Catherine Demirel, PhD| Pediatric Audiology, Audiology | MedStar Health
About me
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Newborn Hearing Screening Coordinator
Pediatric Audiology Specialty Certification® (PASC)
Clinical areas of focus
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Assessment
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)
- Hearing Loss
- Hearing Loss (ASYMMETRICAL)
- Hearing Loss (CENTRAL)
- Hearing Loss (CONDUCTIVE)
- Hearing Loss (MIXED)
- Hearing Loss (NEURAL)
- Muffled Hearing
- Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) Testing
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Acoustic Immittance Testing
- Audiometry Testing
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Test
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Assessment
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)
- Hearing Aids
- Hearing Evaluation
- Newborn Hearing Screening
- Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) Testing
- Tympanometry
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select (aka Senior Advantage)
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- CFBCBS EPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Open HMO
- United Healthcare Choice
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Network OA
- Open EPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Student Resources
- CIGNA Indemnity
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Tricare Prime
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- FIRST HEALTH
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
Education
Other Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, -
Allied Health Education: James Madison University (2004)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Demirel, C. E. (2019). Neonatal Hearing Screening. In J. Ramasethu & S. Seo (Eds.), MacDonald's Atlas of Procedures in Neonatology (pp. 482-485). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.