Audiology Department

        The audiology department has a wide variety of procedures available for assessment of peripheral and central auditory function. The department has experience in administration of auditory evoked potentials including the auditory brainstem response, middle latency response, long latency response and mismatch negativity. Behavioral audiometric procedures include audiological screenings, comprehensive audiological evaluations, and central auditory processing evaluations. The department has the capability to assess middle ear function utilizing conventional procedures as well as multi frequency and high-frequency tympanometry. Measurements of otoacoustic emissions can be made utilizing transient evoked otoacoustic emissions as well as distortion product otoacoustic emissions. The Department also has a number assessment procedures and capabilities available for various populations.

        In addition, the Department has state of the art hardware for psychoacoustic and speech research involving older children based upon Tucker-Davis Technologies modular hardware (Described in detail at www.tdt.com).  The software available enables simple and complex non-speech as well as natural and synthetic speech to be presented under computer control with automated recording of patient responses. The software may be of potential use in assessing the auditory discrimination abilities of children with a variety of language learning difficulties.

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