Local hearing care
Purchase is offices and a college campus, so hearing trouble here turns up at work before it turns up at dinner. A lecture hall from row twelve. A conference call with three people talking at once. Remote microphones and direct streaming handle both, and the audiologist demonstrates them in the room rather than describing them.
Practical appointment planning
Purchase sits in the Town of Harrison, and the practice's Harrison office at 550 Mamaroneck Ave is the location Purchase patients are booked into.
Harrison takes appointments weekdays, 8:30 to 5:00, on (914) 949-0034. If your problem is conference calls and headsets rather than restaurants, say so when you book, because that changes what gets tested and what gets demonstrated.
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.
Purchase is offices and a college campus, so hearing trouble here turns up at work before it turns up at dinner. A lecture hall from row twelve. A conference call with three people talking at once. Remote microphones and direct streaming handle both, and the audiologist demonstrates them in the room rather than describing them.
Distance and reverberation beat hearing aids more reliably than noise does. A microphone on the speaker is the fix. Programming alone will not get you there, and no amount of paying more for a device changes the physics of sitting twelve rows back.
Hybrid meetings mix a bad room microphone with a compressed connection. Streaming the call straight into both ears removes the room from the equation. Bring the hardware you actually work on so the pairing is tested here rather than discovered to be awkward later.
Road noise makes listening tiring even when you follow every word, and that fatigue is worth raising at the appointment. A passenger facing forward at speed is one of the harder everyday listening tasks there is, and a remote microphone solves it more completely than any program change.
Open-plan offices run a low continuous background that never quite stops, and the cost usually shows up as tiredness rather than as missed words. If you arrive home with nothing left for conversation, say so at the appointment. That is a symptom of effortful listening, not a personality trait.
Expertise & trust
Patients near Purchase, 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 Purchase, 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
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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.
No. Purchase sits inside the Town of Harrison, and the office at 550 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 407 is the one Purchase patients are booked into. It runs weekdays from 8:30 to 5:00 on (914) 949-0034.
Usually not on their own. Past a few feet, a hearing aid microphone collects as much room as it does speaker, and reverberation does the rest. The reliable fix is a remote microphone worn by or placed near the person talking, which sends their voice straight to your ears. Ask to try one before spending money on a device upgrade that will not address the distance.
Most current models can, either directly or through a small transmitter, and it makes a larger difference than people expect. Bring the laptop and phone you use for work to the appointment. Getting it paired and tested in the office is the difference between a feature you own and one you actually use.
If you live in or near Purchase, NY, call Audiology Associates of Westchester to confirm appointment availability and the best office for your needs.