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AUDIOLOGIST
KNOWS HOW TO
LISTEN
by Diane Ciarloni | photo of doctors courtesy of Denton Hearing Health Care
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id you know there’s been an increase in the awareness of hearing loss since the outset of
COVID-19 and the mandatory use of face
masks? Dr. Katie Bessent knows it, and she also knows why.
“People often rely on visual cues to help fill in the blanks of what they are not hearing. With face masks covering mouths, people do not have those cues and are not able to fully
understand what
is being said.” The
from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. She joined the Denton Hearing Health Care medical team in 2013, which was her first year of practice. Dr. Bessent became the sole owner in February 2020. “Everything went very smoothly,” said Dr. Bessent. “Our patients stayed with us during the transition and we made certain they knew we continue to have the same values and quality service that the practice was founded on.”
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“I’m truly passionate about what I do,” says Dr. Bessent. “I love the variety of patients, the different ages, and the challenges they present. It’s impossible for me to think of anything I’d rather be doing.”
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Dr. Lori A. Roby, also with a Doctorate brought that to in audiology as 2540 Lillian Miller Pkwy., STE. 100 light and people are well as a degree Denton, TX 76210 realizing how much in Communication they have relied on visual Sciences and Disorders, cues and that they are having joined the practice in 2019. difficulties hearing. The practice offers a broad range of Denton Hearing Health Care has been services, including hearing assessments in place since the 1980s. It’s where Dr. and rehabilitation, vestibular testing, hearing aid evaluations and fittings, Bessent fulfilled her externship for her auditory processing screening and Doctorate of Audiology which she earned pandemic has
Veteran’s evaluations. There is an especially broad list of pediatric services, beginning with newborns and tracking their hearing development throughout the different stages of that critical first year.
Dr. Katie L. Bessent, Au.D., CCC-A & Dr. Lori A. Roby, Au.D.
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