For more information, call the Hearing Aid Services office nearest you: Comprehensive hearing aid related services Barbourville Bowling Green are available to children diagnosed with (800) 348-4279 (800) 843-5877 permanent childhood hearing loss (PCHL). (606) 546-5109 (270) 746-7816 Elizabethtown Hazard Who should be referred to the OCSHCN (800) 995-6982 (800) 378-3357 Hearing Aid Services program? (270) 766-5370 (606) 435-6167 Children who are in need of new or Lexington Louisville replacement hearing aids and want to (800) 817-3874 (800) 232-1160 receive hearing aids and related services (859) 252-3170 (502) 429-4430 through a OCSHCN audiologist and wish to Morehead Owensboro receive Otology care outside of the (800) 928-3049 (877) 687-7038 clinical Otology program. (606) 783-8610 (270) 687-7038 What audiology services are available Paducah Prestonsburg (800) 443-3651 (800) 594-7058 through the OCSHCN Hearing Aid Services (270) 443-3651 (606) 889-1761 program? Licensed, certified audiologists conduct Somerset (800) 525-4279 periodic comprehensive hearing evaluations, (606) 677-4120 hearing aid checks, hearing aid repairs and Audiology and hearing aid evaluations according to ASHA best practices guidelines. Comprehensive Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Hearing Aid Services Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs reports are provided to the managing 310 Whittington Parkway, Suite 200, Louisville, KY 40222 otolaryngologist on an on-going basis; Phone: (502) 429-4430 or (800) 232-1160 FAX: (502) 429-4489 additional follow up testing will be http://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/ccshcn Information for Parents and Equal Opportunity Employer M/D/F completed at physician request. Printed with state funds. 11/16 (7/18) Providers Who qualifies for services through the Who should be referred for hearing Office for Children with Special Health testing? Care Needs (OCSHCN)? Children who meet criteria as at risk for All children (birth to 21 years) who are late onset or progressive hearing loss residents of Kentucky. (including chronic middle ear problems); What is the cost for Hearing Children being tracked by school Evaluation Services? screening/hearing conservation and the Early Hearing Detection Intervention There is no charge to the family for initial (EHDI) programs; and, evaluation for children referred based on failed newborn hearing or school screening; Children who have been diagnosed with Medicaid rates charged to others; sliding fee permanent hearing loss (PCHL) may scale utilized. qualify for ongoing evaluation services Test results and written report through the Audiology Program at provided to referring physician within How do I contact the OCSHCN to make OCSHCN. a referral? 48 hours of scheduled appointment; What testing is available? Please call the office nearest to you. follow up testing scheduled at Licensed, certified audiologists conduct Audiologists are on staff in 10 state of the physician request. comprehensive hearing evaluations on art, child friendly facilities. newborns, infants and children of all ages including: ABR (Auditory Brainstem Response) OAE (Otoacoustic Emissions) Immittance Measures (Tympanometry and Acoustic reflex testing) Behavioral Audiometry (Visual reinforcement; conditioned play; conventional audiometry including speech perception testing) .