The specialist New York audiology is missing.
If you live in New York and have been chasing answers for tinnitus, sound sensitivity, or an adult auditory processing difference — this practice exists for you. Telehealth-first, no commute, no four-month waitlist. A New York-licensed audiologist who treats these conditions full-time, not on the side.
The Reality of Specialist Care in New York
New York is one of the largest healthcare markets in the country, and somehow that does not translate into easy access to specialist audiology for adults. Most clinics across the state — from Buffalo to Brooklyn, Albany to Long Island — are equipped for hearing-aid fittings, pediatric cases, or general audiometry. Not for the conditions that actually drive people here.
The patients we see have usually already done the rounds. A normal audiogram, a referral to an ENT three months out, then nothing more. The telehealth model exists because that's the gap — and it's the gap we're built for, wherever in New York you are.
4 Months
Typical wait for an in-person adult APD evaluation across New York State. Auditory Pathway: usually within two weeks.
0 Commute
Sessions run from your home, on a laptop, on a schedule that works around your life — not the clinic's.
100%
Of clinical time spent on tinnitus, sound sensitivity, and adult APD. This is not a sub-speciality squeezed between hearing-aid fittings.
Five specialized pathways
for the conditions
most clinics overlook.
Every program begins with a real evaluation—not a five-minute screen. Each links to a dedicated page where you can explore what to expect, how it works, and what it costs.
From clinic frustration to a practice that actually listens.
For most of her clinical career, Dr. Kaitlyn Lepore watched the same scene repeat itself. A patient walks in describing real, life-altering symptoms — a ringing that won't stop, sounds that feel physically painful, conversations that scramble in noisy rooms. The hearing test runs for ten minutes, the audiogram comes back roughly normal, and the patient is sent home with nothing more than "there's nothing more we can do."
“The line we kept giving people was that the test was clear, so there wasn’t much to do. That was never true. We just weren’t set up to test the right thing — or to spend the time treating it.” — Dr. Lepore
Auditory Pathway was built on the understanding that hearing healthcare is about more than devices — and that too many people are living with conditions that can be genuinely improved. It was built to be the practice that appointment should have led to. Because the patients sent home with nothing weren't out of options. They were just in the wrong room.
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Irish Academy of Audiology