Carolina Audiology Associates

David Mize received his training in audiology at the University of Mississippi receiving his under graduate degree in Education and a Master's degree in Audiology. He completed his formal education at the University of Florida with a Doctorate in Audiology. In 1980, Nash General Hospital recruited David for a position in the Speech and Hearing Department.

The hearing test was created as a medical model to differentiate between various disorders of the ear. It aids us in determining the type of treatment which would be most beneficial to the patient. There are two parts to the hearing test, Speech testing and Pure-Tone testing.

The speech portion gives us information about how loud speech has to be before the patient can hear it and how well the person can understand once speech is made loud enough.Pure-Tones tell us how sensitive the ear is to various frequencies. The open platform design of today's Hearing aids allows us to fit the "person" not just the 'hearing loss'.

The newest hearing aids are called either Receiver-In-The- Ear (RIE) or Receiver in the canal (RIC). These aids fit discreetly behind the ear and have a small receiver or speaker in the ear. The receiver is attached to the aid by a thin wire. For those wanting a more traditional hearing aid, we offer custom in the canal and the new IIC which is a deep insertion aid that is almost completely invisible.