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Audiology · Anchorage, Alaska

Alaska is loud.Your ears keep the receipt.

Snowmachines, chainsaws, rifles, floatplanes. Nobody up here gets out quiet. We test hearing in Anchorage and help you hold on to what you have.

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Hearing tests
Hearing aids
Tinnitus management
Ear wax removal
Hearing aid repairs

A plowed road outside Anchorage in cold, bright morning light — Winter light on the Chugach · Anchorage, Alaska

The local noise index

Typical levels for the sounds Anchorage works around, ordered quietest to loudest. The bars are drawn to scale against a 120 dB rifle shot. If your week sits near the bottom of this list, a baseline hearing test is the sensible next step.

30 dB A quiet room Where tinnitus becomes audible — the floor you notice when everything else stops.
55 dB Conversation Normal speech at arm's length. The level a hearing test is built around.
70 dB Plow at dawn A grader working your street before the commute. Sustained, low and easy to ignore.
85 dB Chainsaw The level where hearing protection stops being optional and starts being the point.
95 dB Floatplane on the water Takeoff from a lake, close enough to feel in your chest. Short bursts still count.
105 dB Snowmachine Full throttle on a long trail, weekend after weekend, all season.
120 dB Rifle, no hearing protection One shot can do permanent damage. This is the top of the ruler for a reason.

The quiet end is where the trouble starts.

Hearing damage is cumulative and painless. A snowmachine at full throttle, a chainsaw in a woodpile, a rifle without plugs — each one spends a little of a fixed budget. When the noise stops and you still hear ringing, that is your noise floor, and it is worth measuring.

What to do about it

Three straight answers, in order. Come in and get a baseline, clear a blockage, and treat the ringing if it has already set in. Any of the three can be your first appointment.

01 / Test

Hearing test

A full hearing evaluation with a clear read on where your hearing sits today. Baseline first, so every future test has something honest to compare against.

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02 / Treat

Tinnitus management

For the ringing that shows up when the snowmachine stops. Practical management, not a promise to cure it — and a clear plan you can live with.

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03 / Clear

Ear wax removal

Sometimes blockage is the whole story. We check first, take care of the wax, and tell you plainly when that was all it took.

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Hearing aids, browsed plainly

Four things we handle at the clinic. Bring the list to your appointment and we will match the fit to your loss, your hands and your winter.

Behind the ear

BTE

A durable body worn behind the ear with a tube to an earmold. A common choice for a fuller range of hearing loss and for rough, cold, everyday use.

Fits broad hearing loss

Receiver in canal

RIC

Small and light behind the ear with a thin wire into the canal. Discreet without giving up power, and easy to handle with your gloves off.

Discreet, easy to fit

In the ear

Custom ITE

A custom shell built to your ear, with controls you can reach and a fit that does not shift under a hat.

Custom-molded shell

Repairs

Caring for what you own

Cleaning, tubing and maintenance on the aids you already have — plus a look at anything that stopped working after a cold snap.

Service on existing aids

Not sure which style fits? Start with a hearing test and we will walk through the options at your appointment.

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Sound Harbor Audiology

A hearing clinic built for people who live loud

We are an audiology practice in Anchorage, working with the ears this state actually produces — trappers, pilots, tradespeople, hunters, grandparents and everyone in between.

No lecture. You come in, we measure, and you leave knowing where you stand and what your options are. If a wax blockage is the whole story, we will tell you that and take care of it.

Hearing tests
Hearing aids
Tinnitus management
Ear wax removal
Hearing aid repairs

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Close detail of hearing aid care and tubing on a workbench

Cleaning, tubing and repairs for the aids you already own.

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Book the baseline.

Tell us what you work around and we will set up the right appointment — a hearing test, a tinnitus consult, ear wax removal or a hearing aid repair.

01Hearing tests and full evaluations, with a clear read on your current hearing.
02Ear wax removal when blockage is the likely cause.
03Tinnitus management and ear wax removal, explained without the jargon.
04Hearing aid fittings, adjustments and repairs on existing aids.

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Anchorage, Alaska · Sound Harbor Audiology