MEXICO – The Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation is taking its audiology services on the road.
In an effort to reach more families – especially those in secluded, rural areas – CiTi will now offer easier access to hearing evaluations, central auditory process evaluations, hearing aid and hearing assistance technology verification and FM/DM verification services thanks to its own EARV, an educational audiology mobile unit.
John Ramin, CiTi director of curriculum and instruction, said families will no longer have to travel upwards of an hour and a half to attend scheduled appointments at designated buildings.
As families wait for one of CiTi’s audiologists or audiometric technicians to wrap up appointments, they may watch educational videos in a small waiting area.
The EARV also is equipped with a wheelchair ramp, staff work area, ample storage space, a sound booth, related equipment and a bathroom.
Educational audiologist Amy Bradbury said the mobile unit allows CiTi to offer a broader audiology educational component because it may travel to various health fairs, community programs and other events.
CiTi’s five full-time audiologists and two audiometric technicians currently provide services in 12 BOCES regions and stand ready to travel where the work takes them.
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