Şevval Sarıoğlu Özcan, Audiologist

Şevval Sarıoğlu Özcan is an audiology professional at Acibadem Kartal Hospital in İstanbul, where she works within the Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) unit. Her work centers on the assessment of hearing, with a particular interest in hearing loss in children, hearing loss in general, and audiometry. She sees patients whose hearing concerns call for structured testing and a clear explanation of what the results show.

She completed her education at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Vocational School of Health Services between 2019 and 2021. She has been working with Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2021. Her clinical activity is based in the ENT unit, where audiological testing supports the wider evaluation of patients with ear, nose and throat complaints and provides the physicians with measured information about a patient’s hearing.

Clinical focus

Her areas of expertise are:

• Pediatric hearing loss – hearing assessment in infants and children, where testing has to be adapted to the child’s age and ability to cooperate, and where findings are explained to parents in plain terms.
• Hearing loss – evaluation of reduced hearing in patients of any age, including documenting the degree and pattern of the loss so that the ENT team can consider the appropriate next steps.
• Audiometry – the measurement of hearing thresholds and related tests that form the basis of a hearing assessment.

Audiometric results are one part of a broader clinical picture. They help the treating ENT physicians decide whether further investigation is needed and which options may be relevant for a given patient, including, where appropriate, discussion of a cochlear implant. Şevval Sarıoğlu Özcan supports patients, including children with hearing loss, through careful evaluation and care planning within the unit, and her role is to provide reliable measurements and clear communication rather than to promise a particular outcome.

How Şevval Sarıoğlu Özcan works with international patients

Şevval Sarıoğlu Özcan speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who need them. Before a visit, the hospital’s international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, for example MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, laboratory and pathology results, operative notes and discharge summaries, and it arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options; in an audiology setting this usually includes a focused conversation about the hearing concern and appropriate audiometric assessment. Video consultation is available for international patients, which can be useful for an initial discussion of hearing concerns and of any test results already available, before deciding whether an in-person assessment in İstanbul is appropriate.