Dr. Izumi Furukawa, Au.D.
(Kona)
Dr. Furukawa was born and raised in a small town in the Northeast region of Japan. Her mother was a nurse in a regional hospital and she attended a daycare center adjacent to the hospital. She has fond memories of wandering throughout the hospital with her sister and playing while their mother worked the late shift. When looking back, her past experience naturally led to becoming a health care professional.
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Dr. Liane McGinnes-Hua, AuD, CCC-A
(Oahu)
Liane McGinnes-Hua is a doctor of audiology, trained in both diagnostic and dispensing audiology. In her role as a dispensing audiologist at The Hearing Service Center by Kaiser Permanente, Dr. McGinnes-Hua assists patients to hear and live better by helping to select and fit hearing devices that best meet their needs.
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Dr. Chantelle Nakata AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA
(Oahu)
Music is a passion for Dr. Chantelle Nakata. She has been playing the piano and viola since she was a child, and every tone, pitch, timbre, and texture of sound was a source of wonder for her. She had always been intrigued by how the ear interprets sounds and this has led naturally to her interest in audiology and how she would be able to help people with hearing disorders rediscover the sounds they love.
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Dr. Mandy Santos, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA
(Maui)
Dr. Mandy Santos was born and raised in Haiku on the island of Maui. Dr. Santos provides a full spectrum of hearing health services to patients at Kaiser Permanente’s Wailuku Medical Office on Maui. She is both a diagnostic audiologist, who conducts hearing tests, and a dispensing audiologist, who helps select and fit hearing aids for patients. She believes in treating each patient as family and giving them the best care possible.
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Dr. Sarah Simons, AuD, CCC-A, F-AAA
(Maui)
Dr. Sarah Simons’ mission is to educate people on how hearing impacts not only communication, but also physical and mental health. As a diagnostic and dispensing audiologist, she conducts comprehensive hearing evaluations, hearing aid consultations, and hearing aid fittings. She is committed to getting to know her patients on a personal level, so that together they may discover the patient’s hearing goals and develop a treatment plan to meet those goals.
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