Services

Our experienced doctors of audiology have met rigorous educational and training standards and are committed to maximizing your hearing health. They are proficient in all aspects of Audiology which include testing, counseling, and fitting of hearing aids. The core of our services are patient safety, quality health care and patient satisfaction.

Hearing Test

Hearing tests help determine which areas of the ear are causing your hearing impairment.

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Kaiser Permanente members

  • On Oahu, hearing tests are offered at Moanalua Medical Center and Clinic, Honolulu Medical Office, and Kailua Clinic. Please call 808-432-8000 to schedule an appointment.
  • On Maui, hearing tests are offered at Wailuku Medical Office. Please call 808-243-6000 to schedule an appointment.
  • Your hearing test is a co-pay based on health plan benefit.

Non Kaiser Permanente members

A hearing test is generally covered by your health insurance. Contact your provider. Please bring a copy of a current (within the 6 months) hearing test to your consultation appointment.

If you wish to be seen at the Hearing Service Center by Kaiser Permanente for your hearing test, there will be a fee. Please call 1-866-400-1760 (toll-free). The hearing test fee will be applied towards your hearing aid purchase.

Hearing Aids

Hearing Aids are powerful, carefully crafted devices designed to transmit sound from the environment into the ear. All hearing aids contain the same components but come in a variety of different styles that range from very small to larger.

Hearing Aid Styles

Receiver in the ear RITEs – “open fit”

Similar to a behind the ear hearing aid, but instead of a tube there is a wire with a speaker attached that sits inside the ear canal.

    • Smaller than a behind-the-ear hearing aid
    • Does not plug the ear like other styles

Behind the Ear (BTE) Devices

There are two components to a behind-the-ear hearing aids, the hearing aid and an earmold. The hearing aid hooks over the top of ear and rests behind the top portion of the ear and connects to the earmold through a tube.

    • Capable of the largest amount of power
    • Most visible style of hearing aid

FS (Full Shell)

FS aids are the largest of the custom family as this aid fill up the entire ear bowl. FS aids can accommodate the largest amount of loss of the custom family due to its larger size. They also typically can provide the most features such as volume control and access to a telephone switch.

    • Most noticeable style of the custom family
    • Larger battery
    • Access to most features a hearing aid has to offer

In The Canal (ITC)/ Half-Shell (HS)

ITC and HS aids are slightly larger than CIC hearing aids but does not fill up the entire ear bowl. Generally, ITC and HS aids can accommodate a wider degree of hearing loss.

    • Slightly more noticeable than a CIC
    • Larger battery, typically longer battery life
    • Access to volume control

Completely in the Canal (CIC)

CIC aids are the smallest type of hearing aid and one that is barely visible once placed in the ear. Generally, CICs are recommended for mild to moderate hearing losses and need a large enough canal to accommodate it.

    • Less noticeable
    • Smaller battery, need to change more often
    • No access to volume control

Bluetooth

How does it work?

Bluetooth technology automatically connects 2 devices to each other, wirelessly. Devices with Bluetooth technology connect to each other using radio transmissions instead of cables or wires making them wireless. Hearing aids now contain this type of technology. Hearing aids that have Bluetooth technology can connect to cellphones, television, automobile interfaces, landline phones, iPads, and computers. When hearing aids are connected to the cell phone, the phone can be used as a volume control and program changer.

In addition, patients can stream music, movies, and phone calls directly to their hearing aids up to 50 feet away. The Hearing Service Center works with hearing aid manufacturers that offer hearing aids that have this technology.

  • GN Resound

    Mission: “Lets you connect to the world around you in the most intuitive and natural way.
    We make this happen by developing hearing solutions that work with your individual ear anatomy to more closely mimic how sounds are naturally collected and delivered to your brain. This frees up your brain’s ‘hard drive’ for other activities rather than having to concentrate all your energy on listening.
    With a foundation of Organic Hearing, our hearing aids deliver the whole sound picture, so you can select the sounds you want to listen to – and tone down the ones you don’t.”

  • Oticon

    Mission: “People first is our promise to empower people to communicate freely, interact naturally and participate actively.” “Their devices work in harmony with your brain to recognize natural speech cues and keep competing noise or voices from distracting you, giving you a sense of quiet clarity.”

  • Phonak

    Mission: “We are sensitive to the needs of everyone who depends on our knowledge, ideas and care. And by creatively challenging the limits of technology, we develop innovations that help people hear, understand and experience more of life’s rich soundscapes. Interact freely. Communicate with confidence. Live without limit. Life is on.”

  • Widex

    Mission: “To provide the absolute best hearing aids and customer services. We offer the most advanced, natural sound on the market. Our products let people connect and communicate easily.”