Dr. Samuel Bittel AuD, FAAA
Dr. Samuel Bittel AuD, FAAA
Availability
Accepting New Patients
Details
Samuel N. Bittel, Au.D., is an owner and vestibular specialist with Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City. He earned his doctoral degree from Nova Southeastern University and completed his vestibular-specific clinical training at the American Institute of Balance. Dr. Bittel teaches the doctoral audiology vestibular course for the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he is also an adjunct professor in the neurology department. Dr. Bittel is a regularly invited lecturer locally and nationally on a wide range of topics. Dr. Bittel is actively involved with vestibular-specific clinical research, political audiology advocacy, and clinical education. He recently served on the board of directors for the American Academy of Audiology. His most recent work involves authoring a chapter in a vestibular-specific textbook.
Locations
Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City
6650 W 110th St, Ste 330, Overland Park, KS 66210, USA
Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City
458 NE 291 Hwy, Lee's Summit, MO 64063, USA
Hearing and Balance Specialists of Kansas City
8640 N Green Hills Rd, Kansas City, MO 64154, USA
Specialty
- Audiologist
Certifications
Board Certified- Audiology
Certificate of Clinical Competence- American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Fellow- American Academy of Audiology
Languages
Serving patients in these languages:
- English
Professional Association Membership
- Academy of Doctors of Audiology (ADA)
- American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
- American Auditory Society
- American Balance Society (ABS)
- American Speech, Language, Hearing Association (ASHA)
- Barany Society
Percentage of Patients Treated for Vestibular Disorders
100%
Procedures and Tools
- Audiometry
- Bedside Head Impulse Test
- Comprehensive Clinical Vestibular Exam
- Dix Hallpike
- Electrocochelography
- Functional mobility and gait assessment
- Infrared lenses or Frenzel goggles
- Oculomotor testing
- Posturography
- Rotary Chair
- Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential (VEMP)
- Video Head Impulse Test (VHIT)
- Videonystagmography (VNG)
Diagnoses Qualified to Manage
- BPPV
- Other peripheral vestibular disorders
- Central vestibular disorders
Multidisciplinary
- I work in, or have access to, a multidisciplinary team of vestibular specialists
Publications
Bittel, S.N. (in progress). The diversified audiology practice, in Audiology Today, March/April issue.
Bittel, S.N. (in progress). Interpretation, Report Writing, and Triage, in Balance Disorders in Adults and Children: Evaluation and Management of Vestibular Disorders, R.E. Gans ed, Thieme Publishers, chapter 24.
Roberts, R.A., Bittel, S.N., Gans, R.E. (2016). Positional nystagmus in patients evaluated for dizziness and imbalance, Advances in Otolaryngology, 1-10.
Bittel, S.N. (2015). What audiologists need to know about superior canal dehiscence syndrome. Audiology Practices- Publication of the Academy of Doctors of Audiology, Winter issue.
Bittel, S.N. (2012). A window into superior canal dehiscence syndrome. KSHA Connection, 26, 3.
Bittel, S.N. (2011). Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: A primer. KSHA Connection, 25, 5.
Bittel, S.N. (2010). What you need to know about audiology assistants. KSHA Connection, 24, 5.
Bittel, S.N., Freeman, B.A., & Kemker, B.E. (2008). Investigation of toy noise exposures in children. Seminars in Hearing, 29, 10-18.
Bittel, S.N., & Freeman, B.A. (2007). Toy noise investigation. Audiology Today, 19, 24-25.
Bittel, S.N., & Freeman, B.A. (2006). Toy noise investigation. Audiology Advocate, 8, 7-8.
Licensing
- Licensed by Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, license number 2152
- Licensed by Missouri Division of Professional Registration, license number 2015029992