About me
Laura Jones, AuD, CCC-A is a clinical audiologist serving adult and pediatric patients at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Jones earned her undergraduate degree in Philosophy Neuroscience and Psychology with minors in Legal Studies and Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. She holds a doctorate in clinical audiology from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine where she worked in the Vanderbilt Cochlear Implant Research Laboratory under the direction of Dr. René Gifford. Her experience includes adult and pediatric diagnostic evaluations, electrophysiologic measures, vestibular assessment, acoustic and bone-anchored amplification, and cochlear implantation. She is a member of the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Cochlear Implant Team. Dr. Jones is certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA, CCC-A) and licensed to practice in the District of Columbia and Virginia. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA).
Clinical areas of focus
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Assessment
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)
- Cochlear Implant Hearing Aid Assessment
- Cochlear Implant Hearing Aid Surgery
- Cochlear Implants
- 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
- Amplification For Hearing Loss
- Audiometry Testing
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) Test
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aid Assessment
- Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)
- Cochlear Implant Hearing Aid Assessment
- Cochlear Implant Hearing Aid Surgery
- Cochlear Implants
- Conditioned Play Audiometry (CPA)
- Electrocochleography
- Hearing Aids
- Hearing Evaluation
- Newborn Hearing Screening
- Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) Testing
- Tympanometry
- Vestibular Services
- Visual Reinforcement Audiometry (VRA)
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
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Signature
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- United Golden Rule
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Choice Plus
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Select Plus (POS)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- WellPoint Maryland
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Cigna EPO
- D-SNP)
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Tricare for Life East
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Tricare East Prime
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United Student Resources
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Navigate
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Tricare East Select
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Medicaid - Maryland
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Beech Street PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Kaiser Select
- Carefirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- Virginia Premier
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- I-SNP
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Optimum Choice
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Education
Other Certification: American Speech Language Hearing Association, -
Allied Health Education: Vanderbilt University (2018)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Holder, J. T., Levin, L. M., & Gifford, R. H. (2018). Speech Recognition in Noise for Adults With Normal Hearing: Age-Normative Performance for AzBio, BKB-SIN, and QuickSIN. Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology, 39(10), e972–e978. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000002003
Racca J. M., Jones L. L., Dwyer R. T., Ferguson M., Sunderhaus L., Hood L. J., & Gifford R. H. (2022). Changes in Acoustic Absorbance Pre– and Post–Cochlear Implantation. American Journal of Audiology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJA-21-00146