Hearing care solution provider ‘Amplifon India’ has launched state-of-the-art hearing care clinic at Vijayawada city in Andhra Pradesh.

Spread over an area of approximately 650 square feet the newly launched clinic at Vijayawada is equipped with advanced diagnostics infrastructure which constitutes a furnished setup for all types of audiology tests, sound proof hearing test, patient counselling, hearing aid trial and fitting services. Along with this it also offers sufficient space and all the departments are monitored by CCTV cameras round the clock.  Apart from this the clinic also offers pure tone audiometry test, impedance audiometry, special tests, Oto acoustic emission test, hearing aid trial, speech therapy and free hearing screening.

The testing lab is laden with the latest equipment capable of performing multiple tests for speech and hearing. The testing lab also accommodates a bed for testing ‘Audiometry Brain-stem Responses’ in infants and instruments for middle ear analyzing for all age groups.

Established in the year 2010, Amplifon India is renowned for its international quality standards in hearing care solutions. In addition to this new facility in Vijayawada, Amplifon clinics are spread in 26 cities across India.

So far Amplifon has established 94 clinics in different states including Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Delhi.

At present Amplifon has set up 3 centres one each in Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and now in Vijayawada.  

Hearing loss is the third leading chronic disability following arthritis and hypertension. 9 out of every 10 children who are born deaf are born to parents who can hear. About 1 in 800 babies is born deaf, often because of genetic factors.  According to WHO 50 per cent of the factors that lead to hearing loss can be prevented.

Approximately one-third of the people over 65 years of age are affected by disabling hearing loss in India. With this new launch Amplifon India is all set to bridge the gap of healthcare in the hearing loss segment.