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Hearing Services
Diagnostic hearing evaluations to identify the degree and type of hearing loss, with medical or other professional consultation and referral, as indicated.
Hearing aid evaluation and prescription to ensure the most appropriate selection and use.
Fitting, adjustments and client training for effective hearing aid use.
30-day evaluation with prescribed hearing aids to ensure satisfaction.
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Industrial Services
Assistance in developing cost-effective employee hearing-conservation programs.
On-site audiometric testing.
Noise-level monitoring.
Annual monitoring.
Selection, fitting and training for appropriate hearing-protection devices.
Pre-employment audiograms.
Training of certified Occupational Hearing Conservationists.
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Educational Audiology
Providing assistance to hearing-impaired students in the Kalamazoo County schools: Classroom assessment, hearing aid checks, ear mold impressions and fittings, teacher consultation and in-service training.
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Other Services
Assistive Devices
Demonstration Center
Demonstrations of special devices - doorbells, alarm clocks, speech
amplifiers, close-captioned television, telephone amplifiers and various listening
devices - to help people determine whether the use of such devices will help
them manage hearing-loss problems.
Screening Programs
Brief testing services to identify hearing problems.
Follow-up testing for infant hearing screening.
Informal Educational
and Support Groups
Opportunities for people with serious communication problems to participate
in self-help groups and special meetings and seminars.
Consultation
Assistance to other agencies, organization and professionals in understanding
communication disorders and in meeting the needs of people who have hearing
impairments.
Special Needs and
Demonstration Projects
The Centers sometimes can help people with hearing problems by providing
financial assistance for special projects not funded elsewhere in the
community. The Centers also conduct or help other community organizations
conduct innovative demonstration projects to improve the welfare of people
with impaired hearing.
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Referrals
Referrals are accepted from any source, including self-referral.
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FREE Hearing Aid Cleaning Clinics
Constance Brown Hearing
Centers offers FREE hearing aid CLEANING clinics on the first Monday of most
months from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The 2009 schedule will be January 5,
February 2, March 2, April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6, August 3, October 5, November
2 and December 7. (No clinic in September.) See our flyer
or follow the Services link
for more details.
Individuals may come in to have their hearing aid cleaned and inspected
whether or not they are a patient of Constance Brown Hearing Centers.
Constance Brown Hearing Centers has two locations: 1634 Gull Road in the
Kalamazoo Medical Arts Building across from Borgess Medical Center or in the
Oak Park Center at 4855 West Centre Avenue in Portage.
An audiologist will clean and inspect your hearing aid. The audiologist will
advise you of anything further that you may need. If additional services are
required, there will be a charge. Patients will be informed of any charges
prior to the work being performed.
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Do You Want to Get MORE From YOUR Hearing Aids?
Adjusting to your hearing aids can take a lot of patience and effort. Our popular class will help you understand how to take care of your hearing aids and how to improve communication. These classes will begin again in 2009. Classes are offered in two 1-½ hour sessions on Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Gull Road office, across from the Borgess Medical Center. Advanced paid registration is required.
Schedule of classes
for 2009
March 4 and 11
May 6 and 13
July 8 and 15
August 5 and 12
September 9 and 16
November 4 and 11
To register for the class, call Constance Brown Hearing Centers, 343-2601 or 877-343-2601 (toll-free). The fees are as follows; $5 each for patients and their family members and $25 for the public and $5 for their guest. Your registration fee covers materials, light refreshments and presentations on various topics.
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