Alabama Ear Specialists

09/02/2025

First Cochlear™ Nucleus® Nexa Implant in the Southeast 🎉

We are proud to share that Dr. McGrew performed the first Cochlear™ Nucleus® Nexa Implant in the Southeast!

The Nexa platform is the world’s first smart cochlear implant — featuring internal memory and upgradable firmware. This innovation offers improved power efficiency, advanced sound processing, and the flexibility to evolve with future technology, giving patients the best opportunity for long-term hearing outcomes.

Please join us in congratulating the surgical team at OPCC and the patient recipient!

Alabama Ear Specialists

09/07/2024

Breaking News: First US Sentio™ System Surgery completed!

We're excited to share that the first Sentio surgery in the United States was successfully conducted today by Alabama Ear Specialists, supported by our own Dianna Tingle Gould, AuD, CCC-A and Amy Arthur, AuD, CCC-A.

Otologist Dr. Dennis Pappas, Jr. shared after the procedure, "The surgery went great. It was very straightforward. It was just as instructed. And... we look forward to doing a great deal more Sentio implants. We're excited!"

Please join us in congratulating the surgical team and the patient recipient!

Alabama Ear Specialists

10/31/2022

Happy Halloween from the Alabama Ear Specialists Care Bears

09/30/2022

Thanks, Jack Riley!

09/23/2022

09/16/2022

On Dr. McGrew and staff. Thank you for the kind words, Bea Thorne.

08/26/2022

Thank you, Shelley Tatum!

08/17/2022

Meet one of our receptionists: Berenda Faye Baldwin works clinical at Alabama Ear and has been checking in patients and assisting our doctors and nurses for three years. A Birmingham native, she attended Jacksonville State University and Lawson State Junior College. Dependable and helpful, she always tries to be the best version of herself that she can be and greets everyone with sincerity when they walk through our front door. Most of all, she adores working with her patients and co-workers.