Audiology
Audiology
Audiology:
Audiology is the science of hearing, balance, and related disorders. Wichita Public Schools has a Team of Educational Audiologists that provide a full spectrum of hearing services to all children.
Educational Audiology Includes:
- Identification of children with hearing loss.
- Determination of the range, nature, and degree of hearing loss, including referral for medical or other professional attention for the habilitation of hearing.
- Provision of habilitative activities, such as language habilitation, auditory training, speech reading (lip-reading), hearing evaluation, and speech conservation.
- Creation and administration of programs for prevention of hearing loss.
- Counseling and guidance of children, parents, and teachers regarding hearing loss.
- Determination of children’s needs for group and individual amplification, selecting and fitting an appropriate aid, and evaluating the effectiveness of amplification.
Who to Contact:
Amanda Popp, AuD, FAAA
Lead Educational Audiologist