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Audiologist serves the poor, celebrities for hearing health

Dr. Ronna Fisher, founder and audiologist with the Hearing Health Center, has worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry, including Lady Gaga, Kenny Rogers and Roger Daltrey.

She fits the musicians and singers with ear monitors, so they can regulate what they hear on stage during their performances. She does that by making impressions inside the ear with a pliable material so the custom fit allows the monitor to fit well.

Fisher often goes to Chicago area music venues when doing ear monitors.  But in the case of Hall of Fame rocker Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, she went to his suite at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Chicago.

“I was joking and asked him ‘Are you deaf,’ and his whole entourage nodded their heads,” laughed Fisher, 62.  “I then asked him when was his last hearing test.”

For 33 years, Fisher has been working with adults and children around the suburbs by providing hearing tests and hearing aids.  She now has five offices in Naperville, Oak Brook, Highland Park and two in Chicago.  She said many people lose their hearing for various reasons, including long-term exposure to loud noise, age and certain medications.

As for Daltrey, he went to Fisher for a hearing test and was fitted with an aid about 3 years ago.  Since then, Daltrey returns to her for a check up whenever he’s in town, she said.

Fisher, who was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grew up while her father exhibited hearing problems.  That’s what led her to become an audiologist. Besides local residents and the occasional celebrity, Fisher helps those who cannot afford to get a tests or aids through her Fisher Foundation for Hearing Health.  “I’ve been in this business for 33 years and I still want to help people,” she said.

Ronna Fisher

Dr. Ronna Fisher, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA is the founder and president of Hearing Health Center, which she established in 1984 in memory of her father, who suffered from untreated hearing loss and died at 53. That personal loss has shaped her entire career. Under her leadership, Hearing Health Center has been voted the best hearing practice in Illinois three years in a row by Hearing Review. In 2005, she expanded her mission by founding the Fisher Foundation for Hearing Health Care, a nonprofit dedicated to making auditory care more accessible. Dr. Fisher earned her doctorate in audiology from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry and holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Audiology and a member of the Academy of Dispensing Audiologists.

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