Purpose

The purpose of this program is to meet the need for long-term and consistent hearing technology support that is so necessary in underserved rural communities.

• All hearing instruments require tri-monthly cleaning and maintenance service to ensure sound level stability, sound quality and overall proper function.
• Hearing device users require annual re-testing as hearing can deteriorate over time. When hearing deterioration occurs, timely hearing device reprogramming must follow in order to match the technology with current hearing ability.
• Hearing device users require periodic retraining in proper use and care of their hearing systems.
• Hearing instrument users derive best long term results from hearing instruments when they have easy access to repair services during inevitable breakdowns.

Who Should Visit The Mobile Dispensary & Service Center?

• Patients who suspect hearing loss
• Patients with known hearing loss who require hearing devices
• Patients who have hearing devices purchased from Central Oregon Audiology
• Patients who have hearing devices purchased elsewhere

Why We Provide a Mobile Dispensary

We provide a mobile dispensary to fulfill our promise of exceptional value. As a practice completely committed to successful patient outcomes and patient satisfaction, we offer this additional and unsurpassed layer of care.

Cost

Many of the services received in the Mobile Clinic are completely FREE of charge, including hearing tests.

How to Schedule Appointments

The mobile will make a monthly visit to your area. The Harney District Hospital hosts this service on the 3rd Monday of each month. Please call for an appointment to confirm the dates at 541.389.6669 and request the mobile date for your community. Your doctor's office will also know the dates.

• Hearing Screening
• Hearing Threshold Testing
• Reporting and Medical Referral
• Referral for Diagnostic Audiology or Ear, Nose and Throat
• Hearing Technology:
  • Evaluation
  • Recommendation
  • Fitting and Dispensing
  • Programming and Reprogramming
  • Cleaning, Maintenance and Repair
  • Objective Technology Measurement and Objective
  • Verification of Appropriate Fitting Results
    
    

What the Mobile Dispensary is Not

The mobile dispensary and service center is not a pediatric or diagnostic Audiology facility. Our clinics in Redmond and Bend are staffed with Certified Clinical Audiologists, and patients who require this level of service will be referred to the clinics. The mobile dispensary is staffed with a licensed hearing device dispenser who has been a long term provider for Central Oregon Audiology and works as a team with the Audiologists. The mobile dispensary is not staffed with personnel certified to assess children under the age of 18.