Nature Coast Audiology Associates

My name is Alan. I am 71 years old and retired after a career flying loud Air Force aircraft—a career I was proud of, but one that ultimately cost me my hearing. For years, I lived with profound hearing loss. After exhausting every option with the Department of Defense and VA audiologists, I finally gave up. I withdrew from people, from conversation, from life itself, and became isolated in a world of silence. Years later, everything changed when I walked into the office of Dr. Sarah Montero. Dr. Montero fitted me with the latest Oticon technology, but what truly restored me was not just the equipment—it was her. With extraordinary patience, compassion, and expertise, she treated me not as a case, but as a person who had lost hope. She listened when others hadn’t. She understood what silen