Our Staff

Cathy Newman, AuD

Cathy Newman, AuD

Audiologist

Dr. Newman joins our practice with many years of diverse clinical audiology experience. She received her master’s degree in Audiology from Washington State University and completed her Doctor of Audiology degree from Arizona School of Health Sciences in 2010. She has served a pediatric through geriatric population including hearing aid fitting and dispensing throughout her career.

She holds certification through the American Speech Language and Hearing Association, the American Academy of Audiology and holds an Audiology license to practice in the state of Florida.

Cathy endeavors to deliver quality, professional and compassionate services to the hearing impaired population she serves. She actively continues her education through training sessions to enhance her clinical skills and knowledge of hearing aid technology advances.

She is a volunteer at her church with community outreach, loves to travel, and is involved in a functional medicine group that promotes healthy living.

Barett St. Germain, RCL

Barett St. Germain, RCL

Barett St. Germain is a Licensed Hearing Aid Specialist originally from the State of Minnesota. He Joined the United States Navy out of high school and served aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise aircraft carrier for four years while stationed in Alameda, CA. He graduated from the University of Santa Barabara with a Bachelor of the Arts (B.A.) degree in Communications.

In 2001 he acquired a Hearing Aid Clinic in California, focusing on hearing evaluation, treatment, and aural rehabilitation. He has over 20 years of experience in both clinical private and corporate practice and is licensed in three states. Barett moved from California to Florida in 2022 and continues to serve the hearing-impaired community. He’s happily married, raising a son & daughter and enjoys traveling and beach time with the family. Barett is determined on improving the quality of life of each of his patients by offering the highest quality of hearing health care with a tailor-made prescriptive treatment plan.

Ben J. Brody

Ben J. Brody

HAS, BC-HIS

Since 2002, Ben has been a Florida Licensed Hearing Aid Specialist and, since 2004, has been Nationally Board Certified in Hearing Instrument Sciences. From 2019-2021 he served as President of the Florida Society of Hearing Healthcare Professionals and has been a member of their board for over 8 years.

Ben hopes to continue to improve the professional services the industry provides through education and active participation in the International Hearing Society initiatives. Helping the hearing-impaired community of Southwest Florida to improve their quality of life is what Ben continues to do every day.

Chris Ela

Chris Ela

Hearing Clinician

Chris Ela is a native of New Hampshire. He has lived in Cape Coral since 2007, where he lives with his wife and beautiful daughter, Kadence. Chris enjoys golfing, boating and fishing. He has a deep compassion for patients suffering with Tinnitus and loves to help people live a more fulfilling life.

Michelle Benn, HAS

Michelle Benn, HAS

Hearing Aid Specialist

Michelle graduated from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL in 2007 with a Bachelor’s of Science. She slowly made her way south through Florida, enjoying it’s beauty in Clearwater, Lake Okeechobee and Sarasota. She was drawn back to her home town of Ft. Myers. Michelle enjoys any day on a golf course no matter what her score is, and any day fishing, boating or beaching it on our beautiful waters here. Being positive and kind to others is a core belief of Michelle’s.

Stephanie Kelley

Stephanie Kelley

Audio Tech

Bio coming soon.

Ashley Cancel

Ashley Cancel

Audio Tech

Bio coming soon.

Megan Kirwin

Megan Kirwin

Patient Services Coordinator

Bio coming soon

Stephanie Rubi Williams

Stephanie Rubi Williams

Patient Services Coordinator

Stephanie Rubi is a Patient Services Coordinator. She is originally from (and moved to Fort Myers, FL in 2004. Stephanie attended Cypress Lake High School and started working at Hoglund Family Hearing and Audiology Centers in 2021. Stephanie began working in the hearing industry in 2021 and was drawn to the profession because she has a passion to help others.

What Stephanie loves most about saving hearing lives is seeing patients’ lives change for the better. She strives to assist as many people as she can every day in her work with patients.

Outside of saving hearing lives, Stephanie loves hobbies such as reading, traveling, and spending time with her family.

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Customer Reviews

Very professional and service was excellent!

Diana, on Google

Great experience, staff was very helpful with all my questions and service needs.

Ken Hall, on Google

Chris is excellent! Never feel rushed and he answers all questions in a clear knowledgeable way :)

Patsy Gettings, on Google

Very pleasant and extremely informative to say the least! Thank you…

Sharyn Moreland, on Google

I called the Starkey Technical Support line and Rosie took my call. She walked me through everything I needed to do to re sync my left hearing aid to the My Starkey app easily. Both aids are now synced again and my hearing is GREAT!! Thanks for employing a team...

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DennisY, on Google

Chris always takes the time to explain how to better utilize my hearing aids . Always very comfortable discussing things with him and is very knowledgeable .

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Mike Dumont, on Google

Best place ever fast and friendly Michelle was great !this is my new ear ,nose,and throat doctor .

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