Otorhinolaryngology in Minnesota

Audiology

The Division of Audiology in Rochester, a part of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, serves the needs of people with hearing and balance problems.

Audiologists are professionals trained in the assessment and treatment of hearing disorders. The Rochester staff consists of 22 audiologists — four Ph.D. level and 18 master's-level audiologists. They provide the full range of audiological services, including pediatric evaluations, auditory evoked responses, hearing aid evaluations and dispensing, and cochlear implants. Specialized evaluations of balance disorders are also accomplished with a state-of-the-art vestibular laboratory.

The Audiology Section serves patients from Rochester, across the country and around the world and does thousands of procedures annually.

Services

Audiology services are provided for individuals of all ages and include:

• Comprehensive hearing evaluation
• Auditory evoked potentials
• Aural rehabilitation classes
• Balance/vestibular testing
• Cochlear implants
• Computerized dynamic posturography
• Custom ear protectors
• Electroacoustic assessments of hearing aids
• Electronystagmography
• Hearing aid evaluation and dispensing
• Hearing and balance disorders
• Hearing tests
• Immittance testing
• Implantable hearing aids (BAHA system)
• Infant hearing screening program
• Pediatric audiological testing
• Otoacoustic emissions
• Rotary chair testing
• Swim molds
• Vestibular rehabilitation

Staff

List of audiologists at the Division of Audiology in Rochester:

Christopher Bauch, Ph.D.
Rene Gifford, Ph.D.
Cynthia Hogan, Ph.D.
Jon Shallop, Ph.D.
Neil Shepard, Ph.D.
Rachel Amorim, Au.D.
Ann Anderson, Au.D. br /> Lee Belf, Au.D.
Alyce Breneman, Au.D.
Melissa DeJong, Au.D.
Jane Gilbert, Au.D.
Pamela Gjertson, Au.D.
Kathryn Kerst, M.A.
Joscelyn Martin, Au.D.
James McPherson, M.S.
Melanie Meldrum, Au.D.
Richard Neff, M.S.
Janalene Niichel, M.A.
Ann Peterson, M.A.
Allison Stephany, Au.D.
Douglas Worthington, Au.D.

Cochlear Implant Team

Programming Audiologists:
Jon Shallop, Ph.D.
Rene Gifford, Ph.D.
Ann Peterson, M.A.
Alyce Breneman, M.A.
Melissa DeJong, Au.D.
Lee Belf, Au.D.

Extended Team Members:
Colin L. W. Driscoll, M.D.- surgeon
Charles W. Beatty, M.D.- surgeon
Ruth Stoeckel, M.A.- speech/language pathologists