Whether you are looking to have a few questions answered, or feel that you need a detailed tinnitus management plan, audiologists can help. Audiologists are hearing healthcare professionals trained in tinnitus assessment and care.
Below is a list of Canadian audiologists that have identified tinnitus care as a special interest in their clinical practice. All have taken some advanced training in tinnitus care which is listed along with their contact information. Clinicians without contact information are not actively working in tinnitus.
British Columbia
Sandra Baker, Registered Audiologist & Hearing Instrument Practitioner Network Hearing Health Unit 204 - 2748 Lougheed Hwy Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 6P2 T: 604-552-4503 www.networkhearing.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2018) Widex Zen Therapy (2018)
Claire Beldi, Registered Audiologist & Hearing Instrument Practitioner Lakeside Hearing 210-3121 Hill Road Lake Country, BC V4V 1G1 Tel: 250-717-3417 Email: info@lakesidehearing.com www.lakesidehearing.com Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2019)
Nicole Sorensen, Registered Audiologist & Hearing Instrument Practitioner Lakeside Hearing 210-3121 Hill Road Lake Country, BC V4V 1G1 Tel: 250-717-3417 AND 202-3330 Richter Street Kelowna, BC V1W 4V5 Tel: 250-766-0294 Fax: 236-420-4669 Email: info@lakesidehearing.com www.lakesidehearing.com Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2014)
Glynnis Tidball, MSc, Registered Audiologist St. Paul’s Hospital Tinnitus Clinic Rm. 2600-1081 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Y6 Tel: 604-806-8660 Fax: 604-806-8435 Email: tinnitus@providencehealth.bc.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (1999) American Tinnitus Association On-line Course for Professionals (2006) European Tinnitus Course (2009) Iowa Tinnitus Management Course (2011) Widex Zen Therapy (2012)
Brittani Trapp, Registered Audiologist & Hearing Instrument Practitioner Hear Inc. Unit F – 7819 East Saanich Road Saanichton, BC V8M 2B4 Tel: 778-351-1145 Email: brittani@hearinc.ca www.hearinc.ca Training: Certificate Holder – Tinnitus Management from the American Board of Audiology (2021)
Alberta
Bonita Chow, Registered Audiologist Tinnitus and Hearing Health Calgary #12, 34 Edgedale Dr NW Calgary, AB T3A 2R4 Tel: 587-393-6731 Fax: 587-324-4002 www.tinnituscalgary.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2016) IHS Tinnitus Care Provider (2016) Advanced Course on Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2012) Widex Zen Therapy (2010-2015)
Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) 271 Spadina Road Toronto ON M5R 2V3 Tel: 416-928-2502 www.chs.ca Training: Many CHS audiologists received training in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy in 2016
Dario Coletta M. Sc., Reg. CASLPO Centre for Advanced Hearing and Balance Munk Hearing Centre Toronto General Hospital Email: dario.coletta@uhn.ca Tel: 416-340-3666 ext. 3664 AND Port Credit Audiology & Hearing Aid Clinic 5-224 Lakeshore Road W, Miss, ON, L5H1G6 Tel: 905-990-3755 www.pcaudiology.ca Training: Progressive Tinnitus Management (2017)
Kimberly A. Eskritt, Registered Audiologist Lambton Audiology Associates 102-1433 London Road Sarnia, ON N7S 1P6 Tel: 519-542-0569 Fax: 519-542-4764 AND 4-4119 Petrolia Line Petrolia, ON N0N 1R0 Tel: 226-738-0401 Fax: 226-738-0403 www.lambtonaudiology.com Training: Graduate certificate in Advanced Studies in Tinnitus and Hyperacusis (2016)
Mark Gulliver, MSc., Aud(C), Reg. CASLPO Clinical and Dispensing Audiologist Timmins and District Hospital 700 Ross Avenue East, Suite 1559 Timmins, ON P4N 8P2 Tel: 705-360-6680 / 1-888-360-6680 Fax: 705-360-6676 E-mail: mgulliver@tadh.com Website: www.ethierhearingclinic.com Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (20+ years ago), Widex Zen Therapy (2017), Iowa Tinnitus Management Course (20+ years ago)
Melissa Hazen, Aud (C), MSc., Registered Audiologist The Hospital for Sick Children 555 University Avenue Toronto ON, M5G 1X8 Tel: 416-813-7647 http://www.sickkids.ca/communicationdisorders/ Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2018)
Ha-Yoon Jae, Registered Audiologist Ear and Hearing clinic 1187 Fischer-Hallman Rd Unit 629 Kitchener, ON N2E 4H9 Tel: 519.743.7000 info@earandhearing.com https://earandhearingclinic.com/about/locations/kitchener/ Training: Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Therapy Master Class (Audiologist-Delivered CBT) by Dr. Hashir (2018) Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, CBT, both level I and II (2020) Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, TRT (2021) Mindfulness, level I (2022) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, MBSR (2022)
Jennifer Platt Talbot, Registered Audiologist Leanne Bowden, Registered Audiologist Audiology - Tinnitus Clinic The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus Module O, 2nd floor Ottawa ON K1H 8L6 Tel: 613-737-8254 Fax. : 613-739-6164 www.ottawahospital.on.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy
Lorrie Matarazzo, AuD, Registered Audiologist The Northern Hearing Health Centre 5-754 Falconbridge Road Sudbury, ON P3A 5X5 Tel: 705-222-6442 Web: northernhearinghealth.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2016) Widex Zen Therapy (2018)
Deborah O'Sullivan, Au.D. Auditory Pathways 647-527-7107 Stouffville, ON L4A 1B1 Secure On*Call telehealth available for Ontario residents hello@auditorypathways.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2009) Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (2016) Clinical Hypnosis (2016)
Emily Rosen, M.Cl.Sc., Registered Audiologist Kingston Health Sciences Centre Hotel Dieu Hospital Site 144 Brock Street Kingston, ON K7L 5G2 Tel: 613-544-3400 x 3609 Email: Emily.Rosen@Kingstonhsc.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2020) Certificate in Tinnitus Management, American Academy of Audiology (2020)
Calvin Staples, Registered Audiologist Grand River Hearing Centre 16 Andrew St. Kitchener, ON N2H 5R2 Tel: 519-804-9233 Web: www.grandriverhearing.ca Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2011) Widex Zen Therapy (2012)
Quebec
Sylvie Auger, audiologiste Directrice Clinique Audiologie Centre-Ouest Inc 2100 Marlowe suite 441 Montréal, Qc H4A 3L5 Tél: 514-488-5558 Fax: 514-488-2462 Email: audioctrwest@videotron.ca www.audiology_centre_west.com Training: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (2000) Formation en intervention auprès des personnes souffrant d'acouphènes et d'hyperacousie (2005-2006)
Tinnitus care provider list is an initiative of the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA). If you are an audiologist with specialized training in tinnitus and working in Canada, please consider adding your name to this list by contacting CAA. Using the same format as appears above, please send your name, title, clinic name and contact info, as well as the name of and the year in which you completed your tinnitus training course(s).
Canadian Academy of Audiology PO Box 22531 300 Coxwell Ave. Toronto, ON, M4L 3B6 Phone: 647-794-7305 / 1-800-264-5106 Web site: www.canadianaudiology.ca Ejournal: www.canadianaudiologist.ca The Canadian Academy of Audiology does not endorse any specific clinician, clinic, nor tinnitus management approach.