Hearing & Balance Specialists of Kansas City is a clinician-owned private practice specializing in hearing loss, tinnitus and sound sensitivity, dizziness and imbalance, concussion, auditory processing disorders. Hearing & Balance also provides customized rehabilitative plans through hearing aids and other amplification options, physical therapy, and speech therapy.
Our Providers
Samuel Bittel, Au.D.
Vestibular Audiologist & Owner
Dr. Bittel is a specialist in the evaluation and treatment of vestibular disorders, dizziness, disequilibrium, and vertigo. He is regularly invited lecturer locally and nationally, is actively involved in research, and well published in the scientific literature.
Learn MoreLaura Flowers, Au.D.
Tinnitus and Sound Sensitivity Audiologist & Owner
Dr. Flowers has been identifying, evaluating, and managing hearing loss, tinnitus, and sound sensitivity conditions for more than two decades. Her passion for providing excellence in hearing health care has been fundamental to successful interactions and lifelong relationships with her patients and their families.
Learn MoreLainey Lake, Au.D.
Hearing and Auditory Processing Audiologist & Owner
Dr. Lake specializes in diagnosing hearing loss and tinnitus, offering her patients the most advanced hearing aid technology available. Her goal is to improve her patients’ lives through better hearing and auditory rehabilitation.
Learn MoreAbigail Prudden, Au.D.
Hearing and Vestibular Audiologist
Dr. Prudden enjoys working with her patients and their families to become more active in their daily lives through better hearing. She evaluates and treats hearing loss and balance disorders.
Learn MoreClaire Thomas, Au.D.
Tinnitus/Sound Sensitivity & Auditory Processing Disorder Audiologist
Dr. Thomas is a specialist in evaluation and management of a hearing loss, central auditory processing disorder, tinnitus, and sound sensitivities. She integrates creativity into her work through patient-centered care that is unique to each individual patient and their families.
Learn MoreMarli Gathright, Au.D.
Vestibular, Tinnitus & Sound Sensitivity Audiologist
Dr. Gathright provides evaluations and care for hearing loss and has a particular interest in conditions of the vestibular system and tinnitus, and sound sensitivity disorders.
Learn MoreThomas Reuther, DPT, OCS
Vestibular and Concussion Therapist
Dr. Reuther specializes in the treatment of patients with dizziness and vestibular disorders, imbalance, concussions, and musculoskeletal or neurological disorders requiring physical therapy care. He also has experience treating a wide variety of orthopedic conditions.
Learn MoreLaura Frye, MA, SpEd, MS, CCC-SLP
Dyslexia Specialist & Speech Language Pathologist
Laura Frye has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia. She provides dyslexia evaluations for families all around the greater Kansas City area.
Learn MoreJulie Shoemake, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Julie works with patients with impairments in auditory processing, receptive language, expressive language, speech sounds, and cognition.
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