Mobile Hearing & Speech Clinic
Contact
Click here to be directed to our referral page
or contact our Mobile Unit Coordinator, James Proctor:
(Office) 919-419-1449
james.proctor@unchealth.unc.edu
Patient Care
- Non-sedated screening and diagnostic Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)
- Behavioral audiograms for patients 6 months and older
- Hearing Aid fitting and maintenance
- Cochlear Implant mapping and troubleshooting
- Speech and Language evaluations
- Auditory rehabilitation
- Listening and spoken language therapy
- Offer above patient care in collaboration with UNC hospitals and community based clinics in outlying
Education
- Community-based events to provide family education and outreach related to the development of listening, speech, language and literacy.
- Audiology and speech-language pathology graduate student training
- Professional mentoring and coaching for local teachers of the deaf, audiologists
Research
- Expand recruitment in clinical research studies related to hearing loss
- Translate research findings to a greater population, including rural communities
- Engage local communities in clinical research to reduce access barriers and strengthen the applicability of findings across patient populations.
Mobile Unit Partner Sites
- UNC Health Blue Ridge
- UNC Health Caldwell
- UNC Health Lenoir
- Cumberland County Public Health Department