uams audiology

July 12, 2024

Greenwood Officer Rediscovers Sound with Cochlear Implant

David Wise

Audiology patient displays cochlear implant device

Greenwood police officer John Michael O’Mara has been dealing with hearing loss since childhood. For years, he tried all manner of traditional hearing aids, but he just didn’t like the way they performed. “I was stubborn and refused to wear hearing aids,” O’Mara said. “I didn’t like the way that it sounded like a 1960s…

December 17, 2013

Audiology Students Soundproof the UAMS Sim Center

Holland Doran

While the UAMS Simulation Center gives students and health care professionals experience practicing skills in a realistic environment with high-tech manikins, faculty members and the center’s staff had noticed a problem.