The Hearing Center Is Re-Opening!

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At The Hearing Center, we are gearing up to reopen our offices to our patients. We have taken this time as an opportunity to adapt our practice to the current environment. While we look forward to seeing everyone’s faces in person, we are going to ask all of our patients to join our doctors and staff in wearing masks for our in-person encounters. We thank you for your trust and look forward to exceeding your expectations!

Here is some of what we have been up to! 

  • We have been in local media educating the public on the challenges people with hearing loss will face in this new normal of a mask-wearing society. 

  • We have been sourcing PPE which will allow us to provide the safe environment that our patients, doctors, and staff will expect.

  • We have continued to service our patients and other facilities patients’ hearing aids. What this has meant is drop-off clean and check services, drop-off repair service, and cloud-based hearing aid adjustments. These are services that we will continue to offer and expand even as our offices open again. 

  • We have taken the opportunity to offer our patients video chats and tele-health appointments. This will also be a part of our practice going forward.  We will be able to set up consultation appointments via video chat. 

  • We have continued to be responsive to our patients needs via email and phone. 

  • We have reinforced our infection control protocols to assure a save environment for our patients and staff. 

  • We have converted all of our offices to fully electronic medical records.

  • We have been working on designing a see-through mask solution to assist with lip reading and visual cues.

At The Hearing Center, our goal is to provide the very best in hearing healthcare in a safe and comfortable environment. We look forward to welcoming you back to our practices soon!

Covid-19 Guidelines for The Hearing Center

Our practice takes the health of our patients and staff very seriously.  For this reason, we have implemented changes to allow for a safe reopening of our offices.  We have been able to procure enough PPE and have created procedures that we believe will allow for a safe reopening.  We have added additional infection control procedures in between each appointment.   If you are experiencing any symptoms of Covid-19, please contact your primary contact physician.  The Hearing Center does NOT offer Covid-19 testing. 

 

Here is Guidance from the CDC on Staying Healthy:

  • Wash your hands thoroughly and use alcohol-based hand sanitizers.

  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

  • Stay home when you’re sick and encourage family to do the same.

  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick.

  • Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, throw the tissue in the trash and immediately wash your hands. No tissue? Cough or sneeze into your elbow, not your hands.

  • Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces

Patient Appointments:

  • We will be offering our first appointments of the day to those in vulnerable populations

  • All patients will be asked Covid-19 screening questions

  • Patients will be required to respond to specific survey questions prior to their appointment

  • All patients and guests will be required to wear masks and sanitize their hands while in our offices.  If you do not have a mask, we will have new, reusable fabric masks available for purchase. 

  • All patients will be asked to wait in their cars and call our office when they arrive.  We will advise you when to come into the office.  The goal is to responsibly social distance. ***Please advise us ahead of time if you do not have a cellphone for further instruction***

  • All patient forms will be available on line at our website.  We ask patients to complete these forms ahead of their appointments and email them to us

  • We ask that only the patient enters the office suite.  1 parent or care-taker will be allowed into the office during the appointment.

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The Hearing Center Manalapan Is Partnering With Apple!

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The Hearing Center in Manalapan, NJ is very excited to announce that we will be partnering with Apple!

On Wednesday December 18, 9:00 am, at the Apple store in the Freehold mall, the Creative Pro team will be working with us, and offering a special class. This class is directed toward our patients with ‘Made for iPhone’ (Mfi) hearing aids.

At The Hearing Center we always strive to provide our patients with the best possible outcomes in their hearing healthcare. 

We lead such connected lives these days, and we want to make sure our patients make the most of the ‘Made for iPhone’ features of their hearing  aids. At the same time, iPhones have features specifically designed for those with hearing impairment.

We want to make sure our patients are maximizing the benefits of these advanced features. 

We look forward to seeing you at this very special event!

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The Hearing Center Advocates For Audiology Patient Choice

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[envira-gallery id="844"] The staff at The Hearing Center has been actively advocating for the Audiology Patient Choice act on behalf of our patients. Currently there is legislation in committee in both the House of Representatives and the Senate that will increase Medicare beneficiaries access to audiologists, with what is called ‘direct access’. Those bills HR 2276 and S.2575 will allow our patients with traditional Medicare to directly access our services.

Our staff met with the Newark, NJ staff of Senator Cory Booker in the summer. Just this past week we met with Congressman Leonard Lance of the 7th District of NJ at his Westfield office. Representative Lance voiced his support for the legislation.

It is of note that the APCA does not increase services currently offered by Medicare, and will NOT increase costs to the plan, it likely will reduce costs incurred by Medicare. Medicare advantage plans currently offer direct access to audiologists, unlike traditional Medicare. The act allows audiologists to practice within their scope of practice and to be reimbursed by Medicare for those services. Other Federal health benefit plans allow for direct access to audiologists. Reach out to your Senators and Representatives and ask them to support the APCA today!

We thank Dr. Judie Sandler for her 32 years of dedicated service!

We all would like to thank Dr. Judie Sandler for her 32 years of service at the hearing center. She spent countless hours assisting her patients to diagnose and treat their hearing loss. She is an original founder of The Hearing Center back in 1986! Through hard work and dedication, she has helped build The Hearing Center into the premier full service audiology private practice that it is today. While she will be stepping back, an no longer seeing patients on a daily basis, you will still see her around the office. Please reach out to us if you have any additional questions. We look forward to continuing to provide you the highest quality hearing health care. Appointments can be scheduled with audiologists, Dr. Perle, Dr. Elias, and Dr. Conte.

CALL US!

 

Manalapan:

732-462-8412

Clark:

732-574-3550

Somerset:

732-649-3317

Highland Park:

732-243-9444