Local hearing care
On the lake it is wind and engine noise. In the house it is the ringing that turns up once the boat is out of the water for the season. Mahopac patients bring both down to Somers, often in the same appointment, and the two are more related than they look.
Practical appointment planning
Mahopac patients come down NY 100 to the Somers office at 325 NY 100 for hearing tests, hearing aid fittings, tinnitus appointments, and repairs.
Somers is the nearer of the practice's two offices for southern Putnam. Monday through Wednesday all day, Friday until 2:30, closed Thursday, on (914) 556-6720. Bring the hearing aids you already own even if they are old, because what you liked and did not like about them shapes the next fitting.
Bring notes about where hearing feels hardest — restaurants, phone calls, family conversations, commuting, outdoor activity, tinnitus, or hearing aid comfort — so the visit can focus on the situations that matter most.
On the lake it is wind and engine noise. In the house it is the ringing that turns up once the boat is out of the water for the season. Mahopac patients bring both down to Somers, often in the same appointment, and the two are more related than they look.
Wind across a hearing aid microphone is a roar, and an outboard at speed is loud enough to matter over a summer. Wind handling varies a lot between models, so compare before you commit rather than discovering the difference in July.
A gas mower sits near 90 decibels and a chainsaw runs well past it. Custom plugs are molded from an impression taken in the office and still let a shout through. Ringing that lasts past the end of the job belongs in a tinnitus appointment rather than in the category of things you put up with.
The passenger faces forward, the road covers the consonants, and you cannot lip-read at the wheel. A remote microphone clipped to the passenger solves more of this than any program change. It is small, it is inexpensive next to the aids themselves, and almost nobody is offered one.
Southern Putnam gets very quiet after the summer, and quiet is when tinnitus is at its loudest because there is nothing left to mask it. That is why the calls cluster in the autumn. The hearing test comes first, since hearing loss is often what is feeding the ringing.
Expertise & trust
Patients near Mahopac, NY are seen at our Somers, NY office at 325 NY 100, Somers, NY 10589. Every hearing evaluation and hearing aid fitting is performed by a New York State–licensed Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) on our team — the same clinicians who provide diagnostic testing, real-ear verification, tinnitus care, and follow-up across Westchester. Where Mahopac, NY is a service area rather than a physical office, we say so plainly and point you to the nearest location.
Partner, Doctor of Audiology
Au.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine · Tinnitus-certified (CH-TM) · musician-focused care
View profile: Dr. Jennifer Ratner, Au.D.Partner, Doctor of Audiology
Au.D., Salus University · Lyric invisible extended-wear devices · Tinnitus management (CH-TM)
View profile: Dr. Kira Savin, Au.D.Lead Audiologist, Doctor of Audiology
Au.D., Vanderbilt · cochlear implants, cerumen removal & ASL · White Plains native
View profile: Dr. Caitlin Dold, Au.D.Diagnostic hearing evaluations that help identify hearing needs and next steps.
Personalized hearing aid selection, fitting, verification, and follow-up care.
Patient-centered tinnitus support and management options.
Custom hearing protection for musicians, work, recreation, and daily life.
Troubleshooting, cleaning, adjustment, and repair support for hearing aids.
It is a short run down NY 100, and Somers is the nearer of the practice's two offices for southern Putnam by a wide margin. It runs Monday through Wednesday all day and Friday until 2:30, closed Thursday, on (914) 556-6720.
Moisture is one of the most common reasons a hearing aid stops working, and a summer of lake use is harder on a device than a winter indoors. It is manageable rather than disqualifying: a drying kit, a consistent storage habit, and regular cleaning at the office deal with most of it. Say how you use them at the fitting, because it should influence which model is recommended.
Yes, even if they are old and even if you disliked them. What you liked and did not like about them is the most useful information in the room, and it shapes the next fitting more than any brochure will. Bring the chargers too. Some of what gets written off as device failure turns out to be wax in the receiver.
If you live in or near Mahopac, NY, call Audiology Associates of Westchester to confirm appointment availability and the best office for your needs.