Audiology Specialists

Otolaryngologists

  • John Carey, M.D.

    • Chief, Division of Otology, Neurotology and Skull Base Surgery
    • Director, Neurotology Fellowship Program
    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Cholesteatoma, Facial Nerve Schwannoma, Hearing Disorders, Meniere's Disease

  • Wade Chien, M.D.

    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Balance Disorders, Brain Tumors, Chronic Otitis Media, Cochlear Implantation

  • Francis Xavier Creighton JR, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leaks, Cholesteatoma, Cochlear Implantation, Neurofibromatosis

  • Charles Della Santina, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Johns Hopkins Cochlear Implant Center
    • Director, Johns Hopkins Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory
    • Co-Director, Johns Hopkins Vestibular Clinical Testing Laboratory
    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    • Professor of Biomedical Engineering

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Bilateral Loss of Vestibular Sensation, Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Cholesteatoma, Cochlear Implantation

  • Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Director, Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    • Professor of Medicine

    Expertise: Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Cochlear Implantation, Ear Surgery, Hearing Aids, Hearing Disorders

  • Carrie Nieman, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Balance Disorders, Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Cochlear Implantation, Ear Surgery, Eustachian Tube Dysfunction

  • Matthew Stewart, M.D., Ph.D.

    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Cochlear Implantation, Hearing Disorders, Hearing Loss, Hearing Restoration

  • Bryan Kevin Ward, M.D.

    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Acoustic Neuromas, Bilateral Loss of Vestibular Sensation, Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Cholesteatoma, Chronic Otitis Media


Pediatric Otolaryngologists

  • Megan E Ballard, M.D.

    • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Dysphagia, Ear infections, Pediatric Airway Disorders, Pediatric Hearing Loss, Pediatric Otolaryngology

  • Emily Boss, M.D., M.P.H.

    • Medical Director, Revenue Cycle Performance Improvement, Johns Hopkins Medicine
    • Physician Advisor, Clinical Resource Management and Care Coordination, Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    • Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Diseases of the Ear and Nose, Diseases of the Throat in Children, Ear infections, Head and Neck Tumors, Otolaryngology

  • Carolyn Jenks, M.D.

    • Associate Residency Program Co-Director
    • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Aerodigestive Disorders, Airway Reconstruction, Cholesteatoma, Cochlear Implantation, Ear infections

  • David Tunkel, M.D.

    • Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology
    • Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
    • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
    • Associate Professor of Pediatrics

    Expertise: Airway Disorders, Cholesteatoma, Chronic Sinonasal Infection and Ear Disease, Diseases of the Ear and Nose, Diseases of the Throat in Children

  • Jonathan Walsh, M.D.

    • Associate Residency Program Director
    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Aerodigestive Disorders, Cholesteatoma, Diseases of the Ear and Nose, Diseases of the Throat in Children, Ear infections

Audiologists

If you do need a hearing aid, our audiologists have the experience and expertise to help find the right hearing aid or assistive listening device for your lifestyle and needs.

We work with the manufacturers who make and develop current advanced hearing technologies and have a wide array of hearing aids for you to choose from. Your audiologist will work closely with you on testing, fitting and fine tuning your hearing device. 

  • Stephen Bowditch, Au.D., M.S.

    • Audiologist
    • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Cochlear Implantation, Diagnostic Audiology and Digital Amplification, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss

  • Courtney L. Carver, Au.D.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Cochlear Implantation

  • Karen A. Corkery, M.Ed.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Conductive Hearing Loss, Diagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids, Digital Hearing Aid Technology, Hearing Loss, Otosclerosis

  • Roni E. Dinkes, Au.D., M.S.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Diagnostic Audiology and Digital Amplification, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss

  • Mary Donahue, Au.D.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiology, Diagnostic Audiology and Digital Amplification, Electrophysiology, Hearing Aids, Hearing Disorders

  • Rachel Brenna Dunham, Au.D.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiology, Bimodal Hearing, Cochlear Implantation

  • Michael Figueiredo, Au.D.

    • Pediatric Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiology, Diagnostic Audiology and Digital Amplification, Diagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids, Digital Hearing Aid Technology, Hearing Aids

  • J. Sue Garman, M.S.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss, Hearing Restoration

  • Laura F. Hermann, Au.D., M.S.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Diagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids, Hearing Aids, Hearing Disorders, Tinnitus, Vestibular Disorders

  • Stephanie Lockshaw, Au.D.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiology, Osseointegrated Sound Processors (BAHA System), Pediatric Diagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids

  • Dawn D. Marsiglia, Au.D., M.A.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Aural Rehabilitation, Cochlear Implantation, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss

  • Jacqueline Pappalardo, Au.D.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiology, Diagnostic Audiology and Digital Amplification, Hearing Aids, Hearing Disorders, Hearing Loss

  • Amy Elaine Prasad Eapen, Au.D.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
  • Lindsey Roque, Au.D.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Bone Anchored Hearing Devices, Diagnostic Audiology and Digital Amplification, Digital Hearing Aid Technology, Hearing Aids, Hearing Loss

  • Sydney Ross Evans, Au.D.

    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Hearing Loss

  • Colleen E. Ryan, M.S.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Hearing Disorders, Hearing Loss, Hearing Restoration, Osseointegrated Sound Processors (BAHA System)

  • Alicia D. White, Au.D., M.S.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Hearing Loss, Hearing Restoration, Pediatric Diagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids

  • Jennifer D. Yeagle, M.Ed.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Audiologist, Cochlear Implantation

  • Colleen Kelleher Zenczak, Au.D.

    • Audiologist
    • Assistant of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

    Expertise: Diagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids, Electrophysiology, Hearing Aids, Osseointegrated Sound Processors (BAHA System), Pediatric Diagnostic Audiology and Hearing Aids


Nurse Practitioners

Melinda DeSell, MS, RN, CRNP

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Barbara Gottschalk, MSN, CNRP

Barbara Gottschalk, MSN, CNRP

Rachel Hisim, MSN, CPNP

Rachel Hisim, MSN, CRNP