MUSC Health Audiology at North Area Medical Pavillion

Lauren L. Costello, AuD, CCC-A is a board-certified Clinical Instructor of Audiology within the MUSC Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery. Dr. Costello received her undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology & Audiology from The University of Akron and went on to complete her Doctor of Audiology degree at Northeast Ohio AuD Consortium. She completed her clinical residency at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in 2020. She specializes in adult diagnosis of hearing loss, audiologic rehabilitation (consultation, fitting, and orientation of hearing aids and assistive listening devices), osseointegrated implantable device evaluations and fittings, hearing conservation and custom hearing devices. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and a member of American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA).

Dr. Kimberly McHugh is the medical director for outpatient services in pediatric cardiology. Her clinical interests include longitudinal care of infants, children, and young adults with congenital heart disease, education of adolescents and young adults to care for their congenital heart disease, and outpatient care for patients before and after heart surgery. Dr. McHugh's research has a focus in improving outcomes for single ventricle heart disease, examination of resource utilization in pediatric cardiology, and improving outcomes in longitudinal care of congenital heart disease. She is also an investigator with the Pediatric Heart Network and enrolls and follows patients in clinical trials.

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