
Topic
Pediatric Hearing Loss
Podcasts
ENT & Allergy # 301Nov 3, 2026Hearing Loss & Aural Rehab in Children with Cancer

After months of chemotherapy, some children arrive in the clinic depressed and unable to hear their families, and after a cochlear implant, as Dr. Daniela Carvalho puts it, “you see a smile on their face again.” On this episode of the BackTable Creator Weekend™ series on pediatric head and neck cancer, host Dr. Anthony Sheyn welcomes pediatric otolaryngologist Dr. Daniela Carvalho and audiologist Dr. Julie Silva to discuss hearing loss and aural rehabilitation in children with cancer. They cover baseline and surveillance testing during ototoxic chemotherapy, how cisplatin, carboplatin, and cranial radiation shape the monitoring schedule, where sodium thiosulfate fits, and how extended high-frequency testing and otoacoustic emissions can catch changes before the standard audiogram does.
ENT & Allergy # 281Jul 7, 2026Expert Insight on Congenital CMV & Pediatric Hearing Loss

Did you know that congenital CMV-related hearing loss can develop several years after birth? On the BackTable ENT & Allergy Podcast, hosts Dr. Gopi Shah and Dr. Jeff Hyzer interview pediatric otolaryngologist Dr. Albert Park about the latest evidence on congenital CMV and its role in pediatric sensorineural hearing loss. The discussion covers diagnosis, risk factors, screening protocols, testing strategies, antiviral treatment, genetic workup, long-term surveillance, and future directions for early detection and prevention.
ENT & Allergy # 219Apr 22, 2025New Frontiers in Pediatric Hearing Loss: Implants, Gene Therapy & CMV

Are new solutions for pediatric hearing loss finally within earshot? In this episode of the Back Table ENT Podcast, we talk with Dr. Daniela Carvalho, pediatric otolaryngologist and director of the Cochlear Implant Program at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.
ENT & Allergy # 180Jul 9, 2024Aural Rehabilitation After Pediatric Cochlear Implantation: Expert Insight from Audiology

Any otolaryngologist or cochlear implant (CI) patient can tell you that the journey to better hearing begins in earnest after CI activation. When the patient in question is a child, what does that journey look like? In this episode of the BackTable ENT podcast, Dr. Sarah Cordingley, audiologist with Peak ENT (Provo, Utah), joins host Dr. Gopi Shah to discuss aural rehabilitation for pediatric CI patients.
ENT & Allergy # 157Feb 6, 2024Working Together: Language Development in Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children

In this episode, Dr. Anita Jeyakumar, pediatric ENT at Mercy Health (Youngstown, Ohio) discusses language for Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) children with podcast host Dr. Gopi Shah.
ENT & Allergy # 111May 18, 2023Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program in Costa Rica

In this episode of BackTable ENT, Dr. Shah interviews pediatric otolaryngologist Dr. Adriana Vega about the process and importance of building a pediatric cochlear implant program in Costa Rica.
ENT & Allergy # 22May 11, 2021Pediatric Cochlear Implants

We talk with Dr. Prashant Malhotra from Nationwide Children’s Hospital about Pediatric Cochlear Implants, including workup and patient selection.
ENT & Allergy # 10Nov 24, 2020Comprehensive Care For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

We talk with Dr. Rachel St. John from Children's Health about the importance of early language access and collaborative care for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.