At Desert Voices, our Audiology department offers families the option to have the Desert Voices’s audiologist serve as the student’s educational and primary audiologist. Our goal is to make sure each child has consistent access to sound, which is necessary for optimal speech and language development. The audiologist works together with the child’s family and all members of the child’s professional team.
Audiological services that are available to students enrolled at Desert Voices include:
- Comprehensive hearing evaluations
- Earmold impressions and fitting
- Hearing aid programming and verification for the student’s hearing loss using recommended pediatric settings
- Programming for Cochlear, Med-El and Advanced Bionics Cochlear Implant (CI) processors
- Fitting and management of school personal assistive technology equipment (also known as HAT)
- Weekly listening checks of hearing equipment (hearing aids, cochlear implants, BAHD, an HAT) to make sure each child has access to sound
- To ensure appropriate access to sound for each student’s speech, language and listening development, the audiologist collaborates with each student’s educational team.
