Audiology

What is Audiology?

The discipline of Audiology involves the evaluation, treatment, and conservation of the hearing and/or balance systems of the human audio-vestibular system. Specially trained health care professionals known as audiologists provide this care. Audiologists can function individually or as part of a health care team and use their professional skills to improve the quality of life for each patient.

As primary hearing health providers, Audiologists can make referrals to or receive referrals from Ear, Nose and Throat physicians (Otolaryngologists). Audiologists use specialized equipment to evaluate and identify hearing and balance function in patients from birth through adulthood. Based upon the diagnosis, the Otolaryngologist can present a variety of treatment options to patients with hearing impairment or balance problems. The Audiologist can often assist the Otolaryngologist in determining appropriate treatment options by combining a comprehensive history with a variety of highly specialized auditory and/or vestibular (balance) assessments. Audiologists dispense and fit hearing aids as part of a larger, overall comprehensive (re)habilitative program that can include, but is not limited to, auditory training and tinnitus suppression treatment.

Learn more about Hearing Loss in Adults and Children or take our quick Hearing Health Quiz.

Services

We provide adult and pediatric comprehensive diagnostic testing and rehabilitation services for hearing and balance disorders, including:

Audiologic Services
- Complete Adult and Pediatric Audiological Evaluation
- Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Follow-up
- Failed School Screening Follow-up
- Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE)
- Auditory Brainstem Response Testing (ABR)
Vestibular (Balance) Services
- Elecronystagmography (ENG)
  - Dizziness and balance assessment
- Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMP)
  - Beneficial in the diagnosis of Superior Canal Dehiscence
- Electroneuronograhy (ENoG)
  - Evaluation of facial nerve viability
Tinnitus (Head Noise) Services
- Tinnitus Evaluation
- Tinnitus Rehabilitation (Neuromonics – Tinnitus Treatment)
Amplification Services
- Adult Amplication Services
- Pediatric Amplification Evaluation & Fitting (hearing aids, FMs, assistive listening devices)
- Pediatric Earmolds, Swimmolds, & Hearing Protection
- Lyric Hearing System

We also offer pediatric audiology services at our location in the Laurence D. and Lori Weider Fink Children’s Ambulatory Care Center.

Location and Appointments

NYU Langone Medical Center - Adult and Pediatric Care
530 First Avenue, Suite 3E
(take the H elevators to the 3rd floor)
New York, NY 10016
Appointments: (212) 263-7349
Fax: (212) 263-2597

Laurence D. and Lori Weider Fink Children’s Ambulatory Care Center - Pediatric Care
160 East 32nd Street
(between Lexington and Third Avenues)
New York, NY 10016
Appointments: (212) 263-7349
Fax: (212) 263-2597

Audiologists

William Shapiro, AuD, CCC-A - Director
Zhanneta Shapiro, AuD, CCC-A
Theresa Shaw, MEd, CCC-A
Alison Singleton, AuD, CCC-A