Services
Birmingham Speech & Hearing Associates is a full-service audiology and speech practice treating hearing loss and speech issues in patients of all ages. We don't just sell hearing aids; we are a full hearing healthcare clinic serving all of your hearing needs.
We are passionate about providing the best possible care for our patients, combining professional expertise with a caring attitude. We take the time to listen to you and to find a solution that will give you the best results. We're your support team that is here to guide you through learning about your hearing loss and your treatment options. We will never push you to purchase hearing aids; we want what's best for you, and only you can decide that.
If you are in need of speech-language evaluation or treatment, we have a team of experienced speech-language pathologists who are happy to help.
Hearing Aid Services
- Hearing Aid Fittings and Consultations: We work with many different major manufacturers to offer a wide range of hearing aids. After we've evaluated your hearing, we can recommend hearing aids that will be most helpful for your individual hearing loss and your needs.
- Hearing Aid Adjustments and Repairs: If something isn't working right with your hearing aids, bring them in and we'll make any necessary adjustments. We can do some repairs in-office, and if we do need to send your hearing aids to the manufacturer for more complex repairs, we offer loaner devices so you won't ever be without your hearing!
- Custom-Fit Hearing Protection: We can take custom molds of your ears to create custom earplugs, swimming plugs, and in-ear monitors for musicians. We also provide electronic hearing protection and enhancement products for hunters
Hearing & Speech Services
- Complete Hearing Evaluations: We provide comprehensive audiological evaluations for anyone with hearing concerns. These services are diagnostic medical tests and are used to differentiate between hearing loss due to a medical condition and those due to noise exposure, genetics, or the normal aging process. All our testing is done in a sound treated booth and consists of pure tone sound testing, accuracy to speech understanding and your ability to understand speech with competing noise.
- Auditory Processing Evaluations: For our younger patients, we can test whether your child has auditory processing disorder, which is an important step in determining a treatment plan for your child.
- Aural Rehabilitation: We support our patients with services such as quarterly lip-reading classes and classes on living with hearing loss and hearing aids, to help you get the most out of your life.
- Services for the Hearing Impaired in Local Area School Systems: Our educational audiologist contracts with local school systems to support children with hearing difficulties.
- Speech-Language Services: We evaluate and treat articulation (speech sounds), stuttering, apraxia, voice disorders, expressive language, pragmatics (social language skills), and receptive language. Please call us for more information.
Your Hearing Healthcare Timeline
- Initial hearing evaluation: You may decide to purchase hearing aids the day of your evaluation, but we understand you may need more time to decide.
- Hearing aid fitting: A few days after we place the order for your hearing aids, they'll arrive in our office and we'll call you to come in and have them fit and programmed to your ears.
- One- or two-week follow-up appointment: Depending on how comfortable you are with your new hearing aids, we will bring you back once or several times during the first 30 days to make adjustments and see how you feel about your hearing devices.
- 30-day trial period: You have 30 days to decide whether or not you like your new hearing aids. If you're not satisfied, we will give you your money back, guaranteed.
- Annual hearing aid follow-up and hearing test: Unless something changes or you notice that something might be wrong, we generally recommend that patients return once a year so we can check their hearing aids and test their hearing again.
Schedule an Appointment
New! Now scheduling virtual appointments: Our Virtual Office allows us to check your hearing, discuss hearing aids, and follow up with you via video chat.
For speech appointments, please call our office to schedule: (205) 871-3878.
