Audiology Hearing Clinic
About Western's Hearing Clinic
Western Washington University's Audiology Hearing donation-based clinic provides:
- Hearing Aid Bank
- Individual and group speech/language therapy and treatment
- Comprehensive evaluations and assessments
- Parent training and coaching
- Consultation to individuals, agencies and school systems
Who We Treat
We treat patients of all ages, offering comprehensive audiology and hearing services for diagnosis and therapy.
About our Clinic
Western’s Hearing Clinic offers valuable services to individuals with hearing disorders and their families from Bellingham and nearby communities.
Faculty, clinical educators, and supervised students share their clinical expertise in our on-site clinic and various offsite facilities. The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) provides over 6000 hours of clinical services annually to people in the Whatcom community.
In addition, during their internships our graduate student clinicians collectively contribute almost 10,000 hours of clinical service per year while working in the public schools and medical settings throughout the region.
Audiology Services
We serve patients of all ages
We offer services to infants, children, adolescents and adults.
Our services include:
- Complete audiological assessment to determine the presence, type and severity of hearing impairment. Otoacoustic emissions, electrophysiologic testing and other assessments are conducted to determine candidacy for amplification and/or referral for medical evaluations.
- Evaluation to guide selection of appropriate amplification including hearing aids, assistive listening devices and cochlear implants.
- Central auditory processing assessment and treatment.
- Communication assessment for individuals with hearing disorders
- Balance testing for adults and children.
- Tinnitus testing and treatment.
- Family-centered individual and group aural (re)habilitation to improve listening and overall communication skills for individuals who use hearing aids and/or implantable devices.
- Hearing aid and assistive listening device consultation, demonstration, recommendations, and sales.
- Hearing aid and specialty earmold fabrication (musician's plugs, swim plugs, monitors, and iPodmolds).
- Consultation