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Hearing Loss Treatment
The Signs Most People Miss First
Hearing loss rarely announces itself. It shows up as restaurants getting harder, the television creeping up, and family repeating themselves more than they used to. Hearing loss treatment in Glen Burnie, MD starts with knowing what you are dealing with, because the cause matters: aging, cumulative noise, genetics, ear infections, medications, and conditions like diabetes all leave different fingerprints. Loss can be sensorineural, conductive, or mixed, in one ear or both.
Dr. Britney Ometz, Au.D.
Owner & Audiologist
What Waiting Actually Costs You
Straining to decode half-heard speech is work, and research links that untreated effort to social withdrawal, depression, and faster cognitive decline, including a higher risk of dementia. Well-fitted hearing aids keep the auditory pathway busy. This is why Dr. Ometz tells patients from Pasadena, Severn, and Millersville that it is never too soon to start: nobody is told to wait until their hearing gets worse before doing something about it.
Patient Reviews
Anne Arundel Audiology holds a 5.0-star rating across 197 Google reviews from Glen Burnie patients and their families.
It Is Never Too Soon to Start Hearing Better
Glen Burnie patients rate Dr. Ometz 5.0 stars across 197 reviews for unhurried, doctor-led care built around your hearing goals.
Serving Glen Burnie & Northern Anne Arundel County
Visit Us in Glen Burnie
You will find us in Suite 509 of Crain Towers on Crain Highway, next door to Crab Town USA and around the corner from UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center.
- 410-766-6320
- Fax: 410-755-8766
- [email protected]
- Doctor-owned, women-owned hearing clinic
- Every visit with Dr. Britney Ometz, Au.D.
- Real Ear Measurement verification on every fitting
- All major insurances accepted, including Medicare
- Wheelchair accessible entrance and parking
“Dr Ometz had a very welcoming personality to this second time patient. I saw her for the utilization of a new device to remove excess wax from my ears...I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her for an audiology evaluation and hearing aid devices if needed.”— Don T., Verified Google Review
Anne Arundel Audiology
Hearing Clinic1600 Crain Hwy S., Suite 509, Glen Burnie, MD 21061
| Monday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hearing Loss FAQs
What people ask when their hearing starts changing: the earliest warning signs, the common causes, whether any of it can be reversed, and how to protect the hearing you still have.
The early signs of hearing loss are mostly situational rather than dramatic. You ask people to repeat themselves, you lose the thread in a busy restaurant or a full family kitchen, the television sits louder than anyone else wants it, consonants blur so everyone sounds like they are mumbling, and you start skipping the gatherings that used to be easy.
Because the change builds over years, the people around you usually notice before you do. A comprehensive hearing evaluation at our Glen Burnie office settles the question with an audiogram instead of a guess, and you leave knowing what your hearing is actually doing. Call 410-766-6320 to book one.
The leading driver in older adults is age-related hearing loss (presbycusis), the gradual change that happens inside the inner ear over decades. Running close behind is noise-induced hearing loss from power tools, motorcycles, firearms, concerts, and noisy trades, all of which wear down the hair cells that pick up sound. Ear infections, head injuries, genetics, ototoxic medications, and conditions like diabetes or heart disease add their own share.
In most patients several of these stack together. A full diagnostic evaluation at Anne Arundel Audiology separates the layers and points toward treatment. When the cause is medical rather than audiological, you leave with a written referral to take to your primary care provider or an ENT.
It depends entirely on which part of the ear is involved. Conductive losses often are reversible, because the problem sits in the outer or middle ear: impacted wax, fluid behind the eardrum, an infection, or a bone or membrane issue an ENT can address. Clear the blockage and the hearing generally comes back.
Sensorineural loss is different. The hair cells of the inner ear do not regenerate, so that hearing does not return. It can be treated effectively with properly fitted and verified hearing aids, which is a real outcome even though it is not a cure. Testing is what tells the two apart, and it is the reason guessing at home is a poor substitute for an audiogram.
Cover your ears wherever the volume climbs: power tools, motorcycles, firearms, lawn equipment, fitness classes, and live music. Foam plugs work in a pinch. Custom hearing protection made from an impression of your own ear gives you predictable noise reduction you can wear for hours, which matters for anyone whose work or hobbies regularly cross 85 dB.
Anne Arundel Audiology takes those impressions in office, including molds for musicians, hunters, swimmers, and industrial settings. If you already have some hearing loss, wearing verified hearing aids keeps the auditory pathway working, which supports the hearing you still have. Call 410-766-6320 to get either one started.