“Toothbrush. Rainbow. Popcorn. Cowboy.”

Ella Waite repeats these words back to provider Jessica Goodstein from inside an audio booth at Therapy Care on Telstar. The evaluation tests 9-year-old Ella’s hearing after she experienced hearing loss this year.

Ella is one of around 280 children seen per day at the new Children’s Hospital Colorado location on Colorado Springs’ north side. The 26,000-square-foot facility, which houses outpatient therapy and behavioral health services, has had 28,000 patient visits since it opened last fall.

The location expands access for pediatric counseling and therapies — physical, occupational, speech and audiology, learning — and offers brand-new sports medicine treatment and partial hospitalization services for critical patients.

Blue and green hallways lined with hopscotch and colorful artwork lead to an array of innovative therapy spaces and mental health facilities, including three sensory gyms, one with a zipline and a rock wall; a “zen den” with a zero-gravity chair and ambient lighting; audio booths; indoor and outdoor gyms; and a classroom for the partial hospitalization program.

The facility works to meet community demand for pediatric health needs, said Melanie Aluise, manager of operations. The two audio