MUSC Health Audiology at North Area Medical Pavillion

Lauren L. Costello, AuD, CCC-A is a board-certified Clinical Instructor of Audiology within the MUSC Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. Dr. Costello received her undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology & Audiology from The University of Akron and went on to complete her Doctor of Audiology degree at Northeast Ohio AuD Consortium. She completed her clinical residency at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in 2020. She specializes in adult diagnosis of hearing loss, audiologic rehabilitation (consultation, fitting, and orientation of hearing aids and assistive listening devices), osseointegrated implantable device evaluations and fittings, hearing conservation and custom hearing devices. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and a member of American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA).

Kaylene A. King, AuD is a cochlear implant audiologist at MUSC. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Connecticut and graduated with her Doctorate of Audiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed her clinical externship at the Children's Cochlear Implant Center at UNC. Dr. King has completed specialized training in working with children from infants to teenagers who use a cochlear implant. She has also completed clinical research with pediatric and adult cochlear implant patients. She often worked with children who listen with a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid in the other, children who have single-sided deafness, and infants with profound hearing loss. She has worked with many children who require unique programming and testing techniques and is passionate about helping patients and their families reach their goals.

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