Faye Mitsunaga has more than 28 years of experience working in the audiology and hearing health care industry. She received her Bachelor of Arts in speech pathology and audiology from the University of Utah and Master of Arts in audiology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Faye has worked as the director of audiology at Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, CA, lead audiologist on the Saint John’s Cleft Palate team, clinical audiologist at Otosurgical Medical Clinic, Flaum & Alessi ENT at Cedars-Sinai Medical Office and Newport Audiology, as well as an educational rehabilitative audiologist at the Ventura County Schools Hearing Department. Her vast experience in audiology includes diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss, vestibular and balance testing and rehabilitation, newborn hearing screening, tinnitus treatment and ear protection. Her passion to help the hearing impaired was highlighted by her participation in humanitarian hearing aid missions to Peru and China with the Starkey Hearing Foundation where she provided audiological services and hearing aids to children and adults in need.
Faye is dedicated to ensuring her patients get the best care and service through her compassionate care and comprehensive knowledge of hearing loss and hearing aid technology. She believes that understanding the needs of her patients is of the utmost importance and should be the highest priority when providing hearing care.
In her spare time, Faye volunteers as a board member at the Nikkei Senior Center and is active with local community and charitable events. She also enjoys traveling and spending time with her husband, daughter and son.