Audiology Team

Lurie Children’s Audiology team consists of Audiologists, Coordinators, Hearing Aid Dispenser and Clinical Assistants who provide state-of-the-art audiological services to diagnose, treat and habilitate children with hearing loss using evidence-based practices.

Manager

Lisa Weber AuD, CCC-A

Manager, Department of Audiology

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Salus University; Master of Arts, Audiology, Indiana University; Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, hearing aids, cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming

Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester

Clinical Coordinators

Joy Ringger, AuD, CCC-A

Clinical Coordinator, Diagnostic Audiology

Education: Doctor of Audiology, A.T. Still University - Arizona School of Health Sciences; Master of Arts, Audiology, University of Illinois; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing, University of Illinois

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester

Denise Thomas, AuD, CCC-A

Clinical Coordinator, Cochlear Implant Program

Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Wisconsin; Master of Science, Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin; Bachelor of Science, Communicative Disorders and Education, University of Wisconsin

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, hearing aids, cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming

Locations: Main Hospital, Northbrook

Audiologists

Kathleen Masterson Colella, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Purdue University; Bachelor of Science, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital; Westchester

Kristen Cortese, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Rush University Medical Center; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park

Tenzin Dasal Tarak, AuD

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bachelor of Science, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park

Sue Demari, MA, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Master of Arts, Audiology, University of Illinois; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing Science, University of Illinois

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, amplification (hearing aids)

Locations: New Lenox, Westchester

Maeve Derrig, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Northern Illinois University; Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Augustana College

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital

Cara M. Donahue, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Memphis; Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices), cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment, and cochlear implant programming

Locations: Main Hospital, Northbrook

Katherine Farnsworth, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Rush University Medical Center; Bachelor of Arts, Communication Sciences and Disorders and Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, University of Iowa

Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester

Tanya Goralczyk, MS, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Master of Science, Audiology, Rush University; Bachelor of Science, Communicative Disorders and Music, Valparaiso University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations and amplification (hearing aids)

Locations: Lake Forest, Northbrook

Colleen Ittner, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Illinois State University; Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Iowa

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices), cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming

Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester

Alexandra Madison, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Master of Deaf Education, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Bachelor of Science, Special Education, Vanderbilt University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie

Alison Olivo, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; Bachelor of Science, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Locations: Lake Forest, Northbrook, Skokie

Nancy Otwell, MS, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II

Education: Master of Science, Audiology, Rush University; Bachelor of Arts, Merchandising Retail Sales, Central Michigan University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids)

Locations: Main Hospital, Northbrook

Nicole Pain, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Northwestern University; Bachelor of Arts, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Saint Louis University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie

Caroline Rayburn, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Illinois State University; Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology, Illinois State University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations including: electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main hospital, Skokie, Lincoln Park

Susan Reynolds, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Vanderbilt University; Bachelor of Science, Communication Disorders, Central Michigan University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Northbrook

Casey Riley, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of the Pacific; Bachelor of Science, Public Affairs, Indiana University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester

Rebecca Salt, MA, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II

Education: Master of Arts, Audiological Sciences, Michigan State University; Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Purdue University

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Westchester

Carrie B. Sanders, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician II

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Rush University; Bachelor of Special Education, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Georgia

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital, Lake Forest

Erin Schilmoeller, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Northwestern University; Bachelor of Arts, Communication Disorders and Sciences, University of Oregon

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital

Hayley E. Schultz, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Bachelor of Arts, Communication Sciences and Disorders, The College of Wooster

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures and amplification (hearing aids and bone conduction devices)

Locations: Main Hospital

Beth Tournis, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician III

Education: Doctor of Audiology, Salus University; Master of Arts, Audiology, Northwestern University; Bachelor of Arts, Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, The University of Southern Mississippi

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, hearing aids, cochlear implant candidate and post-operative assessment and cochlear implant programming

Locations: Main Hospital, New Lenox, Westchester

Emily M. Wilson, AuD, CCC-A

Pediatric Audiologist, Clinician I

Education: Doctor of Audiology, University of Wisconsin--Madison; Bachelor of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin--Madison

Specialty Areas: Diagnostic evaluations, including electrophysiological measures

Locations: Main Hospital, Skokie