Academy of Otolaryngology Site Review

One of the Oldest Medical Associations in the Nation

www.entnet.org is the webpage containing information about hearing aids on the website of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Otolaryngologists are also called Ear Nose Throat Doctors. The website has advice for the hearing aid buyer in a simple question and answer form.

The main content of the website is answering common queries on hearing aids. It first discusses the types of hearing impairment – conductive and sensorineural.

The next answer is to the question of where the patient can buy hearing aids and the fact that federal law prohibits the purchase of a hearing aid without a prescription if under eighteen.

The third answer is a bout the cost of hearing aid and why buying a cheap hearing aid can cause costly repairs and possible malfunction.

The different styles of hearing aids are described and whether the patient requires hearing aids in both ears. A useful guide to the questions a patient should ask before purchasing a hearing aid and how a patient should learn wearing the hearing aid are given in easy to understand language.

The website is by the professional academy of ENT specialists and does not contain information or comparisons of commercially available hearing aids.

The menu consists of an, About Us page, a Health Info page, a virtual museum showing the history of the medical and surgical care of the ear, nose, throat, head and neck, a press page for the press to contact the staff of the academy, and a kids ENT page.

There is a detailed sitemap and a search option that helps the visitor link to the area of interest quickly and efficiently. . The contact link has links to a database of ENT doctors, the health info page and gives the postal address of the academy.

There is a talk to the physician option as well.

The website has been updated in 2007 and the contents are current. The web site is informative and easy to understand. There is no link or series of links to pages that the visitor has to visit to answer the various questions regarding hearing aids.

Everything you want to know about hearing aids is in a page and the website is just what the ENT doctor ordered.

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