Dr. Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan has been an audiologist for over thirty years. She received an undergraduate and Master's degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She graduated with a Doctorate in Audiology from The Arizona School of Health Sciences. Dr. Sullivan was on staff at UCLA for ten years. She spent the next eleven years working in the hearing aid industry teaching new technology to audiologists and physicians. She has lectured about hearing loss across the country. Dr. Sullivan is dedicated to providing her patients with personalized hearing health care. It has been very gratifying to see tremendous improvement in quality of life, increased confidence and transformation that better hearing brings to patients.
Laura Renteria
Laura Renteria has been the Office Manager with Mission Audiology for 8 years. She makes appointments, greets patients, files insurance claims and makes the best darned coffee in Orange County. Hers is the friendly voice that answers the phone. Laura is a great cook and will exchange a good recipe with patients. Her three children keep her busy as do her two dogs Harley and Haley.
I recently had my hearing tested at Mission Audiology and as I thought, had significant loss. With the expert help of Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, and a pair of prescribed hearing aids, I have rejoined society and am loving it. I was somewhat afraid of feeling "old" with hearings aids and of how much they would show because I wear my hair short, cut around my ears. No one notices them! And the people I've shown them to swear they didn't notice, but they did notice I wasn't saying "huh? What?" much anymore. I've been to parties with lots of people over the holidays and could tune in to specific conversations instead of nodding and smilling.
Don't wait until you can't hear the newspaper crinkle or someone walking across a wood floor (the sudden presence of everyday background noise is the reason many older people can't get used to their hearing aids, they've been so deaf for so long, those everyday constant noises sound like explosions to them). If you suspect you have a hearing loss, don't wait, talk with Dr. Sullivan about testing, options, costs, etc. It may change your life; it did mine.
Sheri Nelson
Mission Viejo, CA
