. Teresa locations.
Hearing aid devices
At Ascension Via Christi, we offer several types of hearing aids to help manage your condition. Your audiologist makes a recommendation based on the degree, type, and configuration of your hearing loss. Your device options may include behind-the-ear hearing aids or bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHA).
Balance services
Balance problems can impact your daily activities and overall health. Comprehensive balance testing is available from 8 a.m-5 p.m. Patients must be referred by their doctor to participate in the program. Balance services include:
- Electrocochleography
- Neurodiagnostic ABR
- Rotary chair testing
- Vestibular evoked myogenic potential (VEMP)
- vHIT
- Videonystagmography (VNG)
Refer a patient to an audiologist
Your patients can expect compassionate, personalized care from the moment our specialists connect with them. Our specialists start by listening to fully understand their needs and to develop an individualized care plan. To make a referral to either location, call 316-719-3030 or fax us at 316-291-7258.
