Audiology involves the prevention, identification, evaluation and treatment of hearing and balance disorders. An audiologist is a specialist, with a masters or doctorate level degree, trained in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with hearing loss and balance disorders. Audiologists evaluate and treat adults and children, including newborns. They can dispense and fit hearing aids as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation program and can refer patients to physicians when the hearing or balance problem requires medical or surgical evaluation and treatment.
Our audiology team consists of Dr. Tia Castille, who has earned a doctorate degree in audiology with over 13 years of experience; Lindsay Johnson, a masters level audiologist; and Sara Landry, a bachelors level speech pathologist and audiologist. This team of audiologists is topped off with the advantage of having two medical doctors and a physician’s assistant on-site in case medical intervention is necessary.
Services available through Acadian Hearing & Balance Center include:
Electronystagmography (ENG) and Vestibular rehabilitation (Testing for dizziness, vertigo and balance problems and rehabilitation services)
Comprehensive hearing evaluations
Hearing aid dispensing, repair and counseling
Complete line of hearing aids with state-of-the-art technology
Custom made noise protection devices and swim earplugs
Assisted Listening Devices (Television amplifiers, amplified phones, auditory trainers, vibrating alarm clocks and many other assistive devices, along with hearing aid accessories.)
BPPV
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder that causes vertigo, dizziness, and other symptoms due to debris (otoconia, or \"ear rocks\") that has collected within a part of the inner ear.
