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Johanna Bensam

Johanna Bensam

Audio-Vestibular Specialist & Clinical Program Manager

  • PG
  • BASLP
  • Comprehensive Hearing Assessments (Adults & Children)
  • Hearing Aid Selection, Fitting & Rehabilitation
  • Tinnitus Assessment & Management
  • Vestibular Testing & Balance Assessment
  • Vestibular Rehabilitation & Balance Therapy
Experience
10+ years
Highest qualification
BASLP
Languages
English, Hindi
Nationality
India
Profile

About Johanna

Johanna Bensam is an Audio-Vestibular Specialist and Clinical Program Manager at Muscat Private Hospital, with experience across audiology, vestibular diagnostics and rehabilitation, tinnitus management and hearing healthcare. She has been licensed by the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman, since 2018.

Johanna holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Audiology) from New Zealand and a Bachelor’s degree in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP) from India. Her clinical work covers comprehensive hearing assessment for adults and children, hearing aid selection and fitting, tinnitus assessment and counselling, and vestibular testing and rehabilitation, including VNG, VEMP, ECochG, posturography and virtual reality–based rehabilitation.

Alongside clinical practice, Johanna works in clinical program development and management, professional education and research, with a focus on bringing technology into audiological and vestibular rehabilitation. She has contributed to the development of clinical tools and protocols.

Her approach is evidence-based and individualised, built on clear communication with each patient, with the aim of helping people achieve better hearing, balance, communication and quality of life.

What we treat

Conditions Treated

  • Hearing loss in adults and children (conductive, sensorineural and mixed)

  • Tinnitus

  • Dizziness and vertigo

  • Balance disorders and unsteadiness

  • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

  • Ménière’s disease and inner-ear fluid disorders

  • Vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis

  • Hearing aid needs and hearing aid follow-up

Care offered

Procedures & Services

  • Comprehensive audiological assessment

  • Adult and paediatric hearing evaluation

  • Hearing aid selection, fitting, programming and follow-up

  • Tinnitus assessment and counselling

  • Videonystagmography (VNG)

  • Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMP)

  • Electrocochleography (ECochG)

  • Posturography and balance assessment

  • Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT)

  • Virtual reality–based vestibular and balance rehabilitation

Career record

Professional Experience

  • Audio-Vestibular Specialist & Clinical Program Manager

    Muscat Private Hospital

  • Clinical program development and management in audiology and vestibular services

Qualifications

Education & Training

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Audiology)

    New Zealand

  • Bachelor of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP)

    India

  • Licensed Audiologist, Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman (License No. 16155), since 2018

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

An audio-vestibular specialist assesses and manages problems with hearing and balance, both of which are controlled by the inner ear. This includes hearing tests, hearing aid fitting, tinnitus care, and testing and rehabilitation for dizziness and vertigo.
Yes. Johanna provides hearing evaluations for both adults and children.
Many cases of dizziness and vertigo come from the inner ear. Johanna performs vestibular tests such as VNG, VEMP and posturography to help identify the cause, and provides vestibular rehabilitation therapy where appropriate.
Yes. Johanna offers tinnitus assessment and counselling to help patients understand and manage their symptoms.
It uses guided visual exercises in a virtual environment to retrain the balance system, helping patients recover from dizziness and unsteadiness in a controlled, progressive way.
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