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Our specialists are happy to discuss your individual case with you. Serious inquiries only, please. For an appointment, call 303-783-9220. DIRECTOR: CNI Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant
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The CNI Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center is made up of the following team members:
David C. Kelsall, MD, is Medical Director of the CNI Center for Hearing and the CNI Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center (RMCIC) at the Colorado Neurological Institute (CNI). Dr. Kelsall is a graduate of Stanford University and earned his medical degree at the University of Colorado. After serving residencies in general surgery at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver and in Otolaryngology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, he completed his fellowship training in Otology/Neurotology/skull base surgery at the Denver Ear Institute.
Dr. Kelsall is board certified in Otolaryngology, a Fellow in the American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, a member of the American Neurotology Society and the Colorado Medical Society, and serves on the CNI Board of Directors.
As a researcher, Dr. Kelsall has played a role in clinical trials leading to FDA approval of several cochlear implant models and the Vibrant Sound Bridge implantable hearing aid, and has established CNI as a regional training center in cochlear implant surgery for physicians from North and South America. As a Medical Director of the World Hearing Network, he leads a team of volunteer physicians on annual missions to Third World countries, where they perform surgeries, provide hearing aids, and train local physicians. In 2001, Dr. Kelsall established the internationally renowned CNI Cochlear Kids Camps, which are offered several times each year to children with cochlear implants and their families. He also created and directs several other community outreach programs, including the Cochlear Implant Assistance Program, the Angel Network, the BAHA Assistance Program, and the CNI Teen Thing
Dr. Kelsall is a frequent lecturer nationally and in Central and South America, and has published numerous articles in professional journals. A third-generation native of Colorado, he and his wife Tammie have three children.
Allison Biever received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in May 1989. She obtained her Master of Arts degree in Audiology at the University of Colorado (Boulder) in May 1992. In September of 1992, she began a Clinical Fellowship Year at the Denver Ear Institute where she worked extensively with their cochlear implant program. As a clinical audiologist, her focus since 1997 has been with the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program. Allison recently completed her Au.D. at Central Michigan University with a thesis project which examined the impact of residual hearing on cochlear implantation. When she is not playing listening games with "her" children in the implant program, she and her husband are busy reading to, running with and playing games with their own daughters.
Katie Breithart received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology in December of 1996 from Colorado State University. She obtained her Master of Arts degree in Audiology from the University of Northern Colorado in May of 2000. As a Cochlear Clinical Fellow in 2000-2001, she worked under the supervision and training of Allison Biever at The CNI Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center. As a clinical audiologist, she has been involved in various aspects of the cochlear implant programs, working with children, adults and in the operating room during cochlear implant surgeries. Katie lives in Littleton with her family, and recently completed her clinical doctorate coursework.
Nancy is a certified Audiologist, Teacher of the Deaf and Auditory-Verbal therapist. She received her master's degree from Pennsylvania State University and continued her post-master's work at the University of Denver. She has more than twenty-five years experience in teaching children who are deaf to listen and speak. She encourages patients to integrate listening into their deaf child's daily experiences. She trains and supervises students and professionals, and lectures and consults for schools and clinics internationally.
Nanette Thompson is a Speech-Language Pathologist and an Auditory-Verbal therapist. She grew up in Louisiana and received her masters degree from the University of Texas. She has been working with children who are deaf/hard of hearing for 14 years. She has worked in Houston at the Center for Hearing and Speech and in Dallas at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders. She lived in the United Kingdom and established an early intervention program for children with hearing loss and developed an aural rehabilitation program for children with cochlear implants. She has lived in Denver for 7 years and works for the Colorado Home Intervention Program, the Listen Foundation and the University of Colorado.
Johnnie Herman is the Patient Care Coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Implant Center. She brings more than 20 years of administrative experience in the medical profession. Johnnie is the friendly and efficient voice patients hear when they call to schedule an appointment, order supplies or troubleshoot equipment. She also assists in handling matters related to insurance inquiries, payments and referrals. Johnnie is the "nerve center" of The CNI Rocky Mountain Cochlear Implant Center and is the proud grandmother of two beautiful young girls who live in Texas. She enjoys traveling to see them as often as possible.
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