Our Department
The Audiology Department specializes in the management of hearing impairment in the pediatric population from neonates – 18 years of age. Our main site is located within the medical building in Hartford where we provide inpatient and outpatient services including newborn screening and follow-up, non-sedated and sedated brainstem-evoked response testing, comprehensive audiological evaluations (including tympanometry, otoacoustic emissions, air/bone speech and tone threshold and sound field testing, visual-reinforcement audiometry, play-based audiometry), cochlear implant evaluations and mapping services, as well as a full array of hearing aid services including initial fitting and orientation, periodic rechecks, and ongoing maintenance. At our current satellite location in Avon Connecticut we offer comprehensive audiological evaluations. Our expansion plans include developing a new satellite program in Glastonbury where we will offer comprehensive audiological evaluations, non-sedated brainstem auditory-evoked response testing, and full provision of hearing aid services. We will also be expanding our capabilities in Avon to include non-sedated brainstem auditory-evoked response testing and hearing aid services.

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Our Technology
Our department maintains state of the art audiological equipment including ABR/BAER, cochlear implant, and hearing aid analysis and programming technology.

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Our Nurses
Our staff has grown considerably over the past 5 years.  We now have a staff of 6 full- and part-time audiologists and expect to add at least 2 full-time positions within the next year as we expand at our satellite locations in Avon and Glastonbury.  Each of our audiologists possesses core skills in the provision of pediatric Audiology assessment and hearing aid services. Individual audiologists have developed in their own areas of specialty interest such as gaining expertise in cochlear implant technology or assessment of auditory processing disorders.   In addition to daily collaboration with our speech and language pathology team members, our audiologists work closely with referring pediatric otolaryngology, hematology/oncology, and neurology physicians; primary care providers, the Craniofacial Team, and other pediatric specialists throughout Connecticut and lower Massachusetts.  As a hospital employee our audiologists able to participate in all CCMC programs and committees.  We also work in close collaboration with local Birth-to-three agencies and school systems and serve on the State’s Newborn Hearing Task Force.

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Our Orientation Process
Newly hired staff participate in a thorough orientation program including a full day of hospital orientation and departmental orientation.  After completion of team orientation there is a validation period during which time new staff demonstrate their clinical competencies while providing supervised care.  Upon demonstration of clinical competencies new staff gradually become more independent and start to take on a clinical caseload in a highly supportive, collaborative team environment.

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Our Scheduling
We offer flexible schedules such as early morning, late afternoon/evening and Saturday hours, or 4-day work weeks for full-time employees.

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Our Educational Opportunities
Our highly qualified staff has extensive pediatric experience.  We provide on-going staff development opportunities through teamwork and collaboration, staff in-service presentations, and outside consultative support with hearing aid representatives. We provide shadowing experiences and in-service presentations to our resident staff and other interested pediatric specialists and work closely with academic institutions to provide meaningful practicum experiences to qualified graduate students.  As part of our plans for expansion we will be considering strong candidates for 4th Year Au.D. Externship positions.   

Continuing education opportunities and tuition reimbursement are available to all staff after the first 6 months of employment.

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