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Always on the cutting edge of technology, Mt. State ENT has added in-house CT scans to our list of services. The MiniCAT™ CT system allows our providers an immediate diagnosis of your condition, thus allowing treatment planning to begin right away. With scan times of less than 40 seconds, forget the hassle of hospital registration, lengthy wait times and prolonged results. Our system is open, which will minimize claustrophobia and is wheelchair accessible.
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Beckley Surgery Center, which opened in 1999, is a free-standing, outpatient surgical facility located at 84 Brookshire Lane. Beckley Surgery Center provides cost-effective and one-on-one care to patients needing surgical services. The facility is accredited by both Medicare and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) and employs a highly qualified staff including; administrator, Lisa Sisk, RN, CAQH, CASC. Nine physicians with various specialties including otolaryngology, cosmetics, ophthalmology, podiatry, pain management and dentistry utilize the surgery center.
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With in-house, full time audiologists, Mt. State ENT is able to provide personalized care and offer the most current and up-to-date hearing aids that are available on today’s market. Appropriately chosen, properly fitted, and regularly checked, hearing aids can greatly improve the quality of life for hearing-impaired persons.
Mt. State ENT is able to offer:
 wide selection of hearing aids- programmable and digital ITE (in the ear), BTE (behind the ear), and ITC (in the canal-this is the smallest hearing aid available)
Blue-tooth technology available
competitive pricing
brand names such as Micro-tech, Starkey and Telex
in-office repairs
full range of batteries and accessories
audiologists with Doctorate or Masters Degree, Nationally certified, fully licensed, 30 years of experience
UMWA and WV Workers Compensation provider
“HEARING LOSS—DEFINED”
Comprehensive hearing tests are performed to determine the type and degree of hearing loss. The ear drum and Eustachian tube are also tested to determine that they are working properly.
Hearing loss can be conductive (due to faulty transmission of sound waves), sensorineural (faulty sound reception by nerve cells), or both.
Common causes of conductive (faulty transmission) hearing loss are wax blocking the ear, a perforated eardrum, or fluid in the ears.
Common reasons for sensorineural (faulty reception) hearing loss are long-term noise exposure, age-related changes, and ototoxic drugs. The most common cause of sensorineural deafness is aging--which produces presbycusis - literally, "old hearing." Those with “old hearing” often complain not only of hearing loss, but also of associated tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and sometimes dizziness.
Hearing loss can be:
mild - trouble in hearing ordinary conversation
moderate - where voices must be raised to be heard
severe- where people must shout to be heard.
It takes only a slight loss of hearing to make life difficult because although conversation is audible at low frequencies (deeper voices), it is not as easy to hear higher pitched voices.
Typically, with hearing loss, the ability to hear high sounds goes first so that there is trouble hearing birds or women's voices, followed by the loss of low-tone reception.
The elderly may have trouble hearing the phone ring or distinguishing consonants. The problem is particularly acute when there is a lot of background noise, as on a bus, at the dinner table, or when standing next to an open window facing traffic.
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Vestibular testing is offered for patients experiencing problems with balance or dizziness. There are a number of tests performed that help determine if there is something wrong with the vestibular (balance) portion of the inner ear. These tests can help isolate dizziness symptoms to a specific cause that can often be treated.
The VNG (videonystagmography) test is the "gold standard" for diagnosis of ear disorders affecting one ear at a time. The VNG test is a visual recording of the eyes during several short tests. The patient also has cool and warm air blown into their ears to cause a brief episode of dizziness. This will be used to determine whether or not dizziness may be due to inner ear disease.
If dizziness is not caused by the inner ear, it might be caused by the brain, by medical disorders such as low blood pressure, high blood pressure, or by psychological problems such as anxiety. To determine this, an ABR (auditory brainstem response) test may be performed. An ABR can also be performed to test hearing in a newborn or a patient with a physical handicap that is unable to participate in a standard hearing test.
ECoG’s are performed for patients who are suspected to have Meniere’s disease. Meniere's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes episodes of vertigo, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), a feeling of fullness or pressure in the ear, and fluctuating hearing loss.
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Videostroboscopy is one of the most state-of-art and practical techniques currently available for diagnosing throat problems. Videostroboscopy allows the physician to better understand the cause of hoarseness and/or voice changes, difficulty swallowing, etc. Combining fiberoptic endoscopy and strobe light technology, the videostrobe allows the physician to examine the throat and record findings with a tiny camera.
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Runny nose, itchy and watery eyes? Ask about allergy therapy! Whether you have seasonal or year-round allergies, our allergy technicians are always up-to-date with the latest allergy news and techniques, thus providing the best and most current care possible to our patients. The allergy department consists of two full-time allergy technicians, therefore making it possible to provide in-house allergy testing and treatment.
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