Connect With MED-EL
Do you want to learn more about MED-EL's individualized cochlear implant systems? Or maybe you're looking for info on MED-EL's BONEBRIDGE Bone Conduction System? If so, you are in the right place. Choose Canada or your state and find an experienced hearing health professional – your consumer engagement manager.
Live in the Northeast? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
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Alexanna Rodgers, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT®
District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Alexanna Rodgers is a speech-language pathologist who began working with MED-EL in 2017. She travels extensively, teaching cochlear implant candidates and recipients about MED-EL ‘s technology and assistive listening devices. Alexanna is available to answer any questions and can be contacted by phone or email. She is also able to connect you with current MED-EL users or parents of MED-EL users.
Contact Alexanna at ne.hearinghelp@medel.com or 919-717-1692.
Alyssa Somplasky, AuD, CCC-A
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
Alyssa Somplasky is an audiologist specializing in pediatric and adult hearing loss. She travels throughout the Northeast teaching cochlear implant candidates and recipients about MED-EL’s technology and assistive listening devices. Alyssa is also able to connect you with current MED-EL users or parents of MED-EL users. She can answer any questions and may be contacted by phone or email.
Contact Alyssa at ne.hearinghelp@medel.com or 239-240-9372.
Annie Patricia Rodriguez, AuD, FAAA
Northeast Region Bilingual Manager
Annie Rodriguez is an audiologist who is part of the Bilingual Program at MED-EL. Before joining the MED-EL family, she spent many years providing children and adults with cochlear implants in various clinical settings. Annie is available to answer any questions about the process and cochlear implant technology all in Spanish.
Contact Annie at annie.rodriguez@medel.com or 984-227-4599.
Live in the Southeast? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
Taylor Sands, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Taylor Sands is a speech-language pathologist and a certified listening and spoken language specialist who started working with MED-EL in 2013. Taylor is a part of the Consumer Engagement and Rehabilitation team. Because of her background, training and expertise, she is able to support cochlear implant and bone conduction candidates and MED-EL recipients. Taylor is available to answer any questions and can be contacted by email, phone and/or text. She is also happy to put you in touch with current MED-EL recipients who would gladly share their personal experiences with you.
Contact Taylor at taylor.sands@medel.com or 919-257-7353.
Lauren Beatty, MS, LSLS Cert. AVEd
Florida, Georgia
Lauren Beatty is a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing and a verbal therapist. Before joining MED-EL, she provided therapy to families with hearing loss and taught students from early intervention through adulthood. She is happy to connect you with current MED-EL users, their families and/or our active HearPeers community. Please don’t hesitate to contact her via email, text or phone to learn how she can support you on your hearing journey.
Contact Lauren at lauren.beatty@medel.com or 984-278-0469.
Annie Patricia Rodriguez, AuD, FAAA
Southeast Region Bilingual Manager
Annie Rodriguez is an audiologist who is part of the Bilingual Program at MED-EL. Before joining the MED-EL family, she spent many years providing children and adults with cochlear implants in various clinical settings. Annie is available to answer any questions about the process and cochlear implant technology all in Spanish.
Contact Annie at annie.rodriguez@medel.com or 984-227-4599.
Live in the South? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
Lindsey Kanes, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, West Virginia
Lindsey Kanes is a speech-language pathologist and a certified auditory-verbal therapist living in Nashville, Tennessee. Before joining MED-EL, she served children and adults with hearing loss for seven years at Vanderbilt’s Bill Wilkerson Center and Mama Lere Hearing School in Nashville. Lindsey works closely with hearing implant candidates, recipients and professionals throughout the South, teaching them about MED-EL’s superior technologies and resources. If you are interested in learning more about MED-EL from current MED-EL users or their families, she is happy to introduce you to members of our HearPeers community for additional support. Lindsey would love to connect with you and learn how she can best support you through your hearing journey!
Contact Lindsey at so.hearinghelp@medel.com or 984-227-5743.
Catherine Sassano, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA
Arkansas, Louisiana
Catherine is an audiologist who specialized in adult hearing aid and cochlear implant services before joining MED-EL. She is happy to discuss what she believes sets MED-EL apart and connect you with current MED-EL users with similar backgrounds. Please feel free to contact her via email, text or phone to learn how she can support you along the journey to ‘closest to natural hearing‘.
Contact Catherine at so.hearinghelp@medel.com or 984-800-9080.
Annie Patricia Rodriguez, AuD, FAAA
South Region Bilingual Manager
Annie Rodriguez is an audiologist who is part of the Bilingual Program at MED-EL. Before joining the MED-EL family, she spent many years providing children and adults with cochlear implants in various clinical settings. Annie is available to answer any questions about the process and cochlear implant technology all in Spanish.
Contact Annie at annie.rodriguez@medel.com or 984-227-4599.
Live in the Midwest ? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
Laura Corcoran, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
Midwest Region Bilingual Manager
Laura Corcoran is a speech-language pathologist and auditory-verbal therapist who is fluent in English, Spanish and ASL. Before joining MED-EL, Laura provided therapy to families with hearing loss for over a decade. She is happy to connect you with current MED-EL users, their families and our active HearPeers community. Please don’t hesitate to contact Laura via email, text or phone to learn how she can support you on your hearing journey.
Contact Laura at mw.hearinghelp@medel.com or 984-227-5909.
Nolan Johnson, MS
Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
Nolan Johnson is a consumer engagement manager for MED-EL. He has experience in deaf education and speech-language pathology, where he taught communication skills to children with hearing loss. He travels throughout the Midwest teaching cochlear implant candidates and recipients about MED-EL’s technologies and resources. Nolan is happy to answer any questions you might have and would love to connect you with current MED-EL recipients and their families!
Contact Nolan at mw.hearinghelp@medel.com or 919-928-4243.
Shana Lucius, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Ohio, Michigan
Before joining the MED-EL family, Shana spent over a decade serving children and adults with cochlear implants in the clinic. Each individual’s hearing story is unique, and Shana wants to be a resource for you every step of the way! She can answer any questions you may have about MED-EL hearing technology and connect you with another MED-EL recipient through our HearPeers community. Please feel free to email, call or text to schedule a one-on-one call or video chat with Shana.
Contact Shana at mw.hearinghelp@medel.com or 984-800-6482.
Live in the Southwest? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
Janet Lane, MS, CCC-SLP
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Janet Lane is a teacher of the deaf and a speech-language pathologist. Prior to joining the MED-EL family in 2013, Janet worked in the Rehabilitation department at the MED-EL HQ. She has vast experience working with children and adults with hearing loss and is happy to answer any questions you may have. Janet is able to connect you with HearPeers who include current MED-EL recipients, parents and other family members of MED-EL recipients. She wants to be there with you and for you in your hearing journey!
Contact Janet at sw.hearinghelp@medel.com or 984-227-5687.
Live in the Northwest? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
Rebecca Ramirez, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming
Based in Seattle, Washington, Rebecca Ramirez is a speech-language pathologist and a certified listening and spoken language specialist. Before joining MED-EL, Rebecca worked as an aural habilitation specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She has over 20 years of experience providing therapy to families with hearing loss. Rebecca works closely with hearing implant candidates, recipients, and professionals throughout the Northwest and is happy to connect you with current MED-EL recipients, their families, and our active HearPeers community.
Contact Rebecca at any time at rebecca.ramirez@medel.com or 984-327-7779.
Annie Patricia Rodriguez, AuD, FAAA
Northwest Region Bilingual Manager
Annie Rodriguez is an audiologist who is part of the Bilingual Program at MED-EL. Before joining the MED-EL family, she spent many years providing children and adults with cochlear implants in various clinical settings. Annie is available to answer any questions about the process and cochlear implant technology all in Spanish.
Contact Annie at annie.rodriguez@medel.com or 984-227-4599.
Live in the West? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
Sally, M.Ed. LSLS Cert. AVT
California
Sally Tannenbaum is a Certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist. Before joining the MED-EL team she was the Director of the Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implant Program at the University of Chicago Hospital. Sally has been very fortunate to work with children and adults with hearing loss for over 35 years and would be happy to connect you with current MED-EL users or parents of MED-EL users. Please do not hesitate to let her know how she can support you through your hearing journey. She is available to answer any of your questions and can be contacted by phone or email.
Contact her at sally.tannenbaum@medel.com or 919-451-8576.
Melissa, MA
Hawaii, Nevada, Utah
Before joining MED-EL, Melissa Harold served as an Early Intervention Specialist who focused on supporting children (and their families) navigate a hearing loss diagnosis. She continues her career in education at MED-EL, traveling around the West to support and empower individuals and their families with hearing differences throughout their journeys toward better hearing. Her focus is on educating implant candidates, recipients, and the professionals with whom they work about MED-EL’s extraordinary hearing technologies, resources, and community of passionate employees and recipients.
Contact her at any time at Melissa.Harold@medel.com or 919-817-6847.
Annie Patricia Rodriguez, AuD, FAAA
West Region Bilingual Manager
Annie Rodriguez is an audiologist who is part of the Bilingual Program at MED-EL. Before joining the MED-EL family, she spent many years providing children and adults with cochlear implants in various clinical settings. Annie is available to answer any questions about the process and cochlear implant technology all in Spanish.
Contact Annie at annie.rodriguez@medel.com or 984-227-4599.
Live in Canada? Let's drill down further to find your MED-EL Consumer Engagement Manager!
Kim Twitchell, MS
Canada
Kim Twitchell received her Bachelor of Science degree in human kinetics from the University of Guelph and attended Georgian College to earn the Communicative Disorders Assistant diploma. After working in speech language therapy for a year at a school board, Kim decided to pursue her Masters of Audiology degree at Ithaca College. After starting her audiology career at a private practice, she moved to the Hospital for Sick Children and joined their cochlear implant and bone anchored hearing aid programs. Kim then moved to London Health Sciences Centre and added adults and geriatrics to her cochlear implant care. She brought her experience to MED-EL Canada in 2010, working as a clinical account manager and a research manager as well as joining the clinical education and currently, the consumer engagement team.
Contact Kim at any time at kim.twitchell@medel.com or 226-919-4834.