Pediatric Audiology Services
The Audiology Practice at Valley Children’s Hospital provides expert diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss in infants and children from birth to 21 years of age. Services occur in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. We utilize a team approach and often collaborate with speech-language pathologists, otolaryngologists and the Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic to develop comprehensive treatment plans.
Our services include:
- Newborn Hearing Screening Program
- Developmentally appropriate audiology evaluation
- Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response (BAER)
- Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
- Tympanometry
- Hearing aid services
- Earmold impressions
- Fitting/Dispensing and programming
- Verification
- Repairs
- Bone anchored hearing device management
- Fitting and programming
- Verification
- Repairs
- Cochlear implant program
Additionally, our pediatric specialists are experts in a working with children who have experienced hearing loss from a variety of possibilities, including, but not limited to:
- Neurologic disorders
- Trauma
- Ear malformations
- Infectious diseases
- Chemotherapy treatment
- Ear infections