Joseph OR
Local Hearing Care & Audiology Experts for Joseph, OR
Initially Silver Lake or Lake City, the city of Joseph was renamed in honor of the famous Nez Perce leader, Chief Joseph who fought for the homeland of his people after the US government began to displace them to a reservation in northern Idaho in the 1880s. Joseph, OR saw a boom in the early 1900s thanks to the arrival of the railroad and the establishment of a lumber mill.
The collapse of the timber industry and closing of the lumber mill in the 1980s gave rise to the establishment of three bronze foundries in a community that saw a sharp economic decline. Tourism, which attracts visitors to Wallowa Lake and the campgrounds and trailheads of the Wallowa Mountains plays a critical role in keeping Joseph alive today, as do annual celebrations, like Chief Joseph Days Rodeo in late July, Bronze, Blues and Brews in August, and Alpenfest in September, a Swiss-Bavarian festival staged in Joseph and at nearby Wallowa Lake.
Since 1982, the hearing health of La Grande, OR and nearby communities has been the primary focus of Audiology & Hearing Aid Associates, earning the respect of thousands of people, families, organizations and physicians as the area's most trusted hearing care and audiology experts.
Individuals in Joseph, Wallowa County and communities throughout Northeast Oregon reap the benefits of our methodical process and industry best practices that are tailored to your unique needs and circumstances not only for better hearing, but a better quality of life.
At A&HAA were doing more than just selling you hearing aids and hearing technology. Our audiologists provide full-service hearing care that includes comprehensive hearing assessments, customized treatment plans, tinnitus management, earwax removal and hearing aid repair in our La Grande office, your car or the comfort of your Joseph home.
The Journey to Better Hearing Starts with a Comprehensive Hearing Assessments
Hearing loss often comes on slowly over months and years without you being aware of it, but its damage is irreversible and can lead to additional negative mental and physical health conditions, such as dementia and balance disorders when left untreated.
Comprehensive hearing examinations are diagnostic examinations of your ears and hearing, which are able to identify both temporary and permanent hearing challenges as well as other medical conditions often associated with hearing loss.
Though not all hearing challenges require hearing aids, a comprehensive hearing assessment provides the necessary data to select and program the right hearing device to serve your unique hearing needs.
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Advanced Hearing Aid Technology to Give Your Hearing a Boost
Prescription hearing aids are not the only solution available to manage hearing loss, but they provide significant benefits to those with permanent hearing loss who need to give their hearing a boost.
If your hearing loss requires some help from technology, then there are many really amazing, advanced hearing solutions available in smaller, lighter weight, and more powerful hearing devices with digital technology that far exceeds that of hearing instruments from a few decades past.
The broad range of features, levels of technology, and styles are nothing like those stigmatized hearing aids your parents or grandparents struggled with, allowing hearing aid use to go virtually unnoticed to those around you, but providing you with greater independence and a richer, more rewarding quality of life.
Find out more about the advanced hearing aid technology we have available.
Safe Professional Earwax Removal for Northeast Oregon
Are your ears feeling a bit full or stuffy? Muffled sounds, pressure, and aching in your ears are common signs associated with impacted earwax.
We understand that earwax buildup is frustrating and irritating, but before you start digging in your ears with a cotton swab, take a moment to understand that you are likely to do more harm than good by trying to manage earwax without the help of an audiology professional.
Earwax is nature’s janitorial service for your ears. It is designed to remove the dirt, debris, fungi, and bacteria from the ear canal to help prevent infection of your eardrum and outer ear. However, when it builds up and becomes impacted, you can not only damage the structures of your ear but upset the natural pH balance that helps keep your ears healthy.
Our earwax removal professionals have helped hundreds of individuals in Northeast Oregon get the relief they need from impacted earwax using safe, professional earwax removal techniques and technologies.
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Northeast Oregon’s Cochlear Implant Specialists
Permanent hearing loss impacts the lives of millions of people of all ages in all parts of the world. Most of them find the solution to their hearing challenges and a better quality of life from hearing aids, but there are some who require an alternative solution to improve hearing clarity when hearing aids aren’t enough.
Children or adults hoping to improve hearing clarity and more natural sound turn to our audiologists to facilitate better communication and better hearing using cochlear implants. These surgically implanted electronic devices can enhance hearing clarity in order to elevate speech and language processing abilities in children as young as six to twelve months on up to adolescents and adults.
Although cochlear implant technology has been around since the 1970s, few people truly understand what it is, how it is used, and who reaps the most benefits from it.
Find out more about cochlear implants and how they are used.
