Meet Nick Faillace, AuD., CCC/A

Dr. Nicholas Faillace has been a part of the ChEARS Hearing Center team since 2016. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder (2016), and was awarded his Doctor of Audiology degree from the Joint Doctoral Program of Audiology at San Diego State University and the University of California San Diego (2020).  His doctoral research was focused on comparing new stimuli for neurodiagnostic evaluation via Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing.  Now, he holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (CCC-A) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

He completed his clinical externship experience at the Department of Veterans Affairs in San Diego where he had the opportunity to serve our nation’s veterans with their hearing healthcare needs.  During his time at the VA, he specialized in diagnostic testing, tinnitus counseling, hearing aid programming, and vestibular evaluations.  Dr. Faillace believes in a personal, patient-centered approach to hearing healthcare, considering the needs of the patient first and foremost, to build excellent rapport and ensure desired outcomes.  He focuses on working together with his patients in order to ensure that their needs are met and that they are receiving the best care possible.  His philosophy is that proper counseling about the effects of hearing loss, as well as hearing aid care, maintenance, and consistent use is critical to hearing rehabilitation.