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• ENT and Allergy
• Largest ENT Practice in the United States

Corporate Office  ENT and Allergy Associates,
LLP560 White Plains Road, Suite 500Tarrytown,
NY 10591Tel [phone] Fax (914)
333-2540mail info_at_entandallergy.com website
https//www.entandallergy.com
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Outline

• ENT and Allergy has over 100 licensed
  audiologists in its 40 clinical office
  locations.
• The ENT and Allergy Associates subdivision, night
  and day sleep services, currently has 7 Sleep
  Laboratories and Sleep Centers located in New
  York and New Jersey.
• ENTA has a clinical alliance with The Mount Sinai
  Hospital for the treatment of diseases of the
  head and neck and esophageal cancer, a clinical
  alliance with the Montefiore Medical Center for
  the tertiary treatment of pediatric patients in
  New York City and the Hudson Valley, a clinical
  alliance with the North well Health for the
  tertiary treatment of pediatric patients in
  Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties and a
  partnership with the American Cancer Society to
  educate and treat patients with smoking disorders
  and cancer.

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Our Audiologists

• Our audiologists in New York (NY), New Jersey
  (NJ) offer
• Comprehensive, no-pressure hearing aid
  consultations, where we will evaluate your
  individual needs and help you select the brand,
  style, and technologies that will be best for
  you. 
• We have chosen to offer devices from only the
  premier hearing aid manufacturers, since our
  patients clearly do best with these however,
  these high quality devices are still available in
  a broad price range, and can even be competitive
  with some "discount" hearing aids.
• Information about Hearing Aids
• Buying  hearing aids in New York (NY), New Jersey
  (NJ) can be a challenging process. Because some
  hearing problems can be a challenging process.
  Because some hearing problems can be medically or
  surgically corrected, starting with a full
  evaluation by an ENT physician will help put you
  on the right track. Federal regulations also
  prohibit the sale of hearing aids without a
  medical evaluation. After your evaluation is
  completed, our audiologists will listen to your
  needs and help you make an informed decision.

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Hearing loss can be categorized by where or what
part of the auditory system is damaged. There
are three basic types of hearing loss conductive
hearing loss, sensorineural hearing
loss and mixed hearing loss.

• Conductive hearing loss Conditions associated
  with middle ear pathology such as
• Fluid in the middle ear from colds
• Allergies (serous otitis media),
• Poor eustachian tube function
• Ear infection (otitis media)
• Perforated eardrum
• Benign tumors
• Impacted earwax (cerumen)
• Infection in the ear canal (external otitis)
• Presence of a foreign body
• Absence or malformation of the outer ear, ear
  canal, or middle ear

Types of Hearing Loss
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss

• Sensorineural hearing loss occurs when there is
  damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or to the nerve
  pathways from the inner ear (retrocochlear) to
  the brain. Sensorineural hearing loss cannot be
  medically or surgically corrected. It is a
  permanent loss.Sensorineural hearing loss not
  only involves a reduction in sound level or
  ability to hear faint sounds, but also affects
  speech understanding, or ability to hear clearly.
  Sensorineural hearing loss can be caused by
  diseases, birth injury, drugs that are toxic to
  the auditory system, and genetic syndromes.
  Sensorineural hearing loss may also occur as a
  result of noise exposure, viruses, head trauma,
  aging, and tumors.

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Mixed Hearing Loss

• Sometimes a conductive hearing loss occurs in
  combination with a sensorineural hearing loss. In
  other words, there may be damage in the outer or
  middle ear and in the inner ear (cochlea) or
  auditory nerve. When this occurs, the hearing
  loss is referred to as a mixed hearing loss.

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Causes of Hearing Loss in Adults

• Hearing loss in adults has many causes such as
  disease or infection, ototoxic drugs, exposure to
  noise, tumors, trauma and the aging process. This
  loss may or may not be accompanied by tinnitus,
  ringing in the ears.Tinnitus can occur by itself
  without any hearing loss.
• Otosclerosis is a disease involving the middle
  ear capsule, specifically affecting the movement
  of the stapes (one of the three tiny bones in the
  middle ear).
• Meniere's disease affects the membranous inner
  ear and is characterized by deafness, dizziness
  (vertigo) and ringing in the ear (tinnitus).
• Medications used to manage some diseases are
  damaging to the auditory system (ototoxic) and
  cause hearing loss. Some of the specific drugs
  known to be ototoxic are aminoglycoside
  antibiotics (such as streptomycin, neomycin,
  kanamycin), salicylates in large quantities
  (aspirin), loop diuretics (lasix, ethacrynic
  acid), and drugs used in chemotherapy regimens
  (cisplatin, carboplatin, nitrogen mustard).
• Exposure to harmful levels of noise results
  in noise-induced hearing loss . The prolonged
  exposure causes damage to the hair cells in the
  cochlea and results in permanent hearing loss.
  The noise-induced hearing loss usually develops
  gradually and painlessly. Hearing loss can also
  occur as a result of an acoustic trauma, or a
  single exposure or very few exposures to very
  high levels of sound.
• An acoustic neuroma is an example of a tumor that
  causes hearing loss. Acoustic neuromas arise in
  the eighth cranial nerve (acoustic nerve). The
  first symptom is reduction of hearing in one ear
  accompanied by a feeling of fullness.
• Trauma can also result in hearing loss. Examples
  include fractures of the temporal bone, puncture
  of the eardrum by foreign objects, and sudden
  changes in air pressure.

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presbycusis

• Loss of hearing as a result of the aging
  process is called presbycusis. 
•  The process involves degeneration of the inner
  ear (cochlea). Presbycusis can also involve other
  parts of the auditory system. The hearing loss is
  progressive in nature with the high frequencies
  affected first. While the process begins after
  age 20, it is typically at ages 55 to 65 that the
  high frequencies in the speech range begin to be
  affected.
• The close collaboration between our audiologists
  and ENT physicians allows us to recognize and
  treat problems more quickly and completely, and
  under one roof!
• Approximately 5 to 10 of hearing problems in
  adults are medically or surgically treatable.
  This percentage is higher in children especially
  if middle ear disease, such as ear infections, is
  present.

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Conclusion

• ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP is the premier
  hearing service provider in the New York and New
  Jersey area.
• Unlike most other solo audiology practices, our
  offices combine the medical expertise of our ENT
  physicians and the diagnostic and rehabilitative
  skills of our certified audiologists to provide
  the most comprehensive care possible.
• As such, we can offer the full spectrum of
  available treatments, in addition to the most
  advanced digital hearing aids.

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