Services

Diagnostic Hearing Tests for Children

Regrettably, the wait list for hearing assessments can be lengthy through the provincial audiology programs. Ears for Life specializes in children and will assess younger than any private practice audiologist in the province.

Diagnostic Hearing Tests for Adults

If you have had your hearing tested and you were told it was "normal" and you still struggle, you may have a functional hearing loss. An assessment at Ears for Life will differ from most hearing tests and investigate your concerns in a more in-depth manner.

First Nations Children

If you or your child is 17 years old and younger and identifies as First Nation with a Treaty Number or one parent with a Treaty Number, Ears for Life may be able to get our services covered through Jordan's Principle. Please contact for further details.

Information

Hearing Loss

Hearing loss happens at all ages not just with aging. Hearing is one of the main building blocks in a child's development. Did you know that 8-12% of school-age children have a permanent hearing loss but only 15% are diagnosed.

Auditory Processing Disorder

Auditory processing is what we do with what we hear. Hearing test may be "normal" but the individual is still not "understanding". A few possible signs of an Auditory processing weakness are difficulty understanding in noise, inattentiveness, difficulty with spelling, reading, and writing.

Auditory Training

Auditory processing can be weak due to an Auditory Processing Disorder, hearing loss, brain injury, and other factors. Auditory Training Therapy helps improve an individual’s ability to process auditory information. Auditory Training Therapy is curtailed to the individuals needs.

Tinnitus Management

Tinnitus can be referred to as “ringing in the ears”. However, it can take on various forms and is unique to each individual. It is important to understand that to understand tinnitus you have to understand how the brain creates tinnitus. There are a few approaches that are used to help reduce the severity of the tinnitus and it is specific to each person.

Hyperacusis

Hyperacusis can be described as a negative reaction to a sound which depends only on its physical characteristics (i.e., spectr

um, intensity).

Misophonia

Misophonia (Annoyance) can be described as a negative reaction to a sound with a specific pattern and meaning; physical characteristics are secondary. A person with misophonia may respond strongly to a soft sound with a specific pattern (e.g., a voice, the sounds of eating), but not react to other, even much louder sounds (e.g., loud music).

Decreased Sound Tolerance

Decreased Sound Tolerance may be present when an individual exhibits negative reactions following exposure to sound that would not evoke the same response in an average listener.