Local hearing care
A film at the Jacob Burns is a good test of your hearing and a bad place to find out the result. Dialogue sits under the music, the room is dark so there is no lip-reading, and you cannot ask the person beside you. If that has started happening, book a diagnostic test before the next season.
Practical appointment planning
Pleasantville patients are seen at the Harrison office at 550 Mamaroneck Ave for diagnostic hearing care, hearing aids, and tinnitus appointments.
Pleasantville falls between the two offices. Harrison is the one listed for it and is open weekdays on (914) 949-0034; Somers, on (914) 556-6720, may be the easier drive depending on which side of town you live on. Say which you want when you call.
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.
A film at the Jacob Burns is a good test of your hearing and a bad place to find out the result. Dialogue sits under the music, the room is dark so there is no lip-reading, and you cannot ask the person beside you. If that has started happening, book a diagnostic test before the next season.
Film and theatre remove every visual cue you had been using without noticing you were using it. Cinemas and theatres are required to provide assistive listening systems, and hearing aids with a telecoil can pick them up. Ask the venue what it has and ask the audiologist whether your devices have a telecoil.
Outdoor events and amplified music are worth protecting against, and custom plugs are molded from an impression taken in the office. Ringing the next morning is the signal to book, not to wait. Repeated episodes matter more than any single loud evening.
Close tables, background music, and announcements you cannot have repeated. Ordinary problems with ordinary fixes, once the fitting is verified in your own ear rather than assumed from the fitting software.
Switching the subtitles on at home is the most common unacknowledged sign of hearing loss there is. It is a sensible adaptation and worth keeping, but it is also information. If you have stopped being able to watch anything without them, that belongs in the case history.
Expertise & trust
Patients near Pleasantville, NY are seen at our Harrison, NY office at 550 Mamaroneck Ave, Suite 407 (4th floor), Harrison, NY 10528. 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 Pleasantville, 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 small copper coil inside a hearing aid that picks up sound from a venue's assistive listening loop and delivers it straight to your ears without the room in between. In a cinema or theatre it is often the difference between following the dialogue and reconstructing it afterwards. Not every model includes one, so if seated venues matter to you, say so before you choose devices rather than after.
Harrison is the one listed, at 550 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 407, weekdays on (914) 949-0034. Somers, on (914) 556-6720, may be the easier drive depending on which side of town you are on. Say which you want when you call.
Yes, and it is a better reason than most. Needing subtitles for ordinary dialogue is a practical measure of speech clarity rather than loudness, which is exactly what age-related hearing loss takes first. It is worth mentioning at the appointment, because it gives the audiologist something concrete to check the fitting against later.
If you live in or near Pleasantville, NY, call Audiology Associates of Westchester to confirm appointment availability and the best office for your needs.