Hearing Disorders and Audiology
Complete hearing assessments and services
Audiologists are specialists trained in the science of hearing. They provide screening, diagnosis and treatment for newborns and children of all ages with conditions such as:
- Cholesteatoma
- Malformations of the ear
- Sensory hearing conditions
- Tympanic membrane perforation
Our audiologists perform a range of tests for permanent and temporary hearing loss, including:
- Auditory evoked potential evaluation
- ABR (audiogram estimation and neural integrity)
- Aided cortical assessments*
- Cortical threshold estimation
- ECochG*
- Auditory processing evaluation*
- Cochlear implant evaluations*
- Frequency transposition evaluations (amplification and high-frequency assessment)*
- Hearing assistive technology (FM) evaluations: personal and sound field*
- Middle ear function analysis
- Newborn hearing screening and evaluation
- Ototoxic monitoring
- Pediatric audiological evaluation
- Vestibular evaluations (available at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital for children ages 7 and older, and at K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital for children ages 16 and older)
Rehabilitation services
- Classroom acoustic management*
- Cochlear implant MAPping (Cochlear Corporation, Advanced Bionics, and MED-EL)*
- Hearing aid evaluation and fittings
- Hearing assistive technology (FM): assessment and fitting*
- School observation and training on hearing aids, FM systems, and cochlear implant*
- *Treatment only available at Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Hackensack, NJ.