Omnya Zein
Specialist Audiology
Specialist in audiology and audiovestibular medicine with over 35 years' experience and a doctorate of medicine in the specialty.
LocationMediclinic Al Jowhara Hospital
Experience35-40
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic
NationalityEgypt
About
Dr. Omnya assesses and rehabilitates hearing and balance in patients from newborn screening through to adulthood, covering hearing aid selection and fitting, tinnitus and hyperacusis, and vestibular (balance and dizziness) testing and rehabilitation. She has been part of the team caring for more than 3,000 cochlear implant patients, from pre-operative evaluation to post-operative programming - volume that matters in a field where follow-up shapes speech and language development. She is a member of the American Academy of Audiology and the Egyptian Audio Vestibular Medicine Academy.
Qualifications
MBBCh
Master Degree and Doctorate of Medicine in Audiology Medicine and Audiovestibular Medicine
Areas of expertise
Audiovestibular medicine
Special interests
Neonatal screeningPaediatric hearing and hearing assessment and hearing aids servicesTympanometry and acoustic reflexesVisual reinforcement audiometryPlay audiometryEvoked potentials which include auditory brain stem response test under sedation or general anaesthesiaMiddle latency evoked response in paediatric communication disorders, including auditory processing disordersLate cortical evoked response for cognitive function in children and adultsOtoacoustic emission transient and distortion product for diagnosis of cochlear function and auditory neuropathy in high risk babiesHearing aids - selection, fitting and follow up for auditory rehabilitation and follow up of speech and language development after hearing aids fittingCochlear implant pre-operative evaluation and if the patient is candidate for cochlear implantationAdult hearing assessment, hearing aid selection, fitting and follow upTinnitus and hyperacusis diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitationPost-operative programming for all kinds of cochlear implants and auditory rehabilitation, and follow up of speech and language development during his/her rehabilitation journeyVestibular (balance and dizziness) servicesEcocohleographyVideonystagmographyHead impulse testVestibular evoked potentialPositional test for bppvCaloric testVestibular rehabilitation therapy
