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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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
Support Staff
Shavonne Robertson
Location: Westchester
Emily Speight, BA
Cochlear Implant Team
Location: Main Hospital
Amber Yelenosky, BA
Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park, Skokie
Stephanie Smith, BS
Locations: Northbrook and Westchester
Sadie Finch
Locations: Skokie and Lincoln Park
Mckenna Horton
Location: Main Hospital
Diane Kapustka, BA
Locations: Lake Forest, Northbrook
Olyvia Mason
Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park
Alexandra O'Connell, BS
Location: Main Hospital
Tammy Pieranunzi
Location: Westchester
Lissette Portales
Locations: Main Hospital, Lincoln Park