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Andrea Harvey

Andrea Harvey received a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences with a Minor in Family Studies/Counseling from Texas Tech University. She received her Masters degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Texas Tech University and practiced Audiology for 6 years obtaining extensive experience working with ear, nose and throat physicians. Because of her love of working with children and their families, she started working at Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children 19 years ago. As a pediatric audiologist at Sunshine Cottage, she performs diagnostic hearing evaluations on children of all ages. She also provides hearing aid and cochlear implant management as part of the support team for children at Sunshine Cottage. Mrs. Harvey is also the Audiology department director at Sunshine Cottage and is a current member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Audiology
Andrea Harvey
Audiologist, Department Chair

Miriam Villejo

Miriam Villejo became part of the Sunshine Cottage family in 2010 where she worked in the classroom as a teacher assistant. In 2016, she joined the Department of Audiology as Audiology Evaluation Coordinator. She manages the Hearing Evaluation Center for newborn infants and children including scheduling, insurance verification and communication. She loves connecting families with services and resources to support them in their hearing journey.

Audiology
Miriam Villejo
Audiology Evaluation Coordinator

Lori Debner

My name is Lori Hernandez and I am a mother of 3.  I just became a Grandma for the first time this year to my beautiful granddaughter Adalynn.  I have been employed at Sunshine Cottage since 2007. I was a Teacher Assistant for 12 years and I am now  working with our Audiology Department as an Administrative Assistant. I look forward to another amazing year!

Audiology
Lori Debner
Audiology Administrative Support

Jean Boller

Jean Boller received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication Disorders from Texas State University in 1988. She received her Master of Science Degree in Audiology from the University of Oklahoma in 1990. After working in a community speech and hearing center, hearing aid dispensing practice and otology practice she came to Sunshine Cottage in August 1995. Her favorite part of working at Sunshine Cottage is working collaboratively with the teachers and staff at Sunshine Cottage as well working closely with the families of young children. As a pediatric audiologist at Sunshine Cottage she provides diagnostic hearing evaluations including auditory evoked potential testing as well as hearing aid, cochlear implant and FM management. Jean is a member of the American Speech Language and Hearing Association and the American Cochlear Implant Alliance.

Audiology
Jean Boller
Audiologist

Logan Horner

Dr. Horner has been working as a licensed audiologist for eight years. She received her Bachelor's of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences in May of 2005 and her Doctorate of Audiology in May of 2009. Both of her degrees were from Texas Tech University Health Science Center. She is clinically certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She first began her career at Sunshine Cottage as an audiology intern. After completion of her internship, she was blessed with being able to stay on as a full-time audiologist for eight years. In July of 2016, she decided to spread her professional wings and worked at a cochlear implant clinic in San Antonio. She enjoyed working with adults and children at this clinic, but her wings carried her back to Sunshine Cottage. Dr. Horner was humbly excited for the opportunity to return to Sunshine Cottage in July of 2017. She will provide the full range of diagnostic rehabilitative services, including Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing for infants, Cochlear Implant assessments and mapping, Bone Anchored Hearing Aid assessment and programming, and traditional hearing aid programming. Dr. Horner is also an Adjunct Professor with the Deaf Education and Hearing Science Program in the School of Medicine at the UT Health-San Antonio. She feels privileged to help future deaf educators understand the intricacies of audiology. Dr. Horner truly feels blessed to be working with the families and staff of Sunshine Cottage. She believes walking alongside parents and children with hearing loss at Sunshine Cottage is a gift from above.

Audiology
Logan Horner
Audiologist

Emily Jones

Dr. Jones received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communicative Disorders from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a Doctor of Audiology from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. During the 2005 - 2006 school year, she did her 4th year internship. In 2009, she began working at Sunshine Cottage School as a pediatric audiologist. She enjoys working with the students and their families. She performs diagnostic ABRs, diagnostic audiological evaluations on children from the community, cochlear implant programming, hearing aid fitting and troubleshooting, and FM fitting and troubleshooting. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She has given presentations on the best practices in pediatric audiology at several professional conferences in Texas.

Audiology
Emily Jones
Audiologist

Jennifer Garbarini

Dr. Jenn Garbarini received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from James Madison University in 2012, and her Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.) from A.T. Still University in 2016. She completed her audiology externship at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center where she worked with pediatric and adult populations providing a range of diagnostic and rehabilitative services. Dr. Garbarini joined the Sunshine Cottage family in August 2016. She provides audiologic care for children ranging from birth to 18 years old including Newborn Auditory Brianstem Response (ABR) evaluations, complete behavioral testing, earmold impressions, programming and management for hearing aids, bone conduction hearing aids and cochlear implants, and personal assistive technology (also known as FM) management. She feels extremely blessed for the opportunity to support families in their hearing journey. Dr. Garbarini is clinically certified (CCC-A) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Audiology
Jennifer Garbarini
Audiologist

Laura Baysinger

Dr. Laura Baysinger received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Texas at Austin in 2001. She completed her externship year at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX and then, obtained her clinical doctorate (Au.D.) at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2007. She then worked for nine years at a non-profit, pediatric speech and hearing clinic/oral pre-school in Houston, Texas before moving up to the Carolinas. There, she worked at a busy, large eye, ear, nose, and throat clinic, and then with the Mecklenburg County Children’s Developmental Services Agency. Being in the Carolinas provided Dr. Baysinger with new experiences, but ultimately, Texas called her back home. Dr. Baysinger is excited to join the Sunshine Cottage team where she will provide the full array of audiology services, from testing infants via Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR), to providing rehabilitative services including cochlear implant, hearing aid, and Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT). Dr. Baysinger is professionally fluent in Spanish and also knowns basic sign language. She is certified (CCC-A) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Audiology
Laura Baysinger
Audiologist

Jackie Vizcaino

Dr. Vizcaino received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Texas Tech University in 2016, and her Doctorate of Audiology (Au.D.) from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 2020. She completed her audiology externship at Baylor Scott and White in Temple TX where she worked with pediatric and adult populations providing a range of diagnostic and rehabilitative services. Dr. Vizcaino joined the Sunshine family in 2021 and is excited to work with students and their families. Dr. Vizcaino is fluent in English and Spanish and is excited to provide services to families needing support in Spanish. She provides audiologic care for children including Newborn Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) evaluations, behavioral testing, earmold impressions, programming and management for hearing aids, BAHA, cochlear implants, and personal assistive technology (FM) management. Dr. Vizcaino is clinically certified (CCC-A) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

Audiology
Jackie Vizcaino
Audiologist