Advanced, comprehensive care for a wide variety of hearing disorders
Fellowship-trained ear surgeon, audiologists, speech-language therapists, and auditory-verbal therapists
Region's largest, most comprehensive, busiest cochlear implant program
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Lizzie's Story
Lizzie was born without the ability to hear. Fifty years ago she would have had few, if any, options for medical intervention. Today, thanks to the miracle of cochlear implantation, Lizzie can hear and is excelling in school. Click the play button to hear her story.
The CNI Center for Hearing provides high-quality, comprehensive care for patients living with a wide variety of ear disorders, utilizing a collaborative, team approach that brings together top specialists from various disciplines, including a fellowship-trained neurotologist (ear surgeon), audiologists, neurosurgeons, speech-language therapists, and auditory-verbal therapists. These experts work together to provide highly coordinated and personalized care that addresses the full range of each patient’s diagnostic and treatment needs.
The CNI Center for Hearing offers advanced resources and technology to improve sound detection and communication abilities for both children and adults with severe or profound hearing loss. The center operates the largest, most comprehensive, and busiest cochlear implant program in the region. Cochlear implants, a technological miracle that brings the recipient from the deaf world to the hearing world, has been shown to be one of the most cost-effective, advanced medical technologies in the world today. The center is also active in research for the development of new cochlear implant devices and serves as a leading training facility.
Conditions Treated
Acoustic Neuromas
Chronic Ear Infections (Otitis Media)
Dizziness, Vertigo and Balance Disorders
Facial Nerve Problems (Bell’s Palsy)
Hearing Loss (Progressive and Sudden)
Ménière's disease
Skull-based tumors
Tinnitus
Patient Care
The CNI Center for Hearing provides a full complement of diagnostic testing and today’s most advanced treatments for adults and children, including cochlear implants and implantable hearing aids. These services and resources are provided
through the collaborative efforts of the Rocky Mountain Ear Center, a private practice providing patient evaluations, diagnoses, and treatment services, and the non-profit CNI Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center, the largest, most comprehensive, and busiest cochlear implant program in the region. The Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center also serves as a training facility for physicians from North and South America who are learning cochlear implant surgical techniques. Surgical instruction is provided at CNI’s Mile-Hi Sertoma MicroSurgical Teaching Lab.
Outreach & Support Programs
The CNI Center for Hearing offers numerous outreach, support and charitable programs to help adults and children with serious hearing impairments. These include:
The medical information presented on this website is meant for general educational purpose only. Individuals should consult their physician regarding specific medical concerns or treatment.