TeleHear feat. Dr. Kristy Lowery

Tele-Audiology: Creating Greater Access to Hearing Healthcare

TeleHear will allow you to video chat with an audiologist who can help assess your needs and offer any needed advice, including assisting with programming or troubleshooting hearing devices.

TeleHear is the practice of using telecommunications technology to evaluate and care for patients with hearing aids at a distance. Visits are done using video conferencing over the internet. The patient and audiologist communicate using an application designed for the purpose. The patient may participate using a personal computer with a webcam or smart mobile device with a built-in video camera.

TeleHear is a great way for patients to get specialty care especially if they are unable to leave their home due to injury or illness.

What are the Benefits of TeleHear?  

• Less exposure to illness 
• Save time and money from commuting 
• Hearing aid adjustments made in your home environment 

About Dr. Kristy Lowery

Dr. Kristy Lowery, Ph.D., CCC-A, FAAA has over fifteen years of experience helping patients of all ages in a variety of settings including ear, nose and throat clinics as well as in private practice.  She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Audiology and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association.  Dr. Lowery received her undergraduate degree from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and received a Master’s Degree in Audiology and her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  Her area of interest and specialty is in the diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss.  Most of her clinical research was in the area of amplification, specifically looking at noise reduction technology in hearing aids as it relates to the objective and subjective outcomes of hearing aid users.

Dr. Lowery has been recognized for multiple awards and honors, including the Mary Whiton Caulkins Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research and the James Jerger Award for Excellence in Student Research.  One of her published manuscripts was named “The Best of Audiology Literature 2007,” by Gustav Mueller.  She also served as a member of a collaborative audiology advisory board through Ear Q in 2013.  Dr. Lowery holds a license in every state.

Outside of work, Dr. Lowery enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters.  She enjoys cooking, reading, and is a self-proclaimed fitness junkie, who can often be found in the kitchen trying to figure out how to make eating healthy more delicious (and convince her kids of it!).  She also enjoys live music as well as watching college football (go Vols!)