Manatee Hearing & Speech Center

Under the direction of Gary Rodriguez, Ph.D., and Brian Hoban, M.D., the entire staff of audiologists and speech and language pathologists at each of our locations offers the same tenets, philosophies, commitments to education and outstanding service we've been providing since 1974.

Gary Rodriguez
Ph.D., Audiology Director

Doctorate: Audiology, University of Florida; M.S.: Florida State University; B.S.: Florida State University; CCC-A: American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn; Certified Audiologist: State of Florida; Occupational Hearing Conservationist: Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation; Member: Institute for the Advanced Study of Communication Processes; Fellow: American Academy of Audiology; Faculty: Associate Professor, Audiology; Florida State University 1986-92; Publications: American Journal of Audiology, Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Ear and Hearing, American Journal of Otolaryngology; Presentations: American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn., Southern Medical Assn., Florida Speech, Language,and Hearing Association.

Brian Hoban
M.D., Medical Doctor

M.A.: Wayne Stae University, East Lansing, MI; B.S.: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Licensure & Certification: Diplomat American Board of Otolarygology, State of Florida, State of Michigan, Advanced Cardiac Support; Member: American Medical Society, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, Florida State Medical Society; Presentations: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Fifth International Symposium of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Head and Neck, Annual Meeting of the Society of Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders in Children

Barbara Garner
M.A., CCC-A, Audiologist
M.A.: Audiology, University of Maryland; B.A.: Speech and Hearing Science, University of Maryland; CCC-A: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (ASHA); Florida State Licensure; Member: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Karen Dager
M.A., CCC-A, Audiologist
M.A.: Audiology, Ohio University, Athens, OH; B.A.: Hearing and Speech Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH; CCC-A: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (ASHA); Florida State Licensure; Member: American Academy of Audiology; Member: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Kristen Van Watteghem
M.A., CCC-A, Audiologist
M.A.: Audiology, University of Iowa; B.A.: Communicative Disorders, University of Northern Iowa; CCC-A: Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology (ASHA); Florida State Licensure; Member: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Patricia Wolcott
M.A., CCC-SLP, Speech Pathologist

M.A.: Speech-Language Pathology, University of Cincinnati; B.S.: University of Cincinnati; CCC-SLP: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA); Teaching Certificate: Xavier University; Member: FLASHA, Junior League of Manatee County (Charter Member), PTA (Indian Hills Exempled Village Schools, Cincinnati), PTA (Palma Sola Elementary School, Bradenton); Awards: (ACE) from ASHA 1989, '92, '96, '98; Author: Article on Speech Development in Health and Leisure; Special Interests in Field: Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Voice Disorders;