Restaurant rooms and street noise
A busy dining room defeats more hearing aids than any other everyday setting. Speech-in-noise testing at the evaluation predicts how you will actually do there, which a tone test cannot.
Harrison550 Mamaroneck Ave, Suite 407 (4th floor)(914) 949-0034
Somers325 NY 100(914) 556-6720
Local hearing care
Port Chester is loud in a way the rest of the Sound Shore is not. The Capitol Theatre puts amplified music into the middle of the village, and the restaurants around it run full rooms and hard surfaces. A good half of the hearing conversations here are about protecting what you have rather than amplifying it.
Practical appointment planning
Port Chester patients use the Harrison office at 550 Mamaroneck Ave, which is the closer of the practice's two locations to the Sound Shore and the Connecticut line.
Harrison books hearing tests, hearing aid work, and custom earplug impressions on weekdays, 8:30 to 5:00. Call (914) 949-0034. Musicians and staff who work the Capitol Theatre floor should ask specifically about musician's plugs, which are a different product from ordinary protection.
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.
Port Chester is loud in a way the rest of the Sound Shore is not. The Capitol Theatre puts amplified music into the middle of the village, and the restaurants around it run full rooms and hard surfaces. A good half of the hearing conversations here are about protecting what you have rather than amplifying it.
A busy dining room defeats more hearing aids than any other everyday setting. Speech-in-noise testing at the evaluation predicts how you will actually do there, which a tone test cannot.
Ringing or muffled hearing the morning after a show is a warning, not a souvenir. Custom musician's plugs lower the whole level evenly so the music still sounds like music. If you work the room rather than visit it, get the impression taken this month.
Traffic and platform noise are constant and low, and adaptive settings cut the fatigue they cause more than they improve the words.
Following a second language takes more of the signal than following your first, so hearing loss costs you more there. Say which languages you use when you book, and Dr. Dold is proficient in American Sign Language if that is relevant to your family.
Expertise & trust
Patients near Port Chester, 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 Port Chester, NY is a service area rather than a physical office, we say so plainly and point you to the nearest location.
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Au.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine · Tinnitus-certified (CH-TM) · musician-focused care
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View profileDiagnostic 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.
At Harrison, NY Location at 550 Mamaroneck Ave, Suite 407 (4th floor), Harrison, NY 10528. A first appointment is a full diagnostic evaluation rather than a screening: case history, otoscopy, air and bone thresholds, and speech testing, with the results explained to you in the same visit. Call (914) 949-0034 to book one.
Common needs for Port Chester patients include hearing tests, custom and musician hearing protection, hearing aids, hearing aid repair, and tinnitus appointments. Core services include hearing testing, hearing aid fitting, tinnitus therapy, hearing protection, hearing aid repair, and hearing aid education.
Yes, though the setting decides how. For restaurant rooms and street noise we build a dedicated program around that situation rather than turning everything up, verify it against your own ear with a probe microphone, and adjust it at the follow-up once you have lived with it. If it still is not working then, we change it.
Yes, and live music and the ringing that follows it is exactly the case custom protection is made for. Plugs are taken from impressions of your own ears, so musicians, shooters, swimmers and people working around machinery each get a different filter. Tinnitus care runs out of the Harrison office, where several of our audiologists hold the American Board of Audiology's tinnitus certificate.
Yes. Nearby communities connected to this service area include Rye Brook, Rye, Greenwich, and Harrison. Port Chester is part of the Westchester County, NY service area. Both offices see patients from across the county, so book whichever is the easier drive for you.
If you live in or near Port Chester, NY, call Audiology Associates of Westchester to confirm appointment availability and the best office for your needs.