Dr. Omnya Zein

Dr Omnya is a veteran in Audiology in the UAE with more than 20 years of experience in the government and private sector. She has been part of the team which has operated on more than 3000 cochlear implant patients as she is the only physician providing cochlear implants in Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.

She is a member of the American Academy of Audiology and the Egyptian Audio Vestibular Medicine Academy.

Education:

MBBCh, Master Degree and Doctorate of Medicine in Audiology Medicine and Audiovestibular Medicine

Core Competencies:

• Neonatal Screening
• Paediatric hearing and hearing assessment and hearing aids services:
• Tympanometry and acoustic reflexes
•  Visual reinforcement audiometry
•  Play audiometry
•  Evoked potentials which include auditory brain stem response test under sedation or general anaesthesia
• Middle latency evoked response in paediatric communication disorders, including auditory processing disorders.
• Late cortical evoked response for cognitive function in chidren and adults
• Otoacoustic emission transient and distortion product for diagnosis of cochlear function and auditory neuropathy in high risk babies
• Hearing aids – selection, fitting and follow up for auditory rehabilitation and follow up of speech and language development after hearing aids fitting
• Cochlear implant pre-operative evaluation and if the patient is candidate for cochlear implantation
• Adult hearing assessment, hearing aid selection, fitting and follow up
• Tinnitus and hyperacusis diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation
• Post-operative programming for all kinds of cochlear implants and auditory rehabilitation, and follow up of speech and language development during his/her rehabilitation journey
• Vestibular (balance and dizziness) services
• Ecocohleography
• Videonystagmography
• Head impulse test
• Vestibular evoked potential
• Positional test for BPPV
• Caloric test
• Vestibular rehabilitation therapy