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For consultation, appointments and assistance call (361) 694-6747.

Description of Services:


Comprehensive evaluation and management of infants, children and adolescents with disorder affecting the nervous system and muscles, including:
  • Epilepsy
  • Neuromuscular disorders
  • Neonatal neurological disorders
  • School and learning problems
  • Neurometabolic and genetic diseases
  • Sleep disorders
  • Headaches

An inpatient video-EEG brain study facility is available for assessment of infants, children and adolescents with epilepsy or episodic disorders of behavior.

EEG Services and Neurological Studies

  • Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  • Auditory Brainstem Response (BAER) (ABR)
  • Seizure monitoring studies
  • Nerve conductive studies (NCS)
  • Electromyography (EMG)
  • Somatosensory Evoked Potentials

Seizure monitoring, nerve conducting studies and EMG require a neurological consult, and a physician's order is required for all studies. To schedule outpatient appointments, parents may schedule with the physician's order or the physician's office may call for the appointment.

Contact Information

Driscoll Children's Hospital
Neurology
3533 S. Alameda St.
Rehab Entrance, 1st Floor
Corpus Christi, TX 78411

Phone: (361) 694-6747
Fax (361) 808-2151

For TTY Deaf Messaging Connect to TTY Interpretation by dialing
(800) 735-2989

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