The Cochlear Implant Center provides expanded resources and opportunities for research so that the newest and best devices and services can be made available to our patients.

Cochlear Implant Program Overview - Meet our Staff

The Boys Town National Research Hospital Cochlear Implant Team is comprised of a pediatric otolaryngologist, a neurotologist, clinical audiologists, speech-language pathologists, a counselor, research staff, and a cochlear implant patient coordinator.

Rodney Lusk, M.D.
Catherine Cronin Carotta, Ed.D., CCC-SLP
Michelle Hughes, Ph.D., CCC-A
Dana Ide Helvie, M.A., CCC-SLP
Kris Mixan, M.S.
Alan Nissen, M.D.
Mary Patterson, M.S., CED
Carisa Reyes, Au.D., CCC-A
Jeff Simmons, M.A., CCC-A
Debbie Smith, M.A., CCC-A
Lisa Stille, M.A., CCC-A