Professional Hearing Services in Lakewood
Serving the vibrant community of Lakewood and surrounding areas, Rainier Mobile Audiology is dedicated to delivering compassionate care and innovative solutions for improved hearing health, right in the comfort of your own home.
Why people choose Rainier Mobile Audiology in Lakewood, WA?
Welcome to Rainier Mobile Audiology, your trusted mobile audiology service serving Lakewood and the neighboring communities of Steilacoom, DuPont, and Spanaway for years. Led by Dr. Jeff Baller, a highly experienced Doctor of Audiology, we bring comprehensive hearing care directly to you. Our mobile clinic offers a wide range of services, including diagnostic hearing evaluations, personalized hearing aid consultations, expert fittings and programming, tinnitus management, and earwax removal.
What sets us apart is our commitment to using advanced, portable technology, such as Real Ear Measurements, ensuring precise tuning of hearing aids for optimal performance and comfort in your familiar surroundings. As an independent practice, we provide a variety of hearing aids from leading manufacturers to suit every lifestyle and budget. By choosing Rainier Mobile Audiology, you're opting for convenience without compromising on quality, allowing you to experience personalized, in-home care and reconnect with the sounds of life, wherever you call home in the Lakewood area.
Services in Lakewood
Hearing evaluations are the important first step on your journey to better hearing health. A hearing evaluation, determines the presence of a hearing loss, the type of hearing loss (conductive, sensorineural, etc.), the degree of hearing loss (mild, moderate, severe, profound), and the configuration of hearing loss (single-sided or binaural). From the results of your hearing evaluation, we will work with you to determine a comprehensive treatment plan that fits with your lifestyle.
Ear wax, or cerumen, is normal to have because it protects the ear drum. However, if enough builds up it, it becomes a problem that can cause a severe, instant hearing loss as soon as it becomes 100% plugged. Do not use Q-tips, this can pack it further down the ear canal, possibly pushing through the eardrum, causing severe pain. Dr. Baller is expertly trained to remove ear wax and foreign objects with the proper tools and techniques.
Our portable equipment allows us to perform all needed services on-site. We travel to Skilled Nursing facilities, Assisted Living facilities, Memory Care facilities, Retirement communities, private home visits, hospitals, offices, etc. For many people, travel to an office is not possible due to health reasons or travel challenges, we are here to help get you the hearing care you need in the comforts of your own home.
A hearing aid evaluation is the next step once it has been determined that you have a hearing loss that is treatable with hearing aids. The hearing aid evaluation is generally included in your comprehensive hearing evaluation. There is no additional charge for a hearing aid evaluation.
Commonly known as “ringing in the ears,” tinnitus can range from mildly annoying to debilitating. Tinnitus is when you hear a ringing, buzzing, humming, whooshing, or whistling sound in your ears or head when no external sound is present. We offer solutions to help alleviate the ringing in your ears and can help you overcome your symptoms of tinnitus.
We work with many different manufacturers to offer a wide range of hearing aids. After we've evaluated your hearing and assessed your capabilities and lifestyle listening needs, we recommend a range of hearing aid options that will be most helpful for your individual hearing loss. From the most advanced technology, to the most basic for essential listening needs, but something to fit every budget.
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 or we can send your hearing aids to the manufacturer for more complex repairs if necessary.
Live speech mapping is a test used to help during the hearing aid fitting process. Live speech mapping uses probe microphones and real-time speech to allow the patient and their family members to immediately see and understand the benefits of hearing aids and fitting adjustments.
Whether you've had your hearing aids for 1 year or 10 years, hearing can change over time. By reprogramming your devices, we can tune them up to your current hearing loss results, thereby, making the devices "essentially new". If the devices are in proper working order with no distortion, and the change in your hearing is not severe beyond the capabilities of the device, then they will sound much louder and clearer. You'll need to have a device that's one of the big 6 manufacturers (Signia, Starkey, Unitron, Widex, Phonak, Resound, Oticon) and not a locked franchise device.
We make hearing protection for musicians, hunters, racing, shooting, sleeping, swimming, pilots, concerts, etc. These can be solid, filtered, or professional devices, whatever your needs are, please protect your hearing for future well-being. For custom protection, we make ear impressions of your ear canals for a perfect fit and comfort.
Audiologist in Lakewood
Dr. Baller, Owner and practicing Audiologist, has been involved in mobile Audiology care since 1995. He received his Doctorate from the Arizona School of Health Sciences in 2009, his Masters degree from Lamar University in 1995. By tying best practices with empathy and practicality, Dr. Baller is a great listener and has the ability to find just the right solution for your own unique hearing demands.
He is dedicated to enhancing his patients' communication needs by providing uncompromising hearing healthcare. He has been married for 28 years, has 3 beautiful, happy children, and enjoys playing tennis, traveling, gardening, lake life, and exploring the beautiful PNW.
Hearing Aids in Lakewood
Features Own Voice Processing (OVP) for a natural perception of the wearer's voice, with advanced connectivity and automatic environmental adaptation for an optimized hearing experience.
