Kim Ortega, M.A.
Licensed Audiologist

Kim Ortega is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Audiology program through the University of Florida.  This is a distance learning program for practicing audiologists. This means that Kim can continue to work as an audiologist while she takes courses and earns her doctorate.    Kim already has a B.A. in Communication Disorders from California State University, Fullerton and an M.A. in Audiology from California State University, Los Angeles.  She is licensed in California as both an Audiologist and as a Hearing Aid Dispenser.  She holds the American Speech & Hearing Association’s Certificate of Clinical Competence and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology. 

Kim originally wanted to be a teacher. In 2002 she was working as an Assistant Teacher at a school for the hearing impaired.  That is where her passion for audiology began.  Although she was very close to completing her degree in teaching, she changed majors and began working toward a degree in Audiology.   While this cost her quite a bit of extra tuition, and time, she has never regretted the decision.  She LOVES being an audiologist.

Kim says that there is no greater joy then helping people to hear better.  It does not matter whether it is a young child who can now hear and learn to speak, a working person who can now keep their job, or a retiree who can now hear their grandchildren, she loves making a difference in each patient’s life.

Kim works in our office only part-time.  We wish she was here  full time, but she already has a full time job at home with a husband, a small toddler, and another on the way.  When Kim does catch a few minutes for herself she is an avid reader and also enjoys an occasional trip to the gym (when she can fit it in)