Meet Your Trusted Audiology Team in North Carolina

He attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after completing an enlistment in the United States Army, Field Artillery. His undergraduate and graduate degrees in Audiology were completed in August 1988.

David Bowles received his Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 1989. He is licensed as an Audiologist and Hearing Aid Dispenser in North Carolina. He particularly enjoys the challenge of working with those who have difficult-to-fit hearing losses and whose previous attempts to wear hearing aids have been unsuccessful. In his spare time, David Bowles is an avid fisherman and amateur chef. He’s a private pilot and enjoys taking short trips with his family in their 1973 Beechcraft Bonanza.

Deanna is an expert at fitting and programming Widex and Starkey hearing aids. She particularly likes the challenge of working with those who have difficult-to-fit hearing losses and is adept at thinking “outside the box” to find ways to help these patients. Her patients consistently find her to be a determined advocate for their hearing needs.

In addition to her technical skills, patients enjoy her approachable attitude and warm, down-to-earth demeanor. Deanna is a native North Carolinian and lives in the Statesville area with her husband and two daughters, Emily and Elizabeth. In addition to fitting hearing aids, Deanna enjoys entertaining, is a renowned BBQ pit-master and self-proclaimed “goofball”.

“I particularly love working with hearing aids because that is the one aspect of audiology where I can directly impact a patient’s quality of life by helping them hear again. I love a good challenge…working with those who have difficult cases. There’s a lot in life we have no control over, but every time I am able to find a solution for a patient who has given up on their hearing, I feel like I have made a difference. That’s what makes my job so rewarding”.

Dr. Shelby has a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications Disorders from Penn State (2000) and a Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.) from Nova Southeastern University (2004).

In her spare time, she enjoys her family – husband Adam and two daughters, Morgan (17) and Aryn (14). There’s also Jax the dog – the cutest pomsky ever. She also loves to travel and read.

Dr. Lauren brings to us a particular expertise in the use of Real-Ear measurement, a hearing aid fitting technique utilizing a miniature microphone placed in the patient’s ear canal, enabling us to measure the sound output of a hearing device while it is actually in the patient’s ear. The sound output of the hearing aid is graphically represented on a computer screen, allowing us to literally see what you are hearing. We can then adjust the hearing aid to provide maximum clarity and sound quality. Dr. Lauren is a strong proponent of this technology, and we are delighted that our patients can benefit from her expertise in this area.

In addition to her clinical skills, Dr. Lauren takes a strong personal interest in each and every patient and genuinely wants the best for them. “I believe in absolute transparency. I thoroughly explain each patient’s unique hearing loss and try to provide realistic expectations as to the benefits they will experience with hearing aids. I truly want to deliver what I promise, and I won’t promise anything I can’t deliver”.

Dr. Lauren graduated from Hofstra University with a Bachelor’s in Psychology and then went on to earn her Doctorate of Audiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Lauren is an accomplished pianist and is currently learning to play the violin. She also loves anything that gets her outdoors to enjoy nature. She particularly likes golf, which she has been playing since the age of seven (she says she’s pretty good).