Debra A. Winters, AuD

Assistive Technology Practitioner

Dr. Debra A. Winters is an Assistive Technology Practitioner in Pomona, NJ with special training and skill in providing technology to help maintain and enhance the quality of life for patients with disabilities. As an Assistive Technology Practitioner, Debra A. Winters, AuD performs assistive device instruction for patients with disabilities. Assistive Technology Practice is assessing patients' technology needs and prescribing and instructing patients on how to use assistive devices. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Assistive Technology Practitioners include sensory, learning, and physical disabilities. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Assistive Technology Practitioners include screen readers, hearing aids, and wheelchairs.

Audiologist

Dr. Debra A. Winters is an Audiologist in Pomona, NJ with special training and skill in diagnosing, treating, and preventing conditions and injuries that affect the sense of sound and balance. As an Audiologist, Debra A. Winters, AuD performs diagnostic tests to detect issues with hearing and balance, and provides preventative and treatment options to address them. Audiology is the field of medicine concerned with the sense of hearing and how it affects the rest of the mind and body. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Audiologists include hearing loss, balance issues, tinnitus, vertigo, barotrauma, and auditory processing disorder. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Audiologists include conducting hearing assessments, providing hearing aids and cochlear implant, and teaching methods of speech like lip-reading.

A specialist in evaluation, habilitation and rehabilitation of those whose communication disorders center in whole or in part in hearing function. Audiologists are autonomous professionals who identify, assess, and manage disorders of the auditory, balance and other neural systems. Audiologists provide audiological (aural) rehabilitation to children and adults across the entire age span. Audiologists select, fit and dispense amplification systems such as hearing aids and related devices. (2) An audiologist is a person qualified by a master's degree in audiology, licensed by the state, where applicable, and practicing within the scope of that license. Audiologists evaluate and treat patients with impaired hearing. They plan, direct and conduct rehabilitative programs with audiotry substitutional devises (hearing aids) and other therapy.