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Audiology Program
The audiologists at Phoenix Children’s diagnose and treat various hearing conditions, including:
- Auditory Processing Disorders (APD): A condition that occurs when the brain has trouble recognizing sounds even though the ears function normally.
- Balance and Vestibular Disorders: Inner ear or brain disorders that affect your sense of balance or steadiness.
- Hearing Loss
- Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD): Hearing loss caused by a disconnect between the inner ear and the brain.
- Conductive hearing loss: Hearing loss caused by a problem in the outer or middle ear. Some causes of conductive hearing loss include:
- Abnormal ear canal (atresia)
- Abnormal outer ear (microtia)
- Middle ear fluid (otitis media)
- Eardrum perforation
- Malformation of the middle ear bones
- Mixed hearing loss: A combination of conductive hearing loss and sensorineural hearing loss.
- Sensorineural hearing loss: Hearing loss that occurs from a problem in the cochlea (inner ear) or auditory nerve.