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Sandra Prytula
Director of Audiology, M.A., CCC-A
Sandra graduated with her Master of Arts in Audiology from Wayne State University after completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Arts at Michigan State University. She is currently the Director of Audiology at Lakeshore. She is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of two Professional Hearing Aid Center locations, as well as two Lakeshore ENT offices. Sandy was a member of the Audiology staff at Lakeshore for eight years, then went into private practice in hearing aid sales and services for eight years and rejoined the Lakeshore staff in August of 2002. Sandra's primary interest is in advanced hearing aid technology for both the adult and pediatric populations. She is also involved in educating the community about hearing healthcare. Sandra has certification through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), is a member of both the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (ADA) and the Michigan Academy of Audiology (MAA) and also has a Michigan Audiology license.




Angela Paul
Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.)
Dr. Paul completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Hearing and Speech Sciences from Ohio University and journeyed to Michigan to She joined the Professional Hearing Aid Center in May 2002 as a Fellow and continued as a full time Audiologist. She recently completed her Doctorate in Audiology through a distance-learning program in Pennsylvania. Dr. Paul is responsible for the Audiology staff schedule and supervision of Audiology Externs and Students. Her primary interests are advanced hearing aid technology, diagnostic testing and patient/community education. Dr. Paul has certification through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), is a member of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (ADA) and the Michigan Academy of Audiology (MAA) and also has a Michigan Audiology license.




Ann-Christin Kowal
International Audiologist
Ann-Christin graduated as an Audiologist from College of Care Orebro in Sweden 1972. She is currently working with advanced hearing aid sales and service at the Clinton Twp. office of Professional Hearing Aid Center. Ann-Christin began her career as an audiologist at Gothenburg university hospital in Sweden. Her focus for 21 years in Sweden was in the rehabilitation of the hearing impaired, tinnitus training and educating the community about hearing healthcare. She moved to England for 3 years where she concentrated on pediatric testing. From England, she went back to Sweden and was employed by a hearing aid manufacturing company for 5 years. Since 2001, she has been an employee at Professional Hearing Aid Center and Lakeshore Ear, Nose and Throat. Her responsibilities include audiometric testing and advanced hearing aid fitting and service.
Ann-Christin is a member of the International Society of Audiology (ISA), Michigan Academy of Audiology (MAA), American Audiology Association (AAA). She is licensed by the State of Michigan to dispense hearing aids.





Mira Brooks
Audiologist, M.A., CCC-A
Mira obtained ber Bachelor's Degree in Audiology and Speech Sciences and her Master's Degree in Audiology from Michigan State University. She has more than 15 years experience in clinical audiology primarily in speech and hearing clinics, hearing aid centers, and private otolaryngology practices. Mira is interested in all aspects of hearing healthcare from diagnostics to aural rehabilitation. Mira has certification through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), is a member of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and the Michigan Academy of Audiology (MAA) and also has a Michigan Audiology license.




Mary Markovich
Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.)
Dr. Mary Markovich joined Professional Hearing Aid Center in May 2005 as an Extern in pursuit of a Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree. She has since joined the staff as a full time audiologist. She received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology at Central Michigan University (CMU) in 2000 and obtained her Au.D. at CMU in May 2006. Dr. Markovich has certification through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), is a member of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists (ADA) and the Michigan Academy of Audiology (MAA). She also has a Michigan Audiology license.



Debbie Summers
Receptionist
Debbie is the receptionist at the Professional Hearing Aid Center located on Harper Avenue in St. Clair Shores. She has been an integral part in building the practice and has been with the company for 20 years. Debbie is responsible for scheduling appointments, verifying insurance benefits, and managing patient records and hearing aid orders. She is also responsible for the insurance billing of both offices.




Louise John
Receptionist
Louise John is our receptionist at the Professional Hearing Aid Center at our Clinton Twp. office. She has worked at Professional Hearing Aid Center for 9 years. Louise is responsible for scheduling appointments, verifying insurance benefits and managing patient and hearing aid orders. She is knowledgeable about hearing aids, the hearing aid fitting process and services provided through Professional Hearing Aid Center.