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.

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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.

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Treatments

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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

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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Otolaryngology, Neurotology, Otology
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Physician Assistant, Otology, Neurotology
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Audiology

Joni K. Doherty, MD

Accepting new patients
Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck ...
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Neurotology, Otolaryngology, Intracranial Pressure  View more
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Audiology
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Audiology

Janice Loggins, MA

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor, Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck S ...
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Audiology
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Audiology

John S. Oghalai, MD

Accepting new patients
Chair and Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surger ...
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Neurotology, Otolaryngology, Otology
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Audiology
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Audiology

Ki-Young Portillo, AuD

Accepting new patients
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology

Kristina Rousso, AuD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor, Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck S ...
Specialties
Audiology, Otolaryngology
Specialties
Otolaryngology, Neurotology, Otology
Specialties
Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology
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Audiology

Ki-Young Portillo, AuD

Accepting new patients
Specialties
Audiology
Specialties
Audiology
Specialties
Audiology

Kristina Rousso, AuD

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor, Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck S ...
Specialties
Audiology, Otolaryngology

Janice Loggins, MA

Accepting new patients
Assistant Professor, Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck S ...
Specialties
Audiology
Specialties
Otolaryngology, Neurotology, Otology

Joni K. Doherty, MD

Accepting new patients
Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology-Head and Neck ...
Specialties
Neurotology, Otolaryngology, Intracranial Pressure  View more

John S. Oghalai, MD

Accepting new patients
Chair and Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surger ...
Specialties
Neurotology, Otolaryngology, Otology
Specialties
Otolaryngology, Neurotology, Otology
Specialties
Physician Assistant, Otology, Neurotology

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