In addition, Boys Town Pediatrics and Alegent Health also provide hospitalization and pediatric urgent care. Boys Town Hospital audiologists are nationally recognized for both clinical and research programs in the identification and management of hearing loss and balance disorders. Boys Town Hospital audiologists also conduct research in sound recognition for the purpose of bringing improvements to hearing aid technology. The Center served as part of a national consortium charged by the National Institutes of Health to develop and evaluate newborn hearing screening. A major focus of the Center is to provide detection of hearing loss as early as possible in the child's life.
Early detection can help parents and clinicians address individual developmental challenges.
People suffering from dizziness, vertigo or balance disorders receive the most advanced care at the hospital. A pioneer in the diagnosis and treatment of vestibular disorders, the hospital was one of the first in the world to use a computerized rotating chair for testing inner ear balance in infants and to use a computerized balance platform to assess balance problems in the elderly. Research is underway in this Center in the development and validation of techniques for selecting and fitting advanced signal processing hearing aids to infants and young children. Research Boys Town Hospital conducts one of the largest hearing research programs in the world. Research efforts represent a multidisciplinary effort to identify the causes of hearing loss and vestibular disorders with the ultimate goal of prevention and treatment.