Meet Julie O. Johns, Au.D.

Dr. Julie Johns received her audiology doctorate from the University of Florida after completing her masters at San Diego State University and establishing a well-respected career in diagnosing and managing hearing loss and other auditory and vestibular disorders such as tinnitus and vertigo.

Dr. Johns joined Synapse in 2016 to bring her passion for improving patients lives through identifying hearing challenges in important aspects of people’s lives such as family relationships, social gatherings, sports and fitness, music and theater events, learning opportunies, community engagement, and work situations.  Dr. Johns is expert in fitting hearing aids that provide optimal comfort, security, and sound to treat each patient’s individual challenges created by their hearing loss.

Dr. Johns began experiencing hearing loss as a teenager, and is a long-term hearing aid wearer.  She understands the effort needed to communicate when it’s hard to hear and can identify with her patient’s struggles, apprehension, and delight found through dealing with hearing loss and taking on hearing aid use to reconnect and engage with people and sound.

Additionally, Dr. Johns is experienced with and holds clinical interest in cochlear implants, tinnitus, and assistive listening devices including Blue-Tooth audio streaming capabilities of hearing aids.