Pediatric Hearing Loss
Our experts will assess your child’s hearing loss and recommend the best treatment path.
Pediatric Hearing Loss
Our experts will assess your child’s hearing loss and recommend the best treatment path.
Telehealth appointments are available.
Treating Hearing Loss in Children
At the USC Caruso Family Center for Childhood Communication, we know it can be overwhelming to learn that your child has difficulty hearing. Our skilled team provides assessments to determine the type and degree of your child’s hearing loss.
Our specialists use the most advanced, research-based procedures to carefully assess your child’s hearing loss. Then we recommend treatments to improve your child’s hearing and communication skills. This includes fittings for hearing aids and cochlear implants. Our friendly, experienced staff takes pride in putting children and families at ease. Our complete services, including extensive rehabilitation and follow-up care, help give your child the tools they need to succeed in life.
5 Things Everyone Should Know About Hearing Loss
Treatments
Helping Your Child Hear Better
Our otolaryngologists and pediatric audiologists use unique testing procedures to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of your child’s hearing loss.
We offer auditory-verbal therapy, educational counseling, pediatric audiology and speech-language pathology.
Our licensed speech-language pathologists provide speech, language and literacy evaluations.
Our extensive hearing loss research helps us develop personalized plans to help people with hearing loss and balance problems.
We are one of a few programs in the nation with a full-time educational specialist to provide school support for children with hearing loss.
Our Team
Diana Ahn, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Noor Al-souqi, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Payton Brown, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Janet Choi, MD
Medical Specialties
Otolaryngology, Neurotology
Alyssa Cook, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Joni Doherty, MD, PhD
Medical Specialties
Neurotology, Otolaryngology, Intracranial Pressure
Nicole Greene, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Erin Kaufmann, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Janice Loggins, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
John Oghalai, MD
Medical Specialties
Neurotology, Otolaryngology
John Parsons, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Asia Pon, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Ki-young Portillo, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Esther Pugh, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Sonia Randall, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology
Kristina Rousso, AuD
Medical Specialties
Audiology, Otolaryngology
Seiji Shibata, MD, PhD
Medical Specialties
Otolaryngology, Neurotology
Abby Gayle Comes, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Physician Assistant, Otology, Neurotology
Our Locations
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