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AUDIOLOGISTS
Dr. Karen Slater, Au.D.
LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW:
Sydney Smith Au.D., Lauren O’Keefe, Au.D., and Mindy Eads-Taylor Au.D.
LEFT TO RIGHT BOTTOM ROW:
Amanda Guillotte, Au.D., Karen Slater, Au.D., and Charlene Taylor, Au.D.
For the team at Coastal Hearing Center, bringing the sounds of everyday life back to a person who has lost their normal hearing ability is the most rewarding aspect of their careers.
“Good hearing connects you to people and helps communication,” says Dr. Karen Slater. Unfortunately, that quality of life can diminish over time. “To witness the transformation from isolation to reconnecting with the sounds of life is so gratifying.” Slater loves seeing a patient’s quality of life improve by helping to provide the latest state-of-the-art technology that gives them the capability to hear their loved ones.
Slater has been serving the Gulf Coast for more than 33 years. She grew a small business into a large practice, now with locations spanning from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula. “Our team of six audiologists bring unique testing to all ages not provided by any other facility on the Coast.”
Coastal Hearing Center offers testing not provided by other facilities on the coast. We are the only audiologists on the coast providing Newborn Hearing Testing to babies that failed their hearing screening in the nursery for all hospitals on the Gulf Coast. CHC is partnered with Cochlear Americas and now Advanced Bionics to offer pre qualifying testing for CI, Initial activation of CI, and CI mapping and BAHA programming. We offer Tinnitus Management with Zen technology. CHC can test non-compliant patients with ASSR (Auditory Steady State Response).
“We also offer various types of hearing protection for industrial workers, hunters, and musicians,” says Slater. “If the only option to restore better hearing is a hearing aid, we then fit appropriately and provide continued care throughout the life of the hearing aid to assure optimal benefit.”
BAY ST. LOUIS
100 Drinkwater Dr. 228.467.5121
GULFPORT
3017 13th St. 228.863.6592
BILOXI
1720A Medical Park Dr., Ste. 140 228.207.7102
PASCAGOULA
3101 Denny Ave., Ste. 210 228.207.7102
www.coastal-hearing.com | On Facebook @ Coastal Hearing Center, LLC
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