Ann Burre has been a practicing audiologist for over 25 years in a variety of settings. She graduated with a Masters degree in Communications Disorders from California State University Northridge. Ann has been with our teams at Hearing Services of Santa Barbara and ENT Associates of Santa Barbara since 1999.
Ann is a member of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and she holds a California State Dispensing Audiologist’s license.
Sarah Beatty Au.D. holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Washington State University. Following completing her undergraduate degree, she relocated to the southwest to complete her Doctor of Audiology at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Beatty completed her externship year at House Ear Clinic in Los Angeles, where she had the opportunity to provide diverse services in the areas of diagnostics, hearing aids, bone conduction devices, and cochlear implants. Her areas of interest include aural rehabilitation, amplification, and humanitarian audiology.
Amber graduated from California State University San Marcos with a bachelor’s degree in human development with an emphasis in children’s services. She attended University of the Pacific in San Francisco for her post graduate speech-language pathology program where she was introduced to the field of Audiology. Amber completed her fourth year externship with our office and has been hired as a full-time Audiologist.
Originally from the East Coast, Nicole Mungcal, Au.D., received both her bachelor’s in speech-language pathology & audiology and her clinical doctorate in audiology (Au.D.) from Towson University in Maryland. She completed her clinical fellowship year in Manhattan at New York University Langone Health, where she provided a variety of diagnostic and amplification services to a diverse population. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Academy of Audiology. Her areas of professional interest include the diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss, electrophysiological assessments and auditory processing disorders.
Emily Thomas obtained her bachelor’s in communication sciences and disorders with departmental honors from Butler University in 2020. She is currently an audiology doctoral student at Indiana University. In addition to her coursework, Emily spent her time as a teaching assistant for multiple American Sign Language courses at both Butler and IU, and she sat on IU’s Student Academy of Audiology executive board as the undergraduate outreach chair. Emily is eager to begin her year-long externship with Hearing Services of Santa Barbara beginning in July.