Referral Directory

Key Contact:

Brandon Isaacson, M.D.
Joe W. Kutz Jr., M.D.
Kenneth H. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Christine Powell, MA, CCC-A

Phone numbers:

214-456-2386
Fax 214-456-6086

Description of services:

• Cochlear implants are designed to restore a level of sound awareness to children who experience a severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. Children from birth to age 18 may be considered for the program. The Dallas Cochlear Implant program represents a cooperative effort of the combined resources of Children's Medical Center Dallas, UT Southwestern and Callier Center for Communication Disorders. The program's team is multidisciplinary, consisting of audiologists, otolaryngologists, a speech-language pathologist, a psychologist and a research scientist.
• Each child is carefully evaluated by the implant team to determine if an implant is needed. The team also works with patients who already have cochlear implants.
• Unique features of the Dallas Cochlear Implant Program are:
• Support for the option of cochlear implants for individuals with severe or profound hearing impairment who receive limited benefit from other available technology.
• A multidisciplinary approach, including active family participation, to maximize each individual’s auditory and oral potential through individualized comprehensive evaluation, selection, treatment and rehabilitation.
• Commitment to investigating and documenting outcomes, to facilitate improved intervention with, and management of, individuals with deafness.

Information for referral sources:

• Physician referrals are welcomed, but not required.
• Referral indications are severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss for all children from birth to age 18.

Why Children's Medical Center?

• The Children's medical staff offers fellowship-trained physicians in pediatric otolaryngology and otology.
• Our nursing and support staff is specially trained in pediatric otolaryngology head and neck surgery.
• Surgical care is performed with specially trained pediatric anesthesiologists.
• Special pediatric audiology and speech pathology services are available.

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Audiology

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