Meet our Expert Audiologists and Hearing Aid Specialists
Keith Wilson, HIS
Owner
Keith Wilson has been helping people hear better since 1994 after completing the Bates Technical College hearing aid technology program, and started working with Puget Sound Hearing Aid & Audiology in 1996. He has a great passion for helping the hard of hearing and it shows. Keith has many patients that have been working with him for 20+ years.
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Because of multiple trainings from various hearing aid manufacturers, Keith has a talent for troubleshooting and repairs on all makes of hearing aids. Keith is now co-owner and co-president of Puget Sound Hearing Aid & Audiology. In his leisure time, he enjoys spending time with his family, golfing, traveling, and playing drums in a local cover band.
Patty Petermann, Au.D.
Owner
Dr. Patty Petermann became an employee of Puget Sound Hearing Aid & Audiology in 1989 and an owner in 1996. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Bradley University in Illinois, a Master’s degree in Audiology from the University of Hawaii, and a Doctorate degree in Audiology from A.T. Still University.
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Dr. Petermann draws on her extensive education and experience to maintain the highest standards and skill sets for the providers at Puget Sound Hearing Aid & Audiology. She enjoys mentoring her employees and helping them to be the best in their field. In her limited spare time, she enjoys family, baking, reading, and traveling.
Mary Silva, Au.D.
Director of Audiology
Dr. Mary Silva is our Director of Audiology and has been a provider with our company for 12 years. She is passionate about helping her patients hear the very best they can. Dr. Silva earned her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Western Washington University in 2003 and then went on to earn her Master’s degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences at Washington State University in 2006.
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Stephanie Scott, Au.D.
Doctor of Audiology
Dr. Stephanie Scott is a native of Puyallup, WA. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University, earned her Doctorate in Audiology at Missouri State University, and completed her clinical externship in Kansas City.
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Nathan Ball, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
Nathan Ball is a proud graduate of Bates Technical College. Going into 6+ years of dispensing hearing aids, he has worked with many ages and different populations. He enjoys helping to better the lives of the people he works with.
Mara Eidsvoog, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
Mara Eidsvoog grew up in Denver, Colorado and moved to Washington in 2014. She earned double bachelor degrees in Psychology and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences then received her Associate’s degree in Hearing Instrument Specialist from Spokane Fall Community College.
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Deb Leenhouts, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
In the early stages of Deb’s career, she worked several years in the office world until she decided to make a life change. She wanted something more rewarding and to help people. She went back to school at Bates Technical College to become a hearing healthcare professional and graduated with an Associate’s degree.
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Deb entered this profession because she loves helping people and seeing the look on their faces when they hear things they haven’t heard in a long time. She feels truly rewarded when a patient says thanks for giving me back my spouse/life with happy tears and sometimes followed by BIG hugs!
Lauren Swanson, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
Lauren Swanson’s interests consume of being active and keeping the body healthy, physically and mentally. She has always had an attachment to helping others in any shape or form and wanted to turn that into a career.
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Kristen Ensey, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
Kristen has been passionate about the hearing field for her entire life. Starting at a young age, she began learning sign language as a means to communicate with the deaf. From there, a passion for how the ear functions and the physical properties of sound has been a source of interest and fascination.
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Kerry Lam, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
Kerry Lam graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics in 2013. Soon after graduation, she worked as a research study assistant on a project exploring speech therapies for individuals with a communication disorder, kindling her desire to help people improve their quality of life through communication.
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Sophie Melin, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
Sophie Melin is an audiology assistant who began her pursuit of the profession in university. Her passion began when she was introduced to a professor after attending a communication sciences class. In that class she learned about cochlear implants and the deaf community.
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She began her training and education in the undergraduate program at Western Washington University where she had a taste of what it could be like to change patient’s lives with better hearing care solutions and new technology. Upon finishing her clinical shadowing she graduated and joined Puget Sound Hearing Aid & Audiology’s dedicated team.
Since then she has learned a tremendous amount and gained hands-on experience working under Dr. William Blunk and attending company trainings. Within these trainings, Sophie has learned about the importance and improvement in hearing technology in numerous listening environments, how to create a safer, better patient experience, and providing excellent patient care.
Linda Knisley, HIS
Hearing Aid Specialist
Linda Knisley is a hearing aid specialist licensed by the state of Washington since 2000. She has worked in a private practice environment working with many different hearing aid brands. Linda enjoys private practice due to the level of professional–patient relationships that can be provided.
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Her passion has always been to help improve people’s lives the best that she can. Making their lives better gives her a sense of happiness. The greatest gift she gets to see is watching loved ones connect with each other without the stress of not being able to hear what was said. To be able to see someone that had been isolated in their lives, become active again. This is what drives her to share with anyone the reason why hearing correctly is so important.
Outside of the professional setting, Linda enjoys time with her family and grandchildren. She loves hiking, reading and horseback riding.
