Megan Guidry, AuD

Hearing Aid Audiologist

Dr. Megan Guidry is a Hearing Aid Audiologist in Metairie, LA with special training and skill in evaluating, diagnosing, treating, and managing hearing loss and balance disorders in adults and children. As a Hearing Aid Audiologist, Megan Guidry, AuD performs exams on ear anatomy and physiology, then prescribes and manages amplification devices, cochlear implants, and auditory rehabilitation. Audiology (Hearing Aid Fitting) is the treatment and management of hearing loss and balance disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Hearing Aid Audiologists include hearing loss, balance disorders and tinnitus. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Hearing Aid Audiologists include hearing exams, hearing aid fittings, treatment for balance disorders and tinnitus, as well as hearing and speech rehabilitation.

An audiologist/hearing aid fitter is the professional who specializes in evaluating and treating people with hearing loss, conducts a wide variety of tests to determine the exact nature of an individual's hearing problem, presents a variety of treatment options to patients, dispenses and fits hearing aids, administers tests of balance to evaluate dizziness and provides hearing rehabilitation training. This classification should be used where individuals are licensed as "audiologist-hearing aid fitters" as opposed to states that license individuals as "audiologists".