The Hearing, Balance and Speech Center was founded in 1988, by Dr. Natan Bauman with the vision of creating a hearing healthcare facility that treats every patient with dignity and first-rate care. The audiologists, hearing aid specialists, and office staff at the Hearing, Balance and Speech Center are highly-trained and exceptionally friendly. We understand that for many, visiting a healthcare provider can be a stressful experience. Our comfortable surroundings and compassionate staff of professionals will ease your fears.
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Dr. Natan Bauman, Ed.D., M.S., Owner/Director/Audiologist Inventor of Vivatone®
Dr. Bauman is a leader in the field of hearing healthcare. He received a Masters degree in electro-acoustics and electronics from Wroclaw Polytechnic Institute in Poland, and both a Masters degree in Audiology and Doctoral Degree in Audiology from Columbia University Prior to his work at HBS, Dr. Bauman was the Director of a comparable facility at Yale–New Haven Hospital for 10 years. He also served as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Medicine. In 1988, he opened The Hearing, Balance and Speech Center and The New England Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Clinic (1997). Both establishments offer patients the finest technologically advanced devices and testing procedures for their hearing health. The New England Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Clinic is the only certified treatment center in Southern New England . Dr. Bauman invented the 'Totally Open Canal'™ Hearing Aid, Vivatone®. Vivatone® was the first hearing aid of its kind known to eliminate hearing aid wearer's common frustrations of "feeling plugged up", or feeling like they were in an echo chamber. Because Vivatone® hearing aids allow an open ear canal, the plugged up and echo chamber are eliminated and a more natural sound is heard. It's size and ability to be worn behind the ear provides wearers with a discreet hearing aid. Dr. Bauman has published numerous articles in professional journals. He is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at audiological symposiums both nationally and internationally.
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Janice Howard, M.A., CCC-A Ms. Howard is a nationally-certified and state-licensed audiologist and hearing aid dispenser. She received her B.S. in Communication Sciences and her M.A. in Audiology from the University of Connecticut. Her professional associations include: the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the American Academy of Audiology, the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists, the National Hearing Aid Society, and the Occupational Hearing Conservation. Ms. Howard has extensive experience in all aspects of audiology, with special emphasis on diagnostic audiometry and hearing aid dispensing. Janice has been a full-time audiologist in the New Haven area since 1985, and joined the staff of the Hearing, Balance & Speech Center in 1990.
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Dr. Carol Kisner, AuD, CCC-A Audiologist Dr. Kisner is a nationally certified and state licensed audiologist and hearing aid dispenser. She received her B.S. and M.S. in communication disorders from Southern Illinois University. Carol earned her AuD (Doctor of Audiology) from the Arizona School of Health Sciences. Her professional associations include the American Academy of Audiology, American Speech and Hearing Association, and The Connecticut Academy of Audiology where she is currently on the Board of Directors. She has an extensive experience of 24 years working with all populations from infants to geriatrics. Currently, she is primarily working in diagnostic Audiology and hearing aid fittings and is skilled in all aspects of the newest hearing aid technologies. |
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Gulten "GT" Karasay, B.A., NBC-HIS Hearing Aid Specialist Ms. Karasay received her B.A. in speech and hearing pathology from Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, IL. She holds a Connecticut state license, and is a nationally board certified Hearing Instrument Specialist. She is a member of the International Hearing Society, and brings over fifteen years experience working with the senior community on the shoreline. Ms. Karasay also plays an integral part in the hearing aid fitting process to ensure that each of her patients reaches his/her optimum level of hearing. |
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Kurt Klopfenstein, B.A., NBC-HIS Hearing Aid Specialist |
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Hearing, Balance and Speech Center
Hamden, Branford, Guilford, Norwalk, and Bristol
1-800-HEAR-IT-1
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