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Robert Jyung, MD is the Director of Otology/Neurotology at University Hospital/New Jersey Medical School and is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He has recently arrived from Boston, where he was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan and did his residency in otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis. After completing a two-year fellowship in otology/neurotology at the Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary, he served as the director of otology/neurotology at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia for four years. He has extensive experience in all aspects of temporal bone surgery, focusing on cochlear implant surgery and chronic ear disease.



Robert Jyung, MD


Lisa D. Bell, MA, CCC-A, Audiology Director of the Cochlear Implant Center of New Jersey and Clinical Audiologist at University Hospital has extensive training in all aspects of diagnostic audiology including electrophysiologic testing and hearing aids and has additional training in cochlear implant technology. Ms. Bell evaluates patients of all ages.

Linda Tucker, MA, CCC-SLP is a senior Speech Language Speech Pathologist who has vast clinical experience with a large number of communication and swallowing deficits caused by neurogenic disorders, craniofacial abnormalities, hearing loss, developmental delays, head and neck cancer, dysfluency and voice disorders.

Sheila G. Royster, BSW, CWS is a certified Social Worker with more than 20 years of experience in her field. In addition to her many responsibilities as a medical Social Worker, she is also proficient in sign language and serves as an interpreter for the deaf at UMDNJ. Ms. Royster graduated from the Interpreter’s Program at Union County College and has taken various courses on deafness rehabilitation.

The Center also has a team of top-notch therapists, psychologists, neuro-radiologists and a specialty operating room nursing team.



Lisa D. Bell