Alliance Hearing Aids - Concord

Dwight “Ike” Valdez has been an Audiologist since 1982 and still loves it. Ike has first-hand knowledge of hearing loss and hearing aids as he developed a permanent hearing loss from exposure to power tools without ear protection and listening to loud music. He is an advocate for the use of ear protection and encourages his patients to wear hearing aids. Ike practiced in Nashua and Manchester in hospital out-patient settings and with ear, nose, and throat specialists from 1990 to 2007. Ike received doctoral training at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana with emphasis in hearing aid research and aural rehabilitation. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Audiology and Communication Disorders from Andrews University and Master of Arts degree in Audiology from Michigan State University.

 Dr. Bettencourt has had bilateral sensorineural hearing loss since birth and has been a successful hearing aid user since the age of five. Her personal experiences with both hearing loss and hearings aids allow her a special insight to the world of audiology. She earned her Bachelor’s of Art degree in Communication Disorders from the University of New Hampshire, her Master’s of Science degree in Audiology from the University of Connecticut and completed her Doctorate in Clinical Audiology from the Arizona School of Health Sciences

Dr. Ayzenberg has over 15 years of experience practicing audiology in Russia and the U.S. She graduated from the Russian State Medical University in Moscow, Russia, where she obtained her Ph.D. in Audiology. During one of her rotations in med school, she found herself in love with everything that is related to the human ear and hearing. She thinks the human ear is one of the most beautiful creations. She is experienced in hearing evaluations for children and adults, counseling, hearing rehabilitation, fitting hearing instruments, and tinnitus evaluations and management.

Dr. Ayzenberg is certified by the American Board of Audiology, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the American Academy of Audiology. She is licensed by the New Hampshire Board of Hearing Care Providers and by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As an Audiologist, she enjoys being able to help people improve their quality of life by improving their ability to communicate with loved ones.

Dr. Ayzenberg has lived in New Hampshire for the last 15 years after spending all her life in a big city, and she has enjoyed every second of it. In her spare time, she loves photography, traveling, cooking, learning new skills, reading new books, and good movies.