{"id":7201,"date":"2023-12-05T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/?page_id=7201"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T18:05:29","slug":"mobile-hearing-speech-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ent\/services\/mobile-hearing-speech-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Hearing & Speech Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Contact<\/h2>\n

Click here to be directed to our referral page\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

or contact our Mobile Unit Coordinator<\/span>, James Proctor<\/span>:
\n(Office) 919-419-1449<\/span>
\njames.proctor@unchealth.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Patient Care<\/h2>\n

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  • Non-sedated screening and diagnostic Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR)<\/li>\n
  • Behavioral audiograms for patients 6 months and older<\/li>\n
  • Hearing Aid fitting and maintenance<\/li>\n
  • Cochlear Implant mapping and troubleshooting<\/li>\n
  • Speech and Language evaluations<\/li>\n
  • Auditory rehabilitation<\/li>\n
  • Listening and spoken language therapy<\/li>\n
  • Offer above patient care in collaboration with UNC hospitals and community based clinics in outlying<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Education<\/h2>\n

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    • Community-based events to provide family education and outreach related to the development of listening, speech, language and literacy.<\/li>\n
    • Audiology and speech-language pathology graduate student training<\/li>\n
    • Professional mentoring and coaching for local teachers of the deaf, audiologists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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      Research<\/h2>\n

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      • Expand recruitment in clinical research studies related to hearing loss<\/li>\n
      • Translate research findings to a greater population, including rural communities<\/li>\n
      • Engage local communities in clinical research to reduce access barriers and strengthen the applicability of findings across patient populations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

        Mobile Unit Partner Sites<\/h3>\n

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        • UNC Health Blue Ridge<\/span><\/li>\n
        • UNC Health Caldwell<\/span><\/li>\n
        • UNC Health Lenoir<\/span><\/li>\n
        • Cumberland County Public Health Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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