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Tara Mazzone, Aud,CCC/A.
Doctor of Audiology
Graduated from Queens College with a B.A. in 1998 and Adelphi University with an M.S., in 2000. Tara has been working with Island Better Hearing since October 2001.
She completed her Clinical Fellowship year at St. Charles Hospital. Tara works with
a wide individuals that range in age from 8 weeks to 105 years.
Tara has been actively involved in organizations such as NYSSHLA and LISHA (Audiology Coordinator 2003). While involved with NYSSHLA, Tara organized various fund raisers and participated in programs for children with Autism while receiving her Bachelors from Queens College. Also while at Queens College, Tara formed a group that volunteered time spent in a local high school in Queens working with the special education students.
Tara's involvement with LISHA, which is an organization for speech-language pathologists and audiologists, involved planning and conducting continuing education programs for professionals on Long Island. Tara has been an active member of ASHA (American Speech Hearing Association) since 2000. She is also Board Certified and licensed with NY State as a practicing Audiologist and Hearing Aid Dispenser.
Tara sees Residents at Gurwin Jewish Geriatric Center as their audiological consultant and also works at a local Otolaryngologist's office as his in house audiologist.
Becoming an Audiologist was almost second nature for Tara who grew up in a home here on Long Island with a loving mother who was born with a hearing loss. As a child, to watch her mother with the daily struggles and cope with hearing and visual disabilities, paved the way for Tara to become an audiologist with firsthand experience and compassion for all individuals. |
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