Patient Stories
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Elliott and Elizabeth: Managing Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Siblings
When Elizabeth Maddox failed her newborn hearing screening after an early delivery by cesarean section, her pediatrician referred her to Audrey Taylor, AuD, with UT Physicians Audiology, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. This was familiar territory to Elizabeth’s mother, Michelle Maddox, whose three-year-old son Elliott was seen by UT Physicians Audiology after his birth in 2017.
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The Greatest Gift: Bilateral Cochlear Implants Help a Toddler Meet Her Milestones
When Lucy Laker failed her newborn hearing screening twice, her pediatrician referred her to Audrey Taylor, AuD, at UT Physicians Audiology for auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing. Dr. Taylor confirmed Lucy’s hearing loss in December 2019, with a natural sleep ABR that showed significant bilateral hearing loss.
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