Dr. M'Elizabeth R. Maatta has been honored with the Audiologist of the Year award from the Kansas Speech Hearing Language Association. She has been working with people with hearing loss for 30 years. Dr. Maatta purchased the practice, Audiology Associates from Dr. Gray in July of 2004. She is board certified in Audiology. Dr. Maatta joined Audiology Associates in 1995, after working as an audiologist for Menninger's in Topeka, from 1985 until they closed the department of Communicative Disorders. Dr. Maatta completed her doctorate in 2002 through the school of audiology at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She received her MA from Northwestern (Chicago) and her BA and BS from Ithaca College, (upstate New York). She has a strong background in sign language, interpreting, and Deafness, as well as her experience in aural rehabilitation with the hearing impaired. Dr. Maatta has worked with the Sertoma Hearing Aid Recycling program since 1985, maintaining the hearing aid bank. Current research interests include improving classroom acoustics, providing relief from dizziness, and state of the art hearing instrument fitting.

Cheryl Law joined Audiology Associates in May of 2004 as office manager. Hard working and determined, she moved to Manhattan after a career in law enforcement in the city of Chicago. Cheryl will greet you with a smile. She is fascinated by the ins and outs of medical billing and coding. She is continuing her education in this field and we hope you will provide her with greater experience by visiting Audiology Associates for hearing health care services.