Our Hearing Professionals - East Office

Dr. Pickett has been employed at Premier Medical for 13 years. She received both her undergraduate degree in speech and hearing sciences and her doctorate in audiology from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. Dr. Pickett is currently a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She is licensed through the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Pathology and Audiology. Dr. Pickett specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment and hearing aid fittings.

Dr. Kerr had been employed at Premier Medical for 23 years. She received her undergraduate and master’s degree in speech and hearing sciences from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. She later received her doctorate in audiology from the University of Florida. Dr. Kerr is currently a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She is licensed through the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Pathology and Audiology. Dr. Kerr specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment and hearing aid fittings.

Dr. Hearn has been employed at Premier Medical for 17 years. She received her undergraduate and master’s degree in speech and hearing sciences from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. She later received her doctorate in audiology from A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona. Dr. Hearn is currently a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Tinnitus Association. She is licensed through the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Pathology and Audiology. Dr. Hearn specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment.
 

Mrs. Lowe has been employed at Premier Medical for 23 years. She received her undergraduate and master’s degrees in speech and hearing sciences from the University of South Alabama in Mobile. She is currently a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and is licensed through the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Pathology and Audiology. Mrs. Lowe specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment and hearing aid fittings.

Dr. Riis has been employed at Premier Medical for three years. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, her master’s from the University of South Alabama and her doctorate in audiology from the Arizona School of Health Sciences. Dr. Riis is licensed by the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Pathology and Audiology and is a member of the American Academy of Audiology and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. Riis specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment, hearing aid fittings and intraoperative neuromonitoring.

Dr. Laurence has been employed at Premier Medical for one year. Dr. Laurence received both her undergraduate degree and doctorate in audiology from the University of South Alabama. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Pathology and Audiology. Dr. Laurence specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment and hearing aid fittings.

Dr. Vickers returned to Premier Medical in January 2019. She received her undergraduate and master’s degree in communication disorders from Auburn University. She later received her doctorate in audiology from the University of Florida. Dr. Vickers is currently a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is licensed through the Alabama Board of Examiners for Speech-Pathology and Audiology. Dr. Vickers specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment and hearing aid fittings.

Dr. O’Keefe is one of the most recent audiological additions to Premier Medical Group’s elite hearing team. Holding both a bachelor’s in speech-language pathology and audiology and a doctorate in audiology from the University of Southern Mississippi, she specializes in adult and pediatric diagnostics, hearing aid evaluations and progressive tinnitus. 

Ms. Chunn has been employed at Premier Medical for 28 years as the audiology department’s office manager. She received her undergraduate degree in biology from Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. Ms. Chunn is certified in diagnostic audiology and hearing aids. Ms. Chunn specializes in hearing and balance diagnostics and treatment.