{"id":147,"date":"2019-07-25T19:02:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T23:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virginiahearingcenter.fm1.dev\/what-is-a-neurotologist\/"},"modified":"2020-01-29T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T23:07:37","slug":"what-is-a-neurotologist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/virginiahearingcenter.com\/about-us\/what-is-a-neurotologist\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Neurotologist?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong>Neuro-otologist and\nAudiologist working together?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Neuro-otology&nbsp;is\nan area of medicine which studies and treats disorders of the&nbsp;WHOLE&nbsp;ear.&nbsp;It\nis a subspecialty of&nbsp;otolaryngology,&nbsp;commonly referred to as Ear Nose and\nThroat (ENT), and is closely related to&nbsp;otology, and also draws on the fields of&nbsp;neurology&nbsp;and&nbsp;neurosurgery&nbsp;(study of the brain).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ENT\u2019s generally work with\nouter ear concerns, Otology generally refers to the treatment of middle ear\ndisease and resultant&nbsp;conductive hearing loss, whereas neurotology refers\nto treatment of inner ear conditions, or hearing and balance disorders. To put\nit simply Neurotology specializes in the WHOLE ear \u2013 outer, middle and inner\nparts of the ear. These specialists also work closely with&nbsp;audiologists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Audiologists are the\nprimary health-care professionals who evaluate, diagnose, treat, and manage\nhearing loss and balance disorders in adults and children.&nbsp; They treat all\nages and types of hearing loss: the elderly, adults, teens, children, and infants.\nAudiologist can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Prescribe, fit, and dispense hearing\naids and other amplification and hearing assistance technologies.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Design and implement hearing\nconservation programs and newborn hearing screening programs<\/li><li>Provide hearing rehabilitation\ntraining such as auditory training and listening skills improvement<\/li><li>Assess and treat individuals:<ul><li>with central auditory processing disorders<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>with tinnitus (noise in the ear, such as ringing)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Doctor\nof Audiology<\/strong>&nbsp;(Au.D.) is a professional degree for an&nbsp;audiologist. The Au.D. program is\ndesigned to produce audiologists who are skilled in providing diagnostic,\nrehabilitative, and other services associated with hearing, balance, tinnitus\nmanagement, and related&nbsp;audiological&nbsp;fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the Virginia Hearing Center is so closely tied with the Balance and Ear Center and the Neuro-otologists Dr Fred and Wayne Shaia, we have opted to only employ Audiologists vs Hearing Instrument Specialists. We feel the four years of graduate school needed to earn their doctorate on the WHOLE ear provides a more satisfied outcome for the hearing loss treatment plans prescribed.\u00a0 Audiologist have a strong understanding of how and what will affect an individual\u2019s hearing, not just the ins and outs of a particular hearing device.\u00a0 Coupling that understanding with the vast amount of experience in coaching, and training individuals; we feel our patients are getting the best possible solution for their individual needs.\u00a0 \u00a0We spend just as much time learning about our patient\u2019s individual live style goals as we do on their hearing loss.\u00a0 Understanding how a patient\u2019s hearing can affect their goals will help ensure the correct hearing device is proposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call <span class=\"company-name \">Virginia Hearing Center<\/span> at <a href=\"tel:+18042883277\" class=\"phone \"> <span class=\"phNum\">(804) 288-3277<\/span><\/a> for more information or to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neuro-otologist and Audiologist working together?&nbsp; Neuro-otology&nbsp;is an area of medicine which studies and treats disorders of the&nbsp;WHOLE&nbsp;ear.&nbsp;It is a subspecialty of&nbsp;otolaryngology,&nbsp;commonly referred to as Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), and is closely related to&nbsp;otology, and also draws on the fields of&nbsp;neurology&nbsp;and&nbsp;neurosurgery&nbsp;(study of the brain).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ENT\u2019s generally work with outer ear concerns, Otology generally refers to the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":111,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is a Neurotologist? 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