Professional Otolaryngology

HearMD

HearMD, formerly the Ciell Institute for Hearing and Speech, is a division of Regional Otolaryngology Head and Neck Associates, LLC.  HearMD services are located in each of the four offices of Professional Otolaryngology Associates.   The HearMD staff members are highly skilled professionals certified in their individual specialties.  Speech and hearing services are provided for newborns to the geriatric population.  Active and ongoing programs include follow-up newborn hearing screening for high risk babies, auditory rehabilitation and a comprehensive tinnitus management program.  See a complete list of services below.

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Director

Caryn H. Bross, M.S., CCC-A

B.A. Douglass College of Rutgers University

M.S. Columbia University, Audiology

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American  Speech/Language and Hearing Association

Licensed Audiologist - State of New Jersey

Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser  - State of New Jersey 

Special Interests: Neonatal testing, pediatric auditory rehabilitation, evaluation of central auditory processing for children, geriatric auditory testing and rehabilitation

Audiology

Dorothy DeFeo, M.A., CCC-A

B.S. Trenton State College

M.A. Temple University, Audiology

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association

Licensed Audiologist - State of New Jersey

Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser - State of New Jersey

Lindy M. Shields, M.A., CCC-A

B.A. University of Maryland

M.A. Temple University, Audiology

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association

Licensed Audiologist - State of New Jersey

Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser - State of New Jersey

Laura Berman, M.S., CCC-A

B.A. Herbert H. Lehman College of CUNY, NY, NY

M.S. Columbia University Teachers College, NY, NY

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology from the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association.

Licensed Audiologist - State of New Jersey

Licensed Hearing Aid Dispenser - State of New Jersey

Speech

Lori Johnston, M.A., CCC-SLP

B.S. State University College At Fredonia

M.A. Trenton State College

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech - Language Pathology from the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association

Licensed Speech - Language Pathologist - State of New Jersey

Julianne Hunt, M.A., CCC-SLP

B.S. Trenton State College

M.A. Loyola College

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech - Language Pathology from the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association

Hearing Aid Dispensers

Linda Beach, HAD Lic. #00329

Nancy Shipley, A.A., HAD Lic. #00732

Brie Barnstead, HAD Lic. #MG000099600

Technicians

Mary Ann Halladay, B.A.

Eileen Palladino, R.T.

Susan Carsillo, A. S.

SERVICES