Clinical Services
Audiology
The Kansas City Campus is pleased to partner with local professional
groups such as MidWest Ear Institute, University of Kansas Medical
Center and Children's Mercy Hospital for audiologic services. On-site
cochlear implant mapping is available through a pilot program at
the school through MidWest Ear Institute.
Cochlear Implant (Re)Habilitation
Cochlear implants offer deaf individual new auditory access to sounds
that were previously unavailable to them through conventional and
digital hearing aids. The availability of post-surgical rehabilitation
programming for new implanted individuals is essential. Our staff
has the expertise to assist children and adult in learning to decode
new sounds and to use them for learning language and monitoring
speech.
Speech-Language Pathology
All children enrolled in the academic program receive thirty minutes
of individual speech-language therapy daily. Individual speech-language
therapy is available on an outpatient basis for children and adults
with hearing loss.
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