Sophie Parsons, Au.D.
Instructor
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I graduated with my Clinical Doctorate in Audiology in June 2025 from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA. During my fourth year of graduate school, I completed my residency at Silver State Hearing and Balance in Reno, NV. Throughout my experiences both clinically and in my community, I have witnessed first hand the impact that tinnitus can have on a person’s quality of life. With no gold standard for treating tinnitus, it is easy for patients to venture through ineffective treatment options through scamming or false advertisements. For this reason, I have dedicated most of my personal research into understanding the ins and outs of tinnitus to be better informed for my patients, regardless of their age.
I have also practiced mindfulness for years now in my own life, and was ecstatic to find there is promising research that shows behavioral therapies such as mindfulness have a positive outlook for people with tinnitus. To be better educated on the foundations of mindfulness for this course, I completed a 20-hour certified course in mindfulness teaching. I hope to expand on this course in the future and amend it as I go out into the field of audiology, having it help as many people as I can. Feel free to email me your testimonials and thoughts on this course so I can best achieve this.
Being born and raised in the greater Seattle area, I enjoy going out for nature walks (when it is not raining), being active through team sports, cuddling with my two cats, and diving into a good book. I wouldn’t have been able to create this course without the support of my friends, family, and audiology mentors Dr. Anna Diedesch and Ms. Melinda Bryan for believing in my vision. A special thank you to Cindy, for introducing mindfulness into my life and teaching me how to live in the present moment.